With Jack Bailey
Scripture One day, Abraham called in his most trusted servant and said to him, “Solemnly promise me in the name of the Lord that you won’t choose a wife for my son Isaac from the people here in the land of Canaan. Instead, go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for him from…
Scripture Lot was afraid to stay on in Zoar. So he took his two daughters and moved to a cave in the hill country. ~Genesis 19:30, CEV Quote What a tragedy to spend your life getting to the top of the ladder and then discovering; it is propped against the wrong wall. ~Thomas Merton At…
Scripture For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. ~ Matthew 25:29 (CSB) Quote Everything we have is a gift from God. You cannot divorce stewardship from life; they…
Scripture Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. ~Matthew 5:5, NKJV Quote The meek shall inherit the earth but not the mineral rights. ~J. Paul Getty I am reading the CSB and I came across Ecclesiastes 2:26…For to the person who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He gives the task…
Scripture Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both. ~Ecclesiastes 11:6, NLT Quote Doing nothing is not nothing; it is something that produces nothing. ~Annymous Man by nature is a control freak and some are more persistent…
Scripture Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! ~Ecclesiastes 5:10, NLT Quote We can love money without having it just as we can have money without loving it. ~J. C. Ryle A comedian once said, “Money can’t buy love but it can buy stuff and…
Scripture It is a sin to belittle one’s neighbor; blessed are those who help the poor. ~Proverbs 14:21, NLT Quote Doing the right thing may be costly in the present but doing what is wrong will cost much more in the long run. ~Ya’akov Like Psalms and the sermon on the mount, Proverbs has it’s beatitudes…
Scripture The earth is the LORD ’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. ~Psalm 24:1, NLT Quote We are never more like God than when we are giving. ~Anonymous Psalm 24 contains the first principle of CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP. We call it Divine Ownership which means everything belongs to…
Scripture “Has anyone ever given anything to God, so that God has to pay him back?” ~Romans 11:35 (Job 41:11) Quote No one ever received anything from God on the grounds of merit. God gives because God is good. He is the source of everything. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer Every thing is grace. There is universal grace, God makes…
Scripture “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” ~Luke 18:22, NLT Quote Those who lay up treasures in heaven, look forward to going there and have no trouble saying ‘Goodbye’ to this…