- Money: Confronting the Power of a Modern Idol
by Philip Yancey (Multanomah Press, 1985)
Keep your lives free form the love of money and be content with
what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you." Heberews 13:5
Everything comes from you, [Lord,] and we have given you only
what comes frome your hand.
1 Chronicles 29:14
Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever
sows generousty will also reap generously.
2 Corinthians 9:6
Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give,
not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful
giver.2 Corinthians 9:7
You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous
on every occasion. 2 Corinthians 9:11
Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good
things with his instructor. Galatians 6:6
Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their
extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that
they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their
ability. 2 Corinthians 8:2-3
"A basic thithe is a good starting
place, but we should never
conclude that this is the end of
our obligations and that we are
then free to use the other ninety
percent as we desire. Everything
we have is the Lord's - we are
just as responsible to God for the
way we spend 'our' percentage as
we are for the ten percent we
give to him. Once we see who
he is and what he has done
for us, we will gladly give him
our lives and our possesions.
Even this will seem an inadequate
expression of our love
and gratitude.- What If I Don't Go Overseas?
by Charles Smith (InterVarsity Press, 1981),
emphasis ours