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Living a good life entails having money. It may not be the end-all and be-all of our existence, but it's certainly one of the components to be able to live a full, satisfying life. No one can live a rewarding life without food, clothing shelter and freedom to avail of other things that can enhance one's body, mind and soul.
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Still, we hear people whine about money--not having enough money, the economy going down the drain and how difficult the times are. Sometimes, I am also guilty of the same. There are a number of published books that delve on the topic of money--how to acquire and manage it, but somehow, we tend to overlook the Bible as a prosperity textbook where precepts on money may be read, reflected upon and followed.
FAITH IN THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE
Philippians 4:19
My God will supply whatever you need, in accord with his glorious riches in Jesus Christ.
Matthew 6:26-32
Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span? Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith? So do not worry and say, 'What are we to eat?' or 'What are we to drink?' or 'What are we to wear?' All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
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If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.
Luke 12:7
Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.
PROSPERITY
1 Corinthians 3:21
So let no one boast about human beings, for everything belongs ton you,
Remember then, it is the LORD, your God, who gives you the power to acquire wealth, by fulfilling, as he has now done, the covenant which he swore to your fathers.
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that of ourselves we are qualified to take credit for anything as coming from us; rather, our qualification comes from God.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, O sluggard, study her ways and learn wisdom; For though she has no chief, no commander or ruler, she procures her food in the summer, stores up her provisions in the harvest.
DEBT
Proverbs 3:27-28
Refused no one the good on which he has a claim when it is in your power to do it for him. Say not to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give," when you can give at once.
Romans 13:8
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
MANAGING MONEY/ STEWARDSHIP
Luke 16:11
If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?
Luke 14:28
Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion?
Titus 2:2
that older men should be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, love, and endurance.
TITHING
Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, That there may be food in my house, and try me in this, says the LORD of hosts: Shall I not open for you the floodgates of heaven, to pour down blessing upon you without measure?
Malachi 3:8
Dare a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me! And you say, "How do we rob you?" In tithes and in offerings!
Haggai 2:8
Mine is the silver and mine the gold, says the LORD of hosts.
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