Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance […]
Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Repay Your Debts
It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. Ecclesiastes 5:5 This verse could be seen to apply to our current times quite well. With our current housing and foreclosure crunch people have been taking out loans left and right, making vows to repay, and then not repaying. […]
Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: More Blessed To Give
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ Acts 20:35 In our current times, the phrase “It is more blessed to give than to receive” is one […]
Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Giving Back
The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof. Psalm 24:1 As a person who is interested in personal finance, and the process of creating wealth, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the topic. You might even say that I’ve gotten a bit obsessive about it at times. One thing I’ve realized is […]
Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Never Satisfied With His Income
Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless. Ecclesiastes 5:10 Living in our culture it’s hard not to focus on material things. We’re blasted with constant commercials and advertisements trumpeting how happiness is only a BMW away. We may have money, but we […]
Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Diversify Your Holdings
Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. Ecclesiastes 11:2 Last night in our Financial Peace University class we had a lesson on investing (you can read about it here), and one of the principles that was stressed by Dave Ramsey was that when […]
The (Original) Christmas Story
The Birth Of Jesus In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of […]
Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Conduct Your Affairs With Justice
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice. Psalm 112:5 All of us will come upon times when it it would be easy to take advantage of others in our financial dealings. A friend who needs to borrow money to make rent, the family member who […]
Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Deceitfulness of Riches
But the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. Mark 4:19
Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Your Value
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows. Luke 12:7
Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Having Suffiency
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything; you may have an abundance for every good deed; 2 Corinthians 9:8
Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Feeling Weary And Burdened?
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30 The last […]
Personal Finance Bible Verse of the Day: My God Will Supply
And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 It can be difficult when times are hard to keep our chins up, and to remember just how much we have in Christ. This verse gives us a reminder of where our true riches are, and […]
Personal Finance Bible Verse of the Day: What You Have
Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have. Hebrews 13:5 This verse is even more important when we’re going through tough economic times as we are today. People are worried about being able to pay rent, wondering if they’ll have enough for Christmas presents and trying to […]
