Feb 15, 2019 | God Before Possessions
MO’ MONEY “I don’t know what they want from me. It’s like the more money we come across, the more problems we see.” — The Notorious B.I.G. Matthew 6:24-33Ecclesiastes 5:10Luke 3:14 I received an email today from my friend. He works in… money. That’s the...
Oct 12, 2018 | God Before Possessions
THE BETTER BOAST “Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.” — J.K. Rowling Psalm 139Genesis 151 Corinthians 13:12 People are impressed with strength, wisdom and riches (not to mention beauty, wit and talent). God is not, unless of course, it is used by Him. The...
Jul 15, 2016 | God Before Possessions
PYRAMID SCHEMES “Money. You…..you think I want money? What I want is my morning back. I need you to give my time back to me. Can you give me back my time? Can you give my time back to me? Huh? Can you?” — Doyle Gipson, Changing Lanes Deuteronomy 30:15-20Matthew...
Apr 17, 2016 | God Before Possessions
POOR DAD, RICH DAD “Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.” — Denis Waitley 2 Corinthians 8:1-5Hebrews 12:2Luke 21:1-4 Robert Kiyosaki wrote a book called “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.” The gist is that you can make...
Apr 3, 2016 | God Before Possessions
VESTED INTEREST “Someone told me that if you’d owned one share of Coca-Cola stock one hundred years ago, it would’ve split one thousand times by this point. No one I know has held shares of anything for a century, but you get the point.” — Rene Rivkin 1 Timothy...
Mar 23, 2016 | God Before Possessions
POSSESSED OF A CAUSE “Pray that my work for the poor doesn’t get in the way of my love for God.” — Mother Teresa, to one who asked how to pray for her Proverbs 3:1-18Hebrews 13:5-6Matthew 13:22 These people always intrigue and sadden me: they have bumper stickers...
