BUDGETS & SCHEDULES The value of having a budget is that you are able to watch where your money is going before you wonder where it all went. The value of a schedule is that…
Sermon Illustrations
NET INCOME & GROSS LIFESTYLE Actor Erroll Flynn once said that his only financial problem was that his net income did not support his gross lifestyle.
DAFFYNITIONS ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. BEAUTY PARLOR: A place where women curl up and dye. CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with…
THE MIRACULOUS WAY The pastor goes to the session meeting, and the elders say, "Pastor we have big troubles. The roof needs to be replaced, the foundation is cracked, and our people don't have any…
COMPUTER CRASHES & CAR CRASHES If the car industry behaved like the computer industry over the last 30 years, a Rolls-Royce would cost $5, get 300 miles per gallon, and blow up once a year…
MARRIAGE LICENSE Marriage is the only sport in which the trapped animal has to buy the license.
SHORT SHOT Two things are bad: "too much" and "too little."
MONEY HABIT There is nothing so habit-forming as money. By Don Marquis, quoted by Edward Anthony in O Rare Don Marquis: A Biography
COMFORTABLE QUEST Money can't find happiness, but it can make the quest a bit more comfortable.
MISPLACED OFFERING A teenager was sitting in church, and when the collection plate was passed around, he quickly pulled a dollar bill from his pocket and dropped it in. Just then, the person behind him…
ADVICE ON CHARACTER It is a mistake that capital alone is necessary to success. If a man has head and hands suited to his business, it will soon procure him capital. -- John Freedley Time…
REAL LOSSES A man was driving his brand new BMW at a rather high rate of speed. He drove onto an overpass with a sharper curve than he had expected. His car spun out of…
THE MONEY, BIBLE OR WHISKEY An older couple had a son, who was still living with his parents. The parents were a little worried, as the son was still unable to decide about his future…
WHO HAS TITLE? A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA (Federal Housing Administration) loan for a client. He was told that the loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to a parcel…
WORTH A TRY A minister was at the bedside of a very wealthy but selfish old man who was dying. "Reverend," the man asked, "if I give thousands of dollars to the church, will my…
SEASON PASS TO DORMS During freshman orientation the college dean presented the rules to the new students: "The male dormitory is off limits to all female students, and the female dorm off limits to the…
LIKE BUYING A CAR Successfully defending his client in a lawsuit, the attorney presented him with an invoice. "You can pay $500 now," the lawyer said, "then $212 a month for the next 36 months."…
MONEY DIGS GRAVES Money can dig a man's grave faster than a shovel. A Jewish Proverb
ELIMINATE DOLLAR BILLS One of the members of our pastors' study group may have hit on an excellent idea for church-state relations in these difficult economic times. "The greatest thing the federal government could do…
INSTALLMENTS OF SUCCESS Success cannot be purchased outright. You have to get in on the installment plan.
