FAITH TO ASK Someone criticed Moody's emphasis on giving by asking him why he didn't just go on faith. He replied, "I do go by faith. If I see a man who has some money…
Sermon Illustrations
HONEST TEA A lady opened a tearoom alongside a busy road. It was a good location and the business did well. Then she thought, "If I can cut my expenses, I can make even more…
THE RIGHT CHURCH A man called the pastor to say he wanted to join the church. But he said he didn't want to attend every week, he wasn't interested in reading the Bible or prayer,…
TOO SENTIMENTAL We are being sentimental when we give to a thing more tenderness than God gives to it. H. Blythe
ARISTOTLE ONASSIS There was a Greek tycoon whose name was a household word in this country. You have already guessed... Aristotle Onassis. Onassis once said, "All that really counts these days is money. It's the…
TIME FOR MOM A newly married couple were establishing their budgets and priorities. One point of disagreement was the frequency and length of long-distance calls that the wife made to her mother. After several discussion…
WHEN ALL IS LOST When wealth is lost, something is lost; When health is lost, much is lost; When character is lost, all is lost.
SQUEEZING PENNIES I was brought up where you squeezed a penny so hard Lincoln blinks. -- Vern Gosdin
BE HAPPY Be happy, you who live in fine apartments, in ugly houses or in hovels. Be happy, you who have your loved ones, and you also who sit alone and dream and can weep.…
BARGAIN STATUES A man was shopping in Washington D. C. and came across a quaint little shop called "The Bronze Palace." Inside was an entire store of bronze statues and sculptures. The man browsed for…
PICASSO'S POVERTY Some of us have money problems. It's no disgrace. Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings when he was young and impoverished.
GET ALL SIN IN HOLLYWOOD There's a lot more money to be made on Wall Street. If you want real power, go to Washington. If you want sex, go into the fashion business. But if…
STEWARDSHIP & BELIEF Stewardship is what a person does after he says I believe. By W. H. Greever
GREATEST VALUES Who will spend this dollar next after me and for what? What, to you, was the most important thing you ever owned? How did you get it? Where do you feel most uncomfortable…
ULTIMATE TIGHTWAD My great-grandfather Laramer had seen hard times, and he did not like to waste anything. In the mornings he would chew a wad of tobacco, and when he was done chewing it, he…
RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES OVER MONEY Did you hear about the couple who split because of religious differences? He was broke, and she worshipped money.
DISHONEST BIRD That bird is not honest that fills its own nest. An ancient proverb
FIND YOUR FORTUNE A sea horse gathered up his seven pieces of eight and went to find his fortune. Before he had traveled very far he met an eel who said, "Psst. Hey, bud, where…
BUY THEM IN Most churches collect money during services. The Frederick Christian Fellowship Church in Frederick, Maryland, gave it away. The first 200 adults to attend the nondenominational church for the first time Sunday were…
UNDERCAPITALIZED LIFE You come into this world with nothing - and you leave with nothing. That's the trouble with life - it's undercapitalized.
