The Bible has a lot to say about it. Money matters. It matters to us and it matters to God. How should you handle money?
As John Wesley said, ‘Earn all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.’
Money is not a neutral, impersonal medium of exchange. Jesus said you cannot serve both God and mammon (Matthew 6:24). ‘Mammon’ was the god of wealth in Carthage. Money has all the characteristics of a god. It seems to offer security, freedom, power, influence, status and prestige. It is capable of inspiring devotion and single-minded preoccupation. Yet, as Dietrich Bonhoeffer put it, ‘Our hearts have room only for one all-embracing devotion, and we can only cleave to one Lord.’
Help me to spend my money as you intend
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