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Inheritances
  • Question
  • If you were asked whether parents should leave a
    million dollar estate to be divided between their
    healthy working adult children, what would you
    say (or ask)?

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  • Inherited wealth is as certain a death to
    ambition as cocaine is to morality.
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt
  • Fortunes tend to self-destruction by destroying
    those who inherit them.
  • Henry Ford

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  • The almighty dollar bequeathed to a child is an
    almighty curse. No man has the right to handicap
    his son with such a burden as great wealth. He
    must face this question squarely will my fortune
    be safe with my boy AND will my boy be safe with
    my fortune?
  • Andrew Carnegie

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  • Your fortune is rolling up, rolling up like an
    avalanche! You must distribute it faster than it
    grows! If you do not, it will crush you, and your
    children, and your childrens children.
  • Frederick T. Gates,
  • John D. Rockefeller Sr.s advisor

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  • A good man leaves an inheritance for his
    childrens children.
  • Proverbs 1322

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  • An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning
    will not be blessed at the end.
  • Proverbs 2021
  • Whoever can be trusted with very little can also
    be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest
    with very little will also be dishonest with
    much.
  • Luke 1610

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  • If you wish to leave much wealth to your
    children, leave them in Gods care. Do not leave
    them riches, but virtue and skill. For if they
    have the confidence of riches, they will not mind
    anything besides, for they shall have the means
    of screening the wickedness of their ways in
    their abundant riches.
  • John Chrysostom, AD 390

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  • If your investment manager died, what would
    you think if he left your money to his children?
  • Whose money is it? Children who would resent
    their parents giving Gods money to Gods kingdom
    would not handle that money well.
  • If God entrusted His money to me, doesnt that
    indicate He wants me to invest most of it where
    there is too little rather than too much? Where
    it can help rather than do damage?

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  • Inheritance or Heritage?
  • Family Conference about Inheritance

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Is Leaving Money the Same as Giving Money?
  • It is appointed for men to die once, but after
    this the judgment.
  • Hebrews 927, NKJV
  • I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or
    sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.
  • 1 Chronicles 2124

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  • And everyone who has left houses or brothers
    or sisters or father or mother or children or
    fields for my sake will receive a hundred times
    as much and will inherit eternal life.
  • Matthew 1929

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Training our Children
  • Question
  • What can parents and grandparents do to train
    children how to be
  • 1) good stewards?
  • 2) radically generous givers?

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  • It would have made a dreadfully ugly child but
    it makes a rather handsome pig, I think. And she
    began thinking over other children she knew, who
    might do very well as pigs.
  • Lewis Carroll,
  • Alices Adventures in Wonderland
  • There are only three ways to teach a child.
    The first is by example, the second is by
    example, and the third is by example. Albert
    Schweitzer

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  • For Moses said, Honor your father and your
    mother, and, Anyone who curses his father or
    mother must be put to death. But you say that if
    a man says to his father or mother Whatever
    help you might otherwise have received from me is
    Corban (that is, a gift devoted to God), then
    you no longer let him do anything for his father
    or mother.
  • Mark 710-12

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  • If anyone does not provide for his relatives,
    and especially for his immediate family, he has
    denied the faith and is worse than an
    unbelieverIf any woman who is a believer has
    widows in her family, she should help them and
    not let the church be burdened with them, so that
    the church can help those widows who are really
    in need.
  • 1 Timothy 58, 16

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  • When Jesus saw his mother there, and the
    disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said
    to his mother, Dear woman, here is your son,
    and to the disciple, Here is your mother. From
    that time on, this disciple took her into his
    home.
  • John 1926-27

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  • David McKenna
  • Affluenza is a strange malady that affects the
    children of well-to-do parents. Though having
    everything money can buy, the children show all
    the symptoms of abject povertydepression,
    anxiety, loss of meaning, and despair for the
    future.

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  • Hope for one parent and one Christian parent
    families
  • For the unbelieving husband has been
    sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving
    wife has been sanctified through her believing
    husband. Otherwise your children would be
    unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
  • 1 Corinthians 714

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Teaching Your Children about Money
  • Train a child in the way he should go, and when
    he is old he will not turn from it.
  • Proverbs 226

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  • These commandments that I give you today are to
    be upon your hearts. Impress them on your
    children. Talk about them when you sit at home
    and when you walk along the road, when you lie
    down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on
    your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write
    them on the doorframes of your houses and on your
    gates.
  • Deuteronomy 66-9

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  • Since everything will be destroyed in this
    wayYou ought to live holy and godly lives as you
    look forward to the day of GodThat day will
    bring about the destruction of the heavens by
    fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. So
    we are looking forward to a new heavens and a new
    earth, in which righteousness dwells.
  • 2 Peter 311-13
  • Family Field Trip to the Dump

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Raising Stewards and Givers
  • Teach them to your children and to their
    children after them.
  • Deuteronomy 49
  • I have chosen him, so that he will direct his
    children and his household after him to keep the
    way of the Lord by doing what is right and just.
  • Genesis 1819

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  • Psalm 78
  • What we have heard and known, what our fathers
    have told us. We will not hide them from their
    children we will tell the next generation the
    praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and
    the wonders he has done. He decreed statutesand
    established the law

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  • which he commanded our forefathers to teach
    their children, so the next generation would know
    them, even the children yet to be born, and they
    in turn would tell their children. Then they
    would put their trust in God and would not forget
    his deeds but would keep his commands.
  • Psalm 783-7

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  • Bring them up in the training and instruction of
    the Lord.
  • Ephesians 64
  • The less I spent on myself and the more I gave
    to others, the fuller of happiness and blessing
    did my soul become.
  • Hudson Taylor

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Teaching Children Self-Control
  • But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
    patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
    gentleness and self-control. Against such things
    there is no law.
  • Galatians 522-23

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  • Titus 2
  • You must teach what is in accord with sound
    doctrine. Teach the older men to be temperate,
    worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in
    faith, in love and in endurance.

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  • Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent
    in the way they live, not to be slanderers or
    addicted to much wineThen they can train the
    younger women to love their husbands and
    children, to be self-controlled and pureso that
    no one will malign the word of God.

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  • Similarly, encourage the young men to be
    self-controlled. In everything set them an
    example by doing what is good. In your teaching
    show integritythat cannot be condemned, so that
    those who oppose you may be ashamed because they
    have nothing bad to say about us. so that in
    every way they slaves will make the teaching
    about God our Savior attractive.

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  • For the grace of God that brings salvation has
    appeared to all men. It teaches us to say No to
    ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live
    self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this
    present age.
  • Titus 21-12

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  • Its normal and healthy not to get whatever you
    want.
  • In order for things to be special, they must be
    the exception, not the rule.
  • There are higher values than immediate
    gratification.
  • There are better ways to use Gods money than to
    follow our impulses.

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Rewards as Incentives
  • Adults are reluctant to utilize rewards because
    they view them as a source of bribery. Our most
    workable teaching device is ignored because of a
    philosophical misunderstanding. Our entire
    society is established on a system of
    reinforcement, yet we dont want to apply it
    where it is needed most with young children.
  • James Dobson, Dare to Discipline

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  • And without faith it is impossible to please
    God, because anyone who comes to him must believe
    that 1) he exists and that 2) he rewards those
    who earnestly seek him.
  • Hebrews 116

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Children Who Share
  • Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so
    doing some people have entertained angels without
    knowing it.
  • Hebrews 132

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Children Who Are Thankful
  • Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all
    his benefits.
  • Psalm 1032
  • Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is
    Gods will for you in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Thessalonians 518

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Wrap Up
  • Question How would you summarize what you
    have learned from the Scriptures that are the
    backbone of this course?

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  • I continually find it necessary to guard against
    that natural love of wealth and grandeur which
    prompts us always, when we come to apply our
    general doctrine to our own case, to claim an
    exception.
  • William Wilberforce

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  • The antagonism between life and conscience may
    be removed in two ways by a change of life or by
    a change of conscience.
  • Leo Tolstoy

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Learning from Each Other
  • We have different gifts, according to the grace
    given us. If a mans gift is prophesying. If it
    is serving, let him serve if it is teaching, let
    him teach if it is encouraging, let him
    encourage if it is contributing to the needs of
    others, let him give generously if it is
    leadership, let him govern diligently if it is
    showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
  • Romans 126-8

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Sharing Our Giving Stories
  • Be careful not to do your acts of
    righteousness before men, to be seen by them. If
    you do, you will have no reward from your Father
    in heaven.
  • Matthew 61

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  • Let your light shine before men, that they may
    see your good deeds and praise your Father in
    heaven.
  • Matthew 516
  • The people rejoiced at the willing response of
    their leaders, for they had given freely and
    wholeheartedly to the Lord.
  • 1 Chronicles 299

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Should Giving Always Be Kept Secret?
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  • Be careful not to do your acts of
    righteousness before men, to be seen by them.
  • When you give to the needy, do not announce it
    with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in synagogues
    and on streetsto be honored by men.
  • So when you give to the needy, do not let your
    left hand know what your right hand is doing, so
    that your giving may be in secret. Then your
    Father, who sees what is done in secret, will
    reward you. Matt. 61-5
  • Matthew 62

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  • I tell you the truth, they have received their
    reward in full.
  • Matthew 65

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  • Selling their possessions and goods, they gave
    to anyone as he had need. Acts
    245
  • No one claimed that any of his possessions was
    his own, but they shared everything they had.
    With great power the apostles continued to
    testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus,
    and much grace was upon them all.

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  • There were no needy persons among them. For from
    time to time those who owned lands or houses sold
    them, brought the money from the sales and put it
    at the apostles feet, and it was distributed to
    anyone as he had need. Acts 432-35
  • Question Did anyone notice who sold property
    and gave it away?

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  • Let your light shine before men, that they may
    see your good deeds and praise your Father in
    heaven.
  • Matthew 516
  • Follow my example, as I follow the example of
    Christ.
  • 1 Corinthians 111

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  • The people rejoiced at the willing response of
    their leaders, for they had given freely and
    wholeheartedly to the Lord.
  • 1 Chronicles 299
  • Your love has given me great joy and
    encouragement, because you, brother, have
    refreshed the hearts of the saints.
  • Philemon 17

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  • And now, brothers, we want you to know about the
    grace that God has given the Macedonian churches.
    Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing
    joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich
    generosity. For I testify that they gave as much
    as they were able, and even beyond.
  • 2 Corinthians 81-3

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  • As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting
    their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw
    a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.
    I tell you the truth, he said, this poor widow
    has put in more than all the others. All these
    people gave their gifts out of their wealth but
    she out of her poverty put in all she had to live
    on.
  • Luke 211-4

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  • And let us consider how we may spur one another
    on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up
    meeting together, as some are in the habit of
    doing, but let us encourage one anotherand all
    the more as you see the Day approaching.
  • Hebrews 1024, 25

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A Sense of Destiny
  • If you remain silent at this time, relief and
    deliverance for the Jews will arise from another
    place, but you and your fathers family will
    perish. And who knows but that you have come to
    royal position for such a time as this?
  • Esther 414

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Give It Now or Give It Later?
  • The economy may change and well have less to
    give.
  • Our hearts may change and we may not follow
    through with giving.
  • Our lives may end before weve given what we
    intended.

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  • Only one life, twill soon be past. Only whats
    done for Christ will last.
  • C. T. Studd

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A Hard Look at Ourselves
  • William MacDonald
  • Gods will is that our lives should be a
    perpetual crisis of dependence on him. We defeat
    his will in our lives when we lay up treasures on
    earth. The life of faith does not follow
    automatically when a person becomes a Christian.

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  • It requires deliberate action on his part.
    This is especially true in an affluent society.
    The believer must put himself in a position where
    he is compelled to trust God.It is only as he
    gets rid of his reserves and other false supports
    that he can truly launch out into the deep.

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  • How utterly in keeping with this age of grace it
    is for us to sell our prized possessionsour
    diamonds and other jewelry, our original
    paintings, our antique furniture, our sterling
    silver, our stamp collectionsand put the
    proceeds to work in the salvation of souls
    throughout the world.
  • William MacDonald, True Discipleship

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  • To this you were called, because Christ suffered
    for you, leaving you an example, that you should
    follow in his steps.
  • 1 Peter 221
  • If we judged ourselves, we would not come under
    judgment.
  • 1 Corinthians 1131

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Our Accountability as Gods Money Managers
  • From everyone who has been given much, much will
    be demanded and from the one who has been
    entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
  • Luke 1248

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  • So then, each of us will give an account of
    himself to God.
  • Romans 1412
  • You have taken possession of the resources that
    belong to Christ and you consume them aimlessly.
    Dont you realize that you are going to be held
    accountable?
  • John Chryostom

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  • The Christian far oftener disgraces his
    profession in prosperity than in adversity. It is
    a dangerous thing to be prosperous. The crucible
    of adversity is a less severe trial to the
    Christian than the fining-pot of prosperity. Oh,
    what leanness of soul and neglect of spiritual
    things have been brought on through the very
    mercies and bounties of God!

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  • Yet this is not a matter of necessity, for the
    apostle tells us that he knew how to abound. When
    he had much he knew how to use it. Abundant grace
    enabled him to bear abundant prosperity. When he
    had a full sail he was loaded with much ballast,
    and so floated safely.
  • Charles Spurgeon,Morning and Evening

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  • Give, and it will be given to you.
  • Luke 638
  • So that you can be generous on every occasion.
  • 2 Corinthians 911

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  • So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on
    what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary,
    but what is unseen is eternal.
  • 2 Corinthians 418

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  • Any temporal possession can be turned into
    everlasting wealth. Whatever is given to Christ
    is immediately touched with immortality.
  • A. W. Tozer
  • I have held many things in my hands and I have
    lost them all. But whatever I have placed in
    Gods hands, that I still possess.
  • Martin Luther

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Should Giving Always Be Kept Secret?
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  • But when you give to the needy, do not let your
    left hand know what your right hand is doing, so
    that your giving may be in secret. Then your
    Father, who sees what is done in secret, will
    reward you.
  • Matthew 63-4

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  • Be careful not to do your acts of
    righteousness before men, to be seen by them.
  • Matthew 61
  • When you give to the needy, do not announce it
    with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the
    synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by
    men.
  • Matthew 62

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  • I tell you the truth, they have received their
    reward in full.
  • Matthew 65
  • So when you give to the needy, do not let your
    left hand know what your right hand is doing, so
    that your giving may be in secret.
  • Matthew 63-4
  • Selling their possessions and goods, they gave
    to anyone as he had need.
    Acts 245

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  • All the believers were one in heart and mind. No
    one claimed that any of his possessions was his
    own, but they shared everything they had. With
    great power the apostles continued to testify to
    the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much
    grace was upon them all.

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  • There were no needy persons among them. For from
    time to time those who owned lands or houses sold
    them, brought the money from the sales and put it
    at the apostles feet, and it was distributed to
    anyone as he had need.
  • Acts 432-35

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  • Let your light shine before men, that they may
    see your good deeds and praise your Father in
    heaven.
  • Matthew 516
  • Follow my example, as I follow the example of
    Christ.
  • 1 Corinthians 111

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  • So when you give to the needy, do not announce
    it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the
    synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by
    men. I tell you the truth, they have received
    their reward in full. But when you give to the
    needy, do not let your left hand know what your
    right hand is doing, so that your giving may be
    in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is
    done in secret, will reward you.
  • Matthew 62-4

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  • The people rejoiced at the willing response of
    their leaders, for they had given freely and
    wholeheartedly to the Lord.
  • 1 Chronicles 299
  • Your love has given me great joy and
    encouragement, because you, brother, have
    refreshed the hearts of the saints.
  • Philemon 17

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  • Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing
    joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich
    generosity. For I testify that they gave as much
    as they were able, and even beyond their ability.
    Entirely on their own.
  • 2 Corinthians 82-3

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  • When you pray, go into your room, close the door
    and pray to your Father, who is unseen.
  • Matthew 66
  • Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth
    agree about anything you ask for, it will be done
    for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or
    three come together in my name, there am I with
    them.
  • Matthew 1819-20

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  • As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting
    their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw
    a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.
    I tell you the truth, he said, this poor widow
    has put in more than all the others. All these
    people gave their gifts out of their wealth but
    she out of her poverty put in all she had to live
    on.
  • Luke 211-4

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  • And let us consider how we may spur one another
    on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up
    meeting together, as some are in the habit of
    doing, but let us encourage one anotherand all
    the more as you see the Day approaching.
  • Hebrews 1024, 25

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Financial Integrityand Accountabilityin
Churches and Ministries
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  • What is more, he was chosen by the churches to
    accompany us as we carry the offering, which we
    administer in order to honor the Lord himself and
    to show our eagerness to help.
  • 2 Corinthians 819

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  • We want to avoid any criticism of the way we
    administer this liberal gift.
  • 2 Corinthians 820
  • We are taking pains to do what is right, not
    only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes
    of men.
  • 2 Corinthians 821

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  • In addition, we are sending with them our
    brother who has often proved to us in many ways
    that he is zealous, and now even more so because
    of his great confidence in you. As for Titus, he
    is my partner and fellow worker among you as for
    our brothers, they are representatives of the
    churches and an honor to Christ.
  • 2 Corinthians 822-23

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  • Christians need to tighten up the scrutinizing
    of all funds holding their monies and to insist
    on all the accepted safeguards and controls and
    on all the strictest procedures.
  • David B. Barrett,World Christian Trend

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Lending Money, Charging Interest, and Co-signing
a Loan
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  • The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the
    righteous give generouslyThey are always
    generous and lend freely their children will be
    blessed.
  • Psalm 3721, 26
  • Good will come to him who is generous and lends
    freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.
  • Psalm 1125

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  • At the end of every seven years you must cancel
    debts. This is how it is to be done Every
    creditor shall cancel the loan he has made to his
    fellow Israelite. He shall not require payment
    from his fellow Israelite or brother, because the
    LORDs time for canceling debts has been
    proclaimed. You may require payment from a
    foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your
    brother owes you.
  • Deuteronomy 151-3

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  • When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise
    or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy
    from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day.
    Every seventh year we will forgo working the land
    and will cancel all debts.
  • Nehemiah 1031

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  • And if you lend to those from whom you expect
    repayment, what credit is that to you? Even
    sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be
    repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to
    them, and lend to them without expecting to get
    anything back. Then your reward will be great,
    and you will be sons of the Most High, because he
    is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
  • Luke 634-35

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  • The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the
    righteous give generously.
  • Psalm 3721
  • Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven
    our debtors.
  • Matthew 612

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Charging Interest
  • If you take your neighbors cloak as a pledge,
    return it to him by sunset, because his cloak is
    the only covering he has for his body. What else
    will he sleep in? When he cries out to me, I will
    hear, for I am compassionate.
  • Exodus 2226-27

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  • When you make a loan of any kind to your
    neighbor, do not go into his house to get what he
    is offering as a pledge. Stay outside and let the
    man to whom you are making the loan bring the
    pledge out to you. If the man is poor, do not go
    to sleep with his pledge in your possession.
    Return his cloak to him by sunset so that he may
    sleep in it. Then he will thank you, and it will
    be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of
    the LORD your God.

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  • Do not take advantage of a hired man who is poor
    and needy, whether he is a brother Israelite or
    an alien living in one of your towns. Pay him his
    wages each day before sunset, because he is poor
    and is counting on it. Otherwise he may cry to
    the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of
    sin.

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  • Fathers shall not be put to death for their
    children, nor children put to death for their
    fathers each is to die for his own sin.
  • Do not deprive the alien or the fatherless of
    justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a
    pledge.
  • Deuteronomy 2410-17

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  • Do not charge your brother interest, whether on
    money or food or anything else that may earn
    interest. You may charge a foreigner interest,
    but not a brother Israelite, so that the LORD
    your God may bless you in everything you put your
    hand to in the land you are entering to possess.
  • Deuteronomy 2319-20

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  • If you lend money to one of my people among you
    who is needy, do not be like a moneylender
    charge him no interest.
  • Exodus 2225

100
  • If one of your countrymen becomes poor and is
    unable to support himself among you, help him as
    you would an alien or a temporary resident, so he
    can continue to live among you. Do not take
    interest of any kind from him, but fear your God,
    so that your countryman may continue to live
    among you. You must not lend him money at
    interest or sell him food at a profit.
  • Leviticus 2535-37

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  • You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a
    brother Israelite, so that the LORD your God may
    bless you in everything you put your hand to in
    the land you are entering to possess.
  • Deuteronomy 2320

102
  • Rather be openhanded and freely lend him
    whatever he needs.Give generously to him and do
    so without a grudging heart then because of this
    the LORD your God will bless you in all your work
    and in everything you put your hand to.
  • Deuteronomy 158, 10

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  • If any of you has a dispute with another, dare
    he take it before the ungodly for judgment
    instead of before the saints? Do you not know
    that the saints will judge the world? And if you
    are to judge the world, are you not competent to
    judge trivial cases? Do you not know that we will
    judge angels? How much more the things of this
    life!

104
  • Therefore, if you have disputes about such
    matters, appoint as judges even men of little
    account in the church! I say this to shame you.
    Is it possible that there is nobody among you
    wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?
    But instead, one brother goes to law against
    anotherand this in front of unbelievers!

105
  • The very fact that you have lawsuits among you
    means you have been completely defeated already.
    Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be
    cheated?
  • 1 Corinthians 61-7

106
  • Why then didnt you put my money on deposit, so
    that when I came back, I could have collected it
    with interest?
  • Luke 1923

107
Signing for Another Persons Loans
  • He who puts up security for another will surely
    suffer, but whoever refuses to strike hands in
    pledge is safe.
  • Proverbs 1115

108
  • Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or
    puts up security for debts if you lack the means
    to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under
    you.
  • Proverbs 2226-27

109
  • My son, if you have put up security for your
    neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge for
    another, if you have been trapped by what you
    said, ensnared by the words of your mouth, then
    do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have
    fallen into your neighbors hands Go and humble
    yourself press your plea with your neighbor!
    Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your
    eyelids. Free yourself, like a gazelle from the
    hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of
    the fowler.
  • Proverbs 61-5

110
  • A man lacking in judgment strikes hands in
    pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
  • Proverbs 1718

111
Practical Guidelines toControl Spending
  • Realize that nothing is a good deal if you cant
    afford it.
  • Recognize that God isnt behind every good deal.
  • Understand the difference between spending money
    and saving money.

112
  • Look at the long-term cost, not just the
    short-term expense.
  • Pray before you spend.
  • Examine every purchase in light of its ministry
    potential.
  • Understand and resist the manipulative nature of
    advertising.

113
  • Learn to walk away from things you want but dont
    need.
  • Realize that little things add up.
  • Set up a budget and live by it.
  • Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,
    give careful attention to your herds for riches
    do not endure forever.
  • Proverbs 2723-24

114
  • Can a man be poor if he is free from want, if he
    does not covet the belongings of others, if he is
    rich in the possession of God? Rather, he is poor
    who possesses much but still craves for more.
  • Tertullian, AD 198

115
Overall Lessons from the Stewardship Parables
  • The long-term significance of todays behavior
    and choices. How we handle Gods assets in our
    present daily life has tremendous bearing on
    eternal realities.

116
  • The inevitability of consequences for all our
    actions.
  • Do not be deceived God cannot be mocked. A man
    reaps what he sows. Galatians 67

117
  • Our painstaking responsibility to choose wisely
    and live rightly. The masters absence is both a
    challenge and an opportunity to prove ourselves
    worthy to be elevated to greater responsibility.

118
  • Our clear-cut incentives and motivations. Unwise
    stewards are lazy, but wise stewards are diligent
    and highly motivated. They know their master well
    enough to know there will be lasting consequences
    for their labor, whether good or bad.

119
  • Our preoccupation with responsibilities, not
    rights. As stewards our rights are limited by our
    lack of ownership. We carry no sense of
    entitlement to the assets we manage. Its our job
    to find out what the owner wants done with his
    assets, then carry out his will.

120
  • If we focus on the masters rights, well
    fulfill our responsibilities. If we focus on what
    we think we deserve, on what we think our master
    or others owe us, we lose perspective. The
    quality of our service deteriorates rapidly.

121
  • The meaninglessness of everyone elses
    evaluation compared to the judgment of our one
    master.
  • each of us will give an account of himself to
    God.
  • Who are you to judge someone elses servant? To
    his own master he stands or falls. Rom. 143-4,
    12
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