Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be […]
Devotional: The Value of a Person
This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and […]
Devotional: Giving as Worship
Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops. – Proverbs 3:9 In the Old Testament, believers did not come to the temple to worship without an offering to give God. Indeed, their offerings were integral, or essential, to their worship of God. While we do not worship in the temple […]
Devotional: The Road Ahead
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. – Hebrews 11:8 The photo on the front cover of my first book shows a man walking down a road. We don’t know what his […]
Devotional: The Great Supplier
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:19 I don’t go to the grocery store very often, but I’m always amazed when I do. I live in a large city so our grocery stores are well-stocked. I can find almost anything I want to […]
Devotional: Making Plans
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11 As the new year begins, many people are making plans for the next twelve months. They make resolutions to lose weight or to […]
Devotional: The Gift Inside
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. – 2 Corinthians 4:7 I fondly remember Christmas when I was a child. The wonderful food. The time spent with family. But most of all, I remember the gifts. I know that makes […]
Devotional: Bread for Today
Give us today our daily bread. – Matthew 6:11 One day the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. He then taught them what we now know as the Lord’s Prayer. Many who have grown up in church have heard the Lord’s Prayer so many times that it has lost its meaning. They […]
Devotional: I Brought My Suitcase, Lord
For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. – 1 Timothy 6:7 The ancient Egyptians believed that in the afterlife they would continue the occupations they had on earth. So everything they needed for their occupations was placed in their tombs with their dead bodies. Their tombs also […]
Announcement: Sunday Devotionals with Jason Mitchener
Over the past few weeks I’ve been feeling a bit like I’ve been letting an important part of this blog suffer. I haven’t really been posting very much about the Bible part of “Bible Money Matters”. It’s easy to get caught up in material things, and worry about the things of this world. Finances are […]
