Money... Money... Money

1 Timothy 6:10, “For the love of money is the root of all sorts of evil…”

Note that money is not the evil. The love of money is the potential for evil.

Having had the epiphany that the parables on money also teach us that God observes our ability to handle responsibility by observing our handling of money I decided to jot down some of my thoughts (and others) on money.

• All rich people have something in common. They all spend less than the make.
• Giving God 10% does not give you the right to blow the other 90%... that’s His too.
• Giving God 10% does not mean you automatically get another 100%
• Broke is the temporary absence of cash, poor is a lifestyle. (John Beeson)
• Denial is to live without a personal budget.
• The easiest way to get everything you want is to stop wanting.
• Proverbs 22:7 “… the borrower becomes a slave to the lender” is true.
• The only two things certain in life are death and taxes.
• People with emergency funds never seem to have emergencies.
• If you have to sell it or rent it to pay for it, don’t buy it.
• If you can’t pay cash for it, you don’t need it.
• God does not give us faith to borrow money.
• God does not promise Christians they will win the lottery.
• There’s nothing like a taste of poverty to correct some bad habits.
• Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there. (Will Smith)
• If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. (Dorothy Parker)
• If you don’t know how to manage money then don’t try. Let someone else do it for you.
• People want to be rich to have more fun, so if you are having fun you are rich. (Michael Morrow)
• I’ve been broke and I’ve been rich… rich is better.

How about you? What are your thoughts on money? Comment below.