Are You Content?
“Let your character [your moral essence, your inner nature] be free from the love of money [shun greed—be financially ethical], being content with what you...
Category: Giving
Double Portion
“Instead of your [former] shame you will have a double portion; And instead of humiliation your people will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore, in their land they will possess double [what...
Choose Him First
“I have seen that every [effort in] labor and every skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This too is vanity (futility, false pride)...
Where Do I Fit?
“All these things [the gifts, the achievements, the abilities, the empowering] are brought about by one and the same [Holy] Spirit, distributing to each one...
Running Over
“Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over [with no...
Whatever You Do
“Whatever you do [whatever your task may be], work from the soul [that is, put in your very best effort], as [something done] for the...
Share the Load
“Carry one another’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the requirements of the law of Christ [that is, the law of Christian love].”...
Is it Mine?
“But godliness actually is a source of great gain when accompanied by contentment [that contentment which comes from a sense of inner confidence based on the sufficiency...
Me a Priest?
““The purpose of my covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and that is what I gave them. This required reverence from...