GOD IS THE OWNER ...

 For all the animals of  field and forest are mine.  The cattle on a thousand hills ... for all the world is mine and everything in it.                                                                                                                                                              

      Psalms 50:10-12 (LIV)

For the earth and every good thing in it belongs to the Lord and is yours to enjoy.                 

       I Corinthians 10:26 (LIV)

 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.            

       I Timothy 6:7 (KJ)

                     

 MAN IS A STEWARD ...

Definition ...   A “steward” is one who manages that which belongs to another.

Moreover, it is required in stewards (managers) that a man be found faithful (true).                      

   I Corinthians 4:2 (KJ)

                                              

 OUR PURPOSE IS TO GLORIFY GOD ... 

If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be glorified.   

 I Peter 4:11 (KJ)

I want you to trust me in your time of trouble, so I can rescue you, and you can give me the glory.                

Psalms 50:15 (LIV)

                                              

EARN AN HONEST LIVING ...

 If anyone is stealing he must stop and begin using those hands of his for honest honest work. 
Ephesians 4:28                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                            
Wealth from gambling quickly disappears: wealth from hard work grows.                                           

  Proverbs 13:11 (LIV)

Hard work means prosperity; only a fool idles away his time.                                                            

  Proverbs 12:11 (LIV)

 A little gained honestly, is better than great wealth gotten by dishonest means.                                         

 Proverbs 16:8 (LIV)

  

 We can justify our every deed but God looks at our motives.                                                                               

Proverbs 21:2 (LIV)

 

HONOR THE LORD ...

 Honor the Lord by giving him the first part of all your income.                                                                         

  Proverbs 3:9 (LIV)

 Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase.                                                Proverbs 3:9 (KJ)

 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse ... and prove me now ... if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.                                                                               

  Malachi 3:10 (KJ)

 Despise God’s Word and find yourself in trouble.  Obey it and succeed.                                                    

 Proverbs 13:13 (LIV)

 

SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT ...

 Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s.                                                                          

Matthew 22:21 (KJ)

 The Lord demands fairness in every business deal.  He established this principle.                                    

Proverbs 16:11 (LIV)

SAVE PART OF YOUR INCOME ...

 The wise man saves for the future, but the foolish man spends whatever he gets.                       

 Proverbs 21:20 (LIV)

                    TWO REASONS FOR SAVING ...

                            1.  PROVIDE FOR FAMILY:    But anyone who won’t care for his own relatives when they need help, especially those living in his own family, has no right to say he is a  Christian.                                                         

 I Timothy 5:8 (LIV)                                     

                            2.   GIVE TO THOSE IN NEED:    Let him that stole steal no more, but rather let him labor working with his hands , the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.                                             

Ephesians 4:28 (KJ)