Jesus was not afraid to talk about money as a useful symbol of creative ideas. He taught that money does not measure my worth.
Money is made with a human image; I am made in God's image. I never worry about money, for God is my Source and in God I trust.
I am God's child and God always provides for me. I practice good stewardship and value money simply as a material symbol of God's unlimited supply. I draw my good to me.
What’s in your wallet? I have a rich prosperity consciousness! I serve God and money serves me.
I am free to prosper now!
Responsive Reading for Sunday, August 20
"Then the Pharisees . . . [said to Him], 'Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man . . . . Tell us, then, what is your opinion: Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?' . . . Jesus said, 'Why are you testing me . . .? Show me the coin that pays the census tax.' Then they handed him the Roman coin. He said to them, 'Whose image is this and whose inscription?' They replied, 'Caesar's.' At that he said to them, 'Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.' When they heard this they were amazed" (Mt.22:15-22).
Jesus was not afraid to talk about money as a useful symbol of creative ideas. He taught that money does not measure my worth. Money is made with a human image; I am made in God's image.
". . . The collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, 'Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax?' 'Yes,' he said. When he came into the house, before he had time to speak, Jesus asked him, 'What is your opinion, Simon? . . . Jesus said to him, '. . . Go to the sea, drop in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. Open its mouth and you will find a coin worth twice the temple tax. Give that to them for me and for you'" (Mt.17:24-7).
I never worry about money, for God is my Source and in God I trust. I am God's child and God always provides for me.
“Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, 'Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost’” (Lk. 15:8-9).
I practice good stewardship and value money simply as a material symbol of God's unlimited supply. I draw my good to me.
“Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy" (Lk.12:33).
What’s in your wallet? I have a rich prosperity consciousness! I serve God and money serves me. I am free to prosper now.