HOW TO MAKE MONEY (Part 1)

"Give, and it shall be given to you. Good measure pressed down, shaken together, running over." —Luke 6:38
In Jesus' kingdom, we make money not by amassing capital but by giving money away. Therefore, we are to take initiative in moving God's resources (Lk 16:8). "`Here we have put everything aside to follow You. What can we expect from it?' (Mt 19:27)...Jesus answered, `I give you My word, there is no one who has given up home, brothers or sisters, mother or father, children or property, for Me and for the gospel who will not receive in this present age a hundred times as many'" (Mk 10:29-30). Nobody returns a hundredfold but God. That is why "it is better to give alms than to store up gold" (Tb 12:8). It's better to give than to have a bank account on earth. "Do not lay up for yourselves an earthly treasure" (Mt 6:19). "Make it your practice instead to store up heavenly treasure" (Mt 6:20). We must withdraw our money from the earthly account and deposit it in the heavenly account by giving it to the poor. Jesus said to the young rich man: "There is one thing more you must do. Go and sell what you have and give to the poor, you will then have treasure in heaven" (Mk 10:21).
This teaching seems foolish to many people, even Christians. They trust man's word more than they do God's word. They trust an earthly bank more than God. But who's really the fool? "Then I will say to myself: `You have blessings in reserve for years to come. Relax! Eat heartily, drink well. Enjoy yourself.' But God said to him. `You fool!' " (Lk 12:19-20)

Prayer: Father, may I not be foolish enough to save my money in an earthly bank.

Promise: "He who has compassion on the poor lends to the Lord." —Prov 19:17

Praise: John laughed at the faith-preacher on TV. Later he cried and repented.

HOW TO MAKE MONEY (Part 2)

"I do believe! Help my lack of trust!" —Mark 9:24
When we put God's money in an earthly bank, we only get a few percent interest. We could get 100 times as much from the heavenly account. Most people make the extremely foolish mistake of using an earthly bank because they don't believe Jesus is serious.
But He means what He says. For example, Jesus did give Peter 100 times as many houses. "All who owned property or houses sold them and donated the proceeds. They used to lay them at the feet of the apostles" (Acts 4:34). Peter didn't have his name on the deed, but he had at his disposal all these houses, properties, and farms. That's better than owning them. This doesn't mean Peter was "filthy rich" because he had to keep moving the property out for God to keep moving it in. A lot of property and money passed through his hands, but he didn't own them legally.
Every Christian is to live simply. "Those things I used to consider gain I have now reappraised as loss in the light of Christ" (Phil 3:7). We have been chosen out of this world (Jn 15:19). Although we still live in the midst of plenty, we don't hold on to it. For example, there are two bodies of water in the holy land: the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. Both have the same source, but the Dead Sea doesn't let the water flow through. That is why it is dead. We are to be the Sea of Galilee.

Prayer: Jesus my lack of faith is costing Your people money.

Forgive me.Promise: "Fear is useless. What is needed is trust."—Mk 5:36

Praise: Jerry needed money desperately. He searched through his house and found $2.38. He immediately gave it away. His finances began to flow after that.

Money

In spite of what you may have heard, money is not the root of all evil. The Bible does not say that. Rather, what it says is that the love of money is the root of all evil (I Timothy 6:10; Hebrews 13:5).
Jesus was not anti-money. Rather He saw that money had its place or use. In fact, Jesus often spoke of money in His parables. (Matthew 6:24; Luke 7:42; 16:13)
The Bible as a whole teaches us that money should be used wisely, and that the Lord (who owns everything) should be given His due. Jesus also taught that it was not the amount that mattered, but what was inside a person that counts.

A poor widow pays her tithe

Jesus probably said it best when He said to give Caesar that which is belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God. (Matthew 22:21; Mark 12:17; Luke 20:25)

Jesus said "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's
and unto God what is God's"

For further study, the following are some of the verses which mention the use of money.

What The Bible Says About Money

Randy Alcorn is a noted author on Christian stewardship whose emphasis on giving as an act of faith (rather than a financial obligation to keep the church running) has provided us with an outlook on giving that is scripture-centered. His book The Treasure Principle, offers us many interesting facts regarding God's perspective on giving and our relationship to Him. His research provides us with the following insights:
Throughout the entire Bible there are roughly 2,350 verses concerning money. This is roughly twice as many as faith and prayer combined. Fifteen percent of everything Jesus said related to money and possessions. He spoke about money and possessions more than heaven and hell combined. The only subject Jesus spoke of more often is the Kingdom of God. Why? Because the Scriptures make clear there is a fundamental connection between a person's spiritual life and his attitudes and actions concerning money and possessions. Often we divorce the two -- Christ sees them as essentially related to one another.