39. FINANCES     --page 321--

         But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, & His righteousness; & all these things shall be added unto you (Mt.6:33).

         1. God is more concerned about saving your lives & their souls than saving money!
         2. Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure & trouble therewith (Pro.15:16).
         3. The rich ruleth over the poor, & the borrower is servant to the lender (Pro.22:7).
         4. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, they fly away as an eagle toward heaven (Pro.23:5).
         5. Tipping is a way of loving! People judge you & how much you appreciate them by how generous you are.
         6. Money is a good servant but a poor master.
         7. He who will not economise will have to agonise.
         8. The richest are the hardest to win & are also the poorest givers! The poor are the most receptive & generous!
         9. Every religion in the World subsists on begging, & you could hardly give to a better cause than ours, a cause that is saving young people from moral, mental & physical destruction!
         10. You can't take your money to Heaven with you, but that's about the only place you can go without it!
         11. God can afford tips & it makes everybody happy!
         12. When you can't pay bills, you gotta cut the frills!
         13. Although a dollar is only six inches long, it is used to measure many things.
         14. A dollar may not do as much for us as it used to, but then we don't do as much for a dollar either.
         15. The secret of financial success is to spend what you have left after saving, instead of saving what you have left after spending.
         16. A lot of people go in debt just to keep up with those who already are.
         17. He is always a slave who cannot live on little.
         18. Appearances can be deceiving; a ten-dollar bill looks the same as it did ten years ago.
         19. The trouble with a good many cars today is that the engine won't start & the payments won't stop.
         20. It's strange that people call money "dough"--dough sticks to your fingers.
         21. One remarkable thing about the dollar is that when it floats, it sinks.
         22. A lot of people just can't stand prosperity--but then, most people don't have to.
         23. Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
         24. The fact is, the moment financial stability is assured, spiritual bankruptcy is also assured.--Mahatma Gandhi
         25. Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
         26. When money talks, the truth is silent.
         27. If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall.
         28. Do you spend more than you make on things you don't need to impress people you don't have to?
         29. A little inflation is like a little pregnancy--it keeps on growing.
         30. Dollars & sense do not always travel together.
         31. Pretending to be rich keeps many people poor.
         32. I don't know of anything better than a woman if you want to spend money where it will show.
         33. It's not that the gold is getting any more expensive--it's that the money is getting worthless!
         34. It's all in how you
use your riches that counts!
         35. I don't mind giving money away, but I don't like to throw it away.
         36. The Lord is very generous, but He's also a penny-pincher & wants to make sure every one of His pennies count!
         37. Debts are unscriptural!
         38. If you spend the nickels & dimes & the little coins very cautiously & judiciously, then God will probably trust you with dollars & more!
         39. The Lord's servant is worth more than His money.
         40. It's wrong, dishonest & a sin to borrow money you know you can't pay back!
         41. Borrowing without repaying is both illegal & a sin, & God certainly will not bless you for it, & more likely will punish you for it!
         42. When you pinch the pocketbook nerve, you pinch the most sensitive nerve most people have.
         43. So often our policies are dictated or influenced by financial conditions, when finances shouldn't really have much to do with it! We ought to just obey the Lord!
         44. Don't ever make the test of anything whether it brings in money or not.
         45. Never discuss your finances with outsiders. Never discuss specific finances before anyone except those directly involved & who have to know.
         46. Never pay cash for anything that you can buy on time & never buy anything you can possibly rent or get free, & the longer the time payments the better!--The End is near!
         47. Your lives are priceless & your work for the Lord is absolutely without price! Your safety, your security, your convenience, your health, your happiness, your comfort & your efficiency of operation are the most important considerations, not the cost!
         48. Money answereth all things & you'd better get used to answering with it! Tipping pays, so just consider what you must give a good investment.
         49. A man in debt is caught in a net.
         50. A penny saved is a penny gained.
         51. Great profits, great risks.
         52. Loans & debts make worries & frets.
         53. No bees, no honey--no work, no money.
         54. God's idea is not to share the poverty, but to share the wealth!
         55. Most of you already know the deceitfulness of riches, but poverty won't get you anywhere, either.
         56. The cheapest thing is not always the best thing.
         57. They that preach the Gospel shall live of the Gospel!
         58. When you find yourself in a financial bind you are either: (1) not desperate, (2) wasteful, or (3) disobedient!
         59. Never get out of the habit of pinching the pennies.
         60. Watch out about going into something for the money, instead of the ministry.
         61. Want something aside for when you're old?--All investments in God pay 100-fold!--10,000%
         62. Finances are one way God has of controlling us. Either He'll dry it up or increase it, according to the way He wants us to move.
         63. Money talks! In fact, money squawks!
         64. All of us are more precious than gold & silver & jewels because we'll last forever!
         65. What's money? God's got plenty of it! It's talent & God's children & real workers for the Lord that are scarce!
         66. The Gospel am free, Brethren, but it costs somethin' to pipe it to ya!
         67. Ask for donations! Don't undersell the whole revolution with cut-rate religion and bargain-counter copouts!
         68. It's good to have money & the things money can buy. But it's good, too, to check up once in a while & make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.
         69. I'm all for trying to do things the fastest, easiest, cheapest, most efficient & fruitful way.
         70. Always try to accomplish more on less.
         71. By timely mending, save much spending.
         72. The secret of economy is to live as cheaply the first few days after payday as you did the last few days before.
         73. As the missionary said to the rich visitor from the States, "If there's anything else you need, just let us know & we'll explain to you how to do without it!"
         74. I don't believe in living on credit, I don't believe in living on borrowed money. I believe in trying to live within your income.
         75. Don't forget to say "God bless you" when you tip someone, so they'll be sure & give God credit!
         76. The Rich are often a greater hindrance than a help in preaching the Word of God, because they usually want to control what they give!
         77. God is not against riches. Some people have the wrong idea. He's not against wealth. He's only against riches & wealth in the hands of too few when too many don't have enough! God thinks wealth is great, & will give you all you can possibly stand, if you'll give it away & share it so everybody has enough!
         78. God will not bless waste!
         79. Help us to think things through & analyse things & weigh things & count the cost & figure out how to save money, & not have to wait till we don't have it to figure out how to save it.
         80. What's money & time & space to the Lord?--It's
personnel He needs!
         81. Money is like manure.--It's no good unless you spread it around.
         82. The only solution to the financial problems of the World today is the Antichrist solution, the total abandonment of today's World system of economics, the World monetary system, then an establishment of his credit system.
         83. A balanced budget is when you keep your expenses within your income & you live on what you earn.
         84. We need to save, to economise, to cut everything to the bone of absolute essentials & necessities that we cannot do without, & eliminate the luxuries & the little fineries the Lord has let us enjoy for awhile. "The days of this ignorance He winked at, but now He calls us to repent" (Acts 17:30) & get busy & try to economise & save money & prepare to live on less & institute austere measures that will help us to survive!
         85. The more people living together, the more economically they can live!
         86. Eventually we're going to have to economise, so why not do it now? Eventually!--Why not now?
         87. If we can get by without it then, why not get by without it now?

         (See also No.189, 210-212, 301A, 316C, 332A, 336A, 652, 665, 667, 673, 682, 684, 697, 701, 702, 804, 840-843, 866, 885, 893, 903, 928, 934, 1081, 1105, 1216, 1271, 1276, 1320, 1321, 1433.)

         88. DEU.8:18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth.
         89. PSA.37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
         90. PSA.37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.
         91. PSA.62:10 If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
         92. PRO.11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall.
         93. PRO.15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house.
         94. PRO.22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
         95. PRO.23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
         96. PRO.28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
         97. ECC.10:19 Money answereth all things.
         98. MAT.6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon Earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
         99. MAT.19:23 Then said Jesus unto His disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
         100. ACT.2:44,45 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
         101. ROM.13:8 Owe no man anything, but to love one another.
         102. 1TI.6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil.


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