“Strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness.” ~ JESUS Matthew 6:33, NRSV

“The Kingdom of God is basically the rule of God. It is God’s reign, the divine sovereignty in action.” ~ George Eldon Ladd

“The incarnation is the one absolute expression of what God is like and also of what true humanity is like.” ~ Myron S. Augsburger

“There is more to you than you know.” “There is more to you than you know.” ~ Gandalf the Wizard to Bilbo in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit

“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult, and left untried.” ~ G.K. Chesterton

“The gospel Jesus proclaimed was a call to discipleship, a call to follow him in submissive obedience, not just a plea to make a decision or pray a prayer.” ~ John F. MacArthur, Jr.

“Jesus is not asking people to add him to the milieu of their lives. He wants disciples willing to forsake everything.” ~ John F. MacArthur, Jr.

“A good mind possesses a great kingdom; a good fortune is a great slavery.” ~ Seneca

“In the end, money will be the one thing people will desire…. Nowadays a young man hardly envies anyone his gifts, his art, the love of a beautiful girl, or his fame; he only envies him his money. Give me money, he will say, and I am saved.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard

“I see an innumerable amount of men, alike and equal, constantly circling around in pursuit of the petty and banal with which they gut their souls.” ~ French philosopher Alexis de Toqueville, describing North Americans

"People do not value sunsets because they cannot pay for them." ~ Oskar Wild

"There are three conversions necessary: the conversion of the heart, the mind, and the purse." ~ Martin Luther

“Money is like manure. If you spread it around it does a lot of good. But if you pile it up in one place is stinks terribly.” ~ Clint Murchison Jr.

“Do you accept tips here?” “Absolutely sir.” “Do you have 2 fives then?” “Oh yes sir.” “Good, then you won’t be needing the ten cents I was going to give you.” ~ Groucho Marx, to a waiter

“For I don’t care to much for money, for money can’t buy me love.” ~ John Lennon

“The best way to avoid following Jesus is to talk about him!” ~ Richard Rohr

“It is unlikely that we will deepen our relationship with God in a casual and haphazard manner. There will be a need for some intentional commitment and some reorganization in our own lives.” ~ William Paulsell

“He is no fool who loses what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” ~ Jim Elliot, Martyred Missionary

“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.” ~ JESUS Matthew 6:10, NASB

“…but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.” ~ Mark 4:19, NASB

“You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.” ~ Revelation 3:17, NLT

“Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” ~ Luke 12:15, NRSV

“There shall be no poor among you … IF only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today.” ~ Deuteronomy 15:4-5, NASB

“So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.” ~ Luke 14:32 (NRSV)

“I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.” ~ Luke 16:9 (NIV)

“And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive ( or “welcome”) you into the eternal dwellings.” ~ Luke 16:9, NASB

“But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, ‘Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house….’” ~ Luke 19:8-9 (NIV)