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8561 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 77.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… with God or with his fellow men can truly prosper. The most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, says, “Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great …
8562 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 78.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… our God, we despise the authority of God, and ignore the fact that Christ has purchased us with His own life. The world is robbing God upon the wholesale plan …
8563 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 78.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God, and that they are required to faithfully follow the directions of the Scriptures in regard to its disposal. If your heart is right with God, you will …
8564 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 78.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… for God, and be true and honest in paying tithes and offerings. When a pledge is made by you, be sure that God expects you to pay as promptly as possible. Do not promise …
8565 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 79.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… from God's treasury in order to serve himself or to serve others in their secular business. Some have been at fault in diverting from the altar of God that …
8566 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 80.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God's prescribed plan], so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” The gifts are to be made in consideration of the great …
8567 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 80.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… that God is the possessor of all our property, and that He has made us stewards to use it to His glory. Every acknowledgment of our obligation to God will strengthen …
8568 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 80.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… impulse. God has given us definite instruction in regard to it. He has specified tithes and offerings as the measure of our obligation. And He desires us to …
8569 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 81 (Ellen Gould White)
Meeting God's Claims First
8570 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 81.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… . Let God's portion be first set apart.— The Review and Herald, February 4, 1902 .
8571 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 81.2 (Ellen Gould White)
We are not to consecrate to Him what remains of our income after all our real or imaginary wants are satisfied; but before any portion is consumed, we should set apart that which God has specified as His.
8572 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 81.3 (Ellen Gould White)
Many persons will meet all inferior demands and dues, and leave to God only the last gleanings, if there be any. If not, His cause must wait till a more convenient season.— The Review and Herald, May 16, 1882 .
8573 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 82.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed Thee?” The Lord answers, “In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed Me …
8574 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 82.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… as God's gifts are fresh and continual. There is no difficulty in understanding our duty in the light of this message, given through God's holy prophet. We …
8575 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 82.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… as God's word is given to us, just so surely will He require His own with usury at the hand of every human being. If men are unfaithful in rendering to God His own …
8576 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 83.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God; the one object before him will be the great need of the world. He will realize that the message of truth is to be given, not only in his own neighborhood …
8577 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 83.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… robbing God in tithes and offerings, and it was plainly revealed to me that Malachi has stated the case as it really is. Then how dare any man even think in his …
8578 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 84 (Ellen Gould White)
Robbing God
8579 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 84.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… with God to the utmost of your ability, that through you He may reveal the beauty of His truth. Withhold nothing from the Saviour. All is His. You would have nothing …
8580 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 84.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… to God. This is covetousness, which is idolatry. Men monopolize that which God has lent them, as though it were their own property, to do with as they please. When …