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8641 Counsels on Stewardship

The Spirit of Covetousness Abhorrent to God, The Acts of the Apostles, 339

8642 Counsels on Stewardship

None to Rob God by Following Inclinations of the Selfish Heart, Testimonies for the Church 5:481

8643 Counsels on Stewardship

When We Are in Harmony With God, None Will Be Preferred Before Him, Testimonies for the Church 6:103, 104

8644 Counsels on Stewardship

An Abundance to Carry Forward God's Work, Testimonies for the Church 5:150

8645 Counsels on Stewardship

Not Returning to God, but Withholding, Tends to Poverty, Testimonies for the Church 6:449

8646 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 111.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God carefully and prayerfully, lest we shall depart from its precepts and requirements? The Lord will not look upon us with pleasure if we withhold anything …

8647 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 111.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… us. God demands this of us, and before angels and men we should reveal our gratitude for what He has done for us. God's benevolence to us we should reflect back …

8648 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 111.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… to God's glory? God keeps a faithful account with every human being in our world. And when the day of reckoning comes, the faithful steward takes no credit to …

8649 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 112 (Ellen Gould White)

How God Proves His Stewards

8650 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 112.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God upon him are forgotten. Men grasp the treasures of earth as tenaciously as if they could hold on to them forever. They seem to think that they have a right …

8651 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 112.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God. God has committed this treasure to them to prove them, that they may manifest their attitude to His cause, and show the thoughts of their heart toward …

8652 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 112.4 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God.... Practical benevolence will give spiritual life to thousands of nominal professors of the truth who now mourn over their darkness. It will transform …

8653 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 113.2 (Ellen Gould White)

A selfish use of riches proves one unfaithful to God, and unfits the steward of means for the higher trust of heaven.— Testimonies for the Church 6:391 .

8654 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 114.1 (Ellen Gould White)

The parable of the talents, rightly understood, will bar out covetousness, which God calls idolatry.— Testimonies for the Church 3:387 .

8656 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 114.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… from God. He has entrusted men with talents, and He desires them to look to Him for counsel. Thus they may use His gifts with unerring aptitude, testifying that …

8657 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 114.4 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God are sensible and right, and we are to trade on our pence and our pounds, returning our freewill offerings to Him to sustain His work, to bring souls to Christ …

8658 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 115.1 (Ellen Gould White)

Speech is a talent. Of all the gifts bestowed on the human family, none should be more appreciated than the gift of speech. It is to be used to declare God's wisdom and wondrous love. Thus the treasures of His grace and wisdom are to be communicated.

8659 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 115.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… serve God better in the vigor of health than in the palsy of disease; therefore we should cooperate with God in the care of our bodies. Love for God is essential …

8660 Counsels on Stewardship, p. 115.4 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God's kindling is brought into our service. The influence of a holy life is felt at home and abroad. The practical benevolence, the self-denial and self-sacrifice …