Money: Seeking God's Wisdom

Title: Money: Seeking God's Wisdom

Author: Jim Newheiser

ISBN: 9781629954974

Publisher: P&R Publishing

Pages: 96

Binding: Paperback

Weights: 151g

Contents
Tips for Reading This Devotional 7
Introduction 9
General Warnings about Money
Day 1: The Biggest Lie about Money 15
Day 2: The Love of Money Will Ruin You 17
Why Do People Experience Financial Distress?
Day 3: Financial Distress Is Not Always Your Fault 21
Day 4: You May Be to Blame for Some of Your
Financial Troubles 23
Heart Issues for the Financially Distressed
Day 5: Who Really Owns Your Stuff? 27
Day 6: Greed for More Yields Less 29
Day 7: Christ Enables You to Be Content 31
Day 8: It’s Hard to Be Poor 33
Day 9: God Empowers You to Overcome Worry 35
Day 10: God Uses Financial Trials for Good 37
God Provides for Your Needs through Your Vocation
Day 11: Work Is Good 41
Day 12: Work Is Hard 43
Day 13: Sinful Laziness Impacts Our Work 45
Day 14: Christ Transforms Our Work 47
Day 15: Wisdom’s Formula for Vocational Success 49

Day 16: Looking for Work 51
Day 17: Characteristics of a Wise Worker 53
Day 18: God Blesses Wise Work 55
Dangers to Avoid
Day 19: Don’t Make Work Your Idol 59
Day 20: Don’t Fall into the Debt Trap 61
Day 21: Flee from Get-Rich-Quick Schemes 63
Day 22: What’s the Harm of Gambling? 65
Financial Wisdom for Your Heart and Life
Day 23: Seek Wise Counsel 69
Day 24: Make a Budget 71
Day 25: Get out of Debt 73
Day 26: Make Wise Lifestyle Choices 75
Day 27: Save for the Future 77
Day 28: Help Those in Need 79
Day 29: Give to the Lord’s Work 81
Day 30: Wisdom Is Better Than Money 83
Day 31: Imitate Christ, Who Paid Your Debt and Made
You Rich 85
Conclusion 87
Acknowledgments 89
Notes 91
Suggested Resources on Finances 93

“A timely gift for those who seek to live biblically in a culture that is saturated with the pitfalls of materialism.”

—T. Dale Johnson, Executive Director, Association of Certified Biblical Counselors; Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

“This devotional points to solid biblical wisdom that will ground readers who feel tossed about by waves of financial woe.”

—Curtis Solomon, Director, The Biblical Counseling Coalition

“This wonderful book . . . provides Christians with God’s money wisdom in the most accessible format I have seen.”

—James C. Petty, Author, Act of Grace; Executive Director Emeritus, Children’s Jubilee Fund

“I would put the topic of finances within the top five issues that people whom I counsel struggle with. Here, Jim . . . [guides] us in this area of daily tension in our walk with God.”

—Stuart W. Scott, Professor of Biblical Counseling, Graduate Program of The Master’s University