““So that you may surely learn to sense what is vital, and approve and prize what isexcellent and of real value [recognizing the highest and the best, and distinguishing themoral differences], and that you may be untainted and pure and…
“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust inthe least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteousmammon, who will commit to…
“Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive withmeekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.” James 1:21The recreated spirit of a man wants to draw him to God while the body/flesh wants todraw…
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies aliving sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not beconformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,…
Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:7
Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops.
Proverbs 3:9
But this I say: He who soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he who soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
2 Corinthians 9:6