The State of Church Giving Through 2014: Speaking Truth to Power. Twenty-Sixth Edition 2016

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need (Luke 12:31, NLT). Son of man, these leaders have set up idols in their hearts (Ezekiel 14:3, NLT). No one can serve two masters. Either he will the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money (Matt. 6:24, NIV). … greed, which is idolatry (Col. 3:5, NIV). … for everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ (Phil. 2:21, NIV). Why do you call me. ‘Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say? (Luke 6:46, NIV). And the Lord proved their message was true by giving them power to do miraculous signs and wonders (Acts 14:3, NLT). Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins (James 4:17, NIV). You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it (John 14:14, NIV).