What does God have to say about the impact of all this debt on His people? He tells us in Proverbs 22:7b” “The borrower becomes the lender’s slave.” Debt makes you a slave to your lender. In the Old Testament world if you couldn’t pay your debt on time you became the slave of the lender until you worked off your obligations. In our day, if you borrow money you become the lender’s slave by giving much or most of your income back to the lender.
— Rod Rogers, Pastor, Autor und Stewardship-Berater
Related Bible passage: PRO.22.7
Topics: Money & Possessions, Freedom & Truth
Occasions: For Reflection
Rod Rogers
Dr. Rod Rogers ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Buchautor und Berater für kirchliche Haushalterschaft. Bekannt wurde er durch Gemeindegründungen sowie Publikationen wie „Pastor Driven Stewardship“, in denen er Pastoren dazu anleitet, Gemeinden zu biblisch begründetem, verbindlichem Spenden zu führen. Für Bibelleser liefern seine Auslegungen praktische Impulse zu Großzügigkeit, Vertrauen auf Gott und dem persönlichen Umgang mit Finanzen.
God made us to love people and use things. Our problem is that we love things and use people.
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George Muller
Martin Luther
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Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.
C.S. Lewis
Material wealth is either a window through which we see God or a mirror in which we see ourselves.
Warren Wiersbe
Martin Luther