What about the benefits of God’s Presence in finances?

Matthew 17:24b (ESV) …”Does your teacher not pay the tax?”

Matthew 17:27 (ESV) …go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.

The point is, God will p_rovide_.

Hebrews 11:6b (ESV) …whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

How we handle money is a matter of our s_ouls_.

3 John 1:2 (ESV) I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

Matthew 6:19-21 (ESV) Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Three things that make up God’s P_resence_ in our finances

Matthew 6:22-23 (ESV) The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!