Reject Covetousness

Money is more likely to cause the downfall of a spiritual leader than anything else.  Money is necessary to live.  It is a great blessing in the work of the Lord.  And yet it is responsible for more evil than any other single thing.  How can anything be so good and evil at the same time.

God is concerned about how you use the money He puts into your hands, no matter how much or how little.  To a very large extent, how you handle money will determine success or failure as a leader.

We must learn to be careful about the use of money because through it Satan destroys many leaders.

Money has great spiritual significance.  Jesus taught a great deal about money and how it affects a man's relationship to god.  Possibly the most familiar passage in this regard is, "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon the 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 or steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also....

"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will hold to one and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and Mammon" (Matt 6:19-21;24).



Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng