Sometimes we daydream about receiving a financial windfall.

Wouldn't it be great?

We could pay off our debts and pursue our dreams without restraint.

Well today, on Insight for Living,

Chuck Swindall provides a biblical lesson that will temper our preoccupation with prosperity.

His application is drawn from the practical pages of Proverbs.

The writer offers purls of wisdom like this one. Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich.

Be wise enough to know when to quit. In the blink of an eye, wealth disappears.

Chuck titled today's message, timeless principles of money management.

Now today I want to draw from the Proverbs six principles that are timeless.

Here's the first.

Those who honor God with their money are blessed by him in return.

Those who honor God with their money are blessed by him in return.

You can count on that.

Here's a second principle.

Those who make money their passion lose more than they gain.

Those who make money their passion lose more than they gain.

When you make money your passion, then you're guilty of being greedy.

You are loving money.

And it's the love of money that roots all evil,

according to what Paul wrote to Timothy.

Now let me show you some things out of Proverbs to make you understand why I would give you that principle.

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