The opportunities for using our financial resources to spread the gospel and strengthen the church all over the world are greater than they've ever been. As God raised up Esther for just such a time as hers, I'm convinced he's raise us up, with all our wealth, to help fulfill the great commission. The question is, what are we doing with that money? Our job is to make sure it gets to his intended recipients.

— Randy Alcorn

There is a powerful relationship between our true spiritual condition and our attitude and actions concerning money and possessions.

— Randy Alcorn

The vermin explain their sin with sanctimonious language like, "We've prayed about it and sought counsel, and we feel it's the right thing to do." Don't let it down on them that to the Enemy what they feel is inconsequential. His moral laws don't give a rip about how any of them feel. The sludge bags have no more power to vote them in and out of existence than they have power to revoke the law of gravity.

— Randy Alcorn

.tithing isn't something I do to clear my conscience, so I can do whatever I want with the 90 percent--it also belongs to God! I must seek his direction and permission for whatever I do with the full amount. I may discover that God has different ideas than I do.

— Randy Alcorn

Tolstoy said, 'The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed either by a change of life or by a change of conscience.' Many of us have elected to adjust our consciences rather than our lives. Our powers of rationalization are unlimited. They allow us to live in luxury and indifference while others, whom we could help if we chose to, starve and go to hell.

— Randy Alcorn

Tomorrow's character is made out of today's thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin doesn't.

— Randy Alcorn

Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11).

— Randy Alcorn

To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God.

— Randy Alcorn

To turn the tide of materialism in the Christian community, we desperately need bold models of kingdom-centered living. Despite our need to do it in a way that doesn't glorify people, we must hear each other's stories about giving or else our people will not learn to give.

— Randy Alcorn

Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.

— Randy Alcorn