Scripture references on money:
In the sermon on April 27, I read the following passages (and promised to post them on the web) in partial answer to the three questions:

• What good things do we deserve in this life?
• Where do we find security?
• What do we believe leads to happiness?

Here are the Scriptures. I encourage you to meditate further on them, and explore their context.

• The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Mt 13:44
• Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. Ps 73:25
• God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all contentment in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. 2 Cor 9:8
• I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ. Phil 3:8
• The world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Gal 6:14
• 8 if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. 1 Timothy 6:8-10
• 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” Hebrews 13:5-6
• Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, 30 who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. Mar 10:29-30
• Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! 2 Cor 9:15