The Treasure Principle Quotes

“Whatever is given to Christ is immediately touched with immortality.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“Whether or not the tithe is still the minimal measure of those firstfruits, I ask myself, Does God expect His New Covenant children to give less or more? Jesus raised the spiritual bar; He never lowered it (Matthew 5:27–28).”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“A steward manages assets for the owner’s benefit. The steward carries no sense of entitlement to the assets he manages. It’s his job to find out what the owner wants done with his assets, then carry out his will.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“Tithing isn’t the ceiling of giving; it’s the floor. It’s not the finish line of giving; it’s the starting blocks. Tithes can launch us into the mind-set, skills, and habits of grace giving.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“C. S. Lewis put it this way: We are halfhearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased.5 Even many Christians have settled for a life of unsatisfying material acquisitions, like making mud pies in a slum.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“You can’t take it with you— but you can send it on ahead.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“Once we understood that we were giving away God’s money to do God’s work, we discovered a peace and joy we never had back when we thought it was our money!”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7). This doesn’t mean we should give only when we’re feeling cheerful. The cheerfulness often comes during and after the act of obedience, not before it. So don’t wait until you feel like giving—it could be a long wait! Just give and watch the joy follow.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“Being saved from your sins is not about you giving to God; it’s about God giving to you.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“Five minutes after we die, we’ll know exactly how we should have lived. But God has given us His Word so that we don’t have to wait to die to find out. And He’s given us His Spirit to empower us to live that way now.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“Ever seen that bumper sticker “He who dies with the most toys wins”? Millions of people act as if it were true. The more accurate saying is “He who dies with the most toys still dies—and never takes his toys with him.” When we die after devoting our lives to acquiring things, we don’t win—we lose. We move into eternity, but our toys stay behind, filling junkyards. The bumper sticker couldn’t be more wrong.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“The average American shops six hours a week while spending forty minutes playing with his children.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“Andrew Carnegie said, “The almighty dollar bequeathed to a child is an almighty curse. No man has the right to handicap his son with such a burden as great wealth.”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving

“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess. MARTIN LUTHER”
― Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving