Randy Alcorn Quotes

Jesus didn't tell us not to store up treasures. On the contrary, he commanded us to. He simply said, "Stop storing them up in the wrong place, and start storing them up in the right place."

It does not take long to tell where a man's treasure is. In fifteen minutes' conversation with most men, you can tell whether their treasures are on the earth or in Heaven.

The Sermon on the Mount commands me to lay up for myself treasures, not upon earth, but in Heaven. My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ.

Material blessings fade and deteriorate, but your riches in Christ are everlasting.

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.

All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.

In Christ are treasures that will require digging to the end of the world.

Many Christians dread the thought of leaving this world. Why? Because so many have stored up their treasures on earth, not in heaven. Each day brings us closer to death. If your treasures are on earth, that means each day brings you closer to losing your treasures.

It ain't what you're driving or the clothes that you wear, material possessions won't matter up there. And someday in heaven, when the angels all sing, well these rags that I'm wearin' will be fit for a king.

Put your resources, your assets, your money and possessions, your time and talents and energies into the things of God. As surely as the compass needle follows north, your heart will follow your treasure. Money leads; hearts follow.

Whoever has the world's treasures has them no matter how he got them. In the world of the spirit it is otherwise.

Laying up treasures in heaven will draw the heart heavenward.

He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity

Jesus, it is true, shows no personal interest in gain, but he does speak of treasure in heaven and even of mansions as an inducement to follow him. Is it not further true that all religions down the ages have shown a keen interest in the amassment of material goods in the real world?

Don't try to get all your rewards on earth. There are more rewards in Heaven.

When Jesus warns us not to store up treasures on earth, it's not just because wealth might be lost; it's because wealth will always be lost. Either it leaves us while we live, or we leave it when we die. No exceptions....Realizing its value is temporary should radically affect our investment strategy.... According to Jesus, storing up earthly treasures isn't simply wrong. It's just plain stupid.

I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it's harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.

For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?

The Word of God is a treasure map. That treasure map is the most valuable thing you have until you get to that treasure.

Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there.

What has a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards

Pastors and missionaries (need) to know God and to find in him a Treasure more satisfying than any other person or thing or relationship or experience or accomplishment in the world.

The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.

'Cause you can't buy a house in heaven!