This year, I have once again decided to read through the Bible on a one year plan.  This works great for me as the readings are not extremely long; however, they are long enough to cover a topic or event and hold my interest.  I’ll often rabbit trail off of one of the items or concepts covered and studying it deeper returning to the original language and other study notes I have on it if at all possible.  Having the accountability to keep up with a certain amount of reading each day is also helpful.

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I’m reading through a new version of the Bible – Complete Jewish Scriptures (it has both Old and New Testaments hence the complete at the front of the title.), so I have never read all the way through this particular Bible nor do I have it all “marked up” like I like my Bibles to be.

So this year, I’m coloring my Bible green.  You might ask me, “Green, why green?”  Well, I have taken a list of all the bible verses on money – all 2,350 verses and made it a 5 page list of references only.  You can get a copy of my list by clicking here.  I printed this list out and placed it in my Bible.  Each day after I finish my reading, I see if there were any money verses in that passage, and if so, I highlight them in green.

My reasoning behind it is to help me understand just how much the Scripture does say about finances from a Biblical perspective and what it really has to say on stewardship.  It has been absolutely amazing to me.  I have done this on occasion before, and so much of the gospels turned green, but it is not just the gospels, it is all throughout Scripture.

Why is this important?  I think it says a lot not only about our finances, but it also speaks about God’s ultimate care for all the details of our lives.  It also tells us that God is a jealous God in that He does not want something else coming before Him or interfering with our relationship with Him.  So He gives us clear instructions on a major stumbling block in our lives to help us prevent trouble before it happens.  Is this not just like a loving Heavenly Father?  To care about every aspect of my life.

So I challenge you, are you willing to turn your Bible green and see what happens to your perspective after reading all these bible verses on money?