prosperity on Labor

Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. And [w]hatever you do, work at it with all your h...

This prayer may be offered with or without the congregational response. Due to its length, consider using two or more liturgists to lead the prayer. VOICE ONE: God of Creation, God of Life, In your j...

God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth' Lord be with those who work and worship The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to ti...

For what good would their prosperity do them if it did not provide them with the opportunity for good works?

Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that is "finding his place in it," while really it is finding its place in him.

Religion begat prosperity and the daughter devoured the mother.

Ultimately it is economic prosperity which makes possible for billions of dollars to be devoted to the less fortunate.

It is prosperity that we cannot endure.

I shovel [money] out, and God shovels it back...but God has a bigger shovel!

Riches may leave us while we live, we must leave them when we die.

Modern Language Version Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly ask that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of your favor and glad to do your will. Bles...

Almighty and most merciful Father, giver of every good and perfect gift, we give you thanks for blessing us so richly with your good Word and the holy Sacraments, and supplying so abundantly all our d...

We are rich only through what we give: and poor only through what we refuse and keep.

For a hundred that can bear adversity there is hardly one that can bear prosperity.

People are usually better in adversity, than prosperity. A prosperous condition is not always so safe. True, it is more pleasing to the flesh - but it is not always best. In a prosperous state, there ...

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

A friend cannot be known in prosperity. An enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.

The soul is a spiritual thing, riches are of an earthly extract, and how can these fill a spiritual substance? How man does thirst after the world, but, alas, it falls short of his expectation. It can...

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his mercy and truth endure forever. Thank the God of heaven, because his goodness endures forever. Let Israel now say that his mercy endures forever. ...

In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity only one.

That only is worth my having which I can have forever. That only is worth my grasping which death cannot tear out of my hand.

Leader: Happy are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding. People: For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. Leader: She is more preci...

Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits.

Ancient lens What’s the historical context? Wisdom Song It is not too far a stretch to imagine an eager young person sitting at the feet of a well-seasoned elder and receiving the words of thi...

Leader: Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful! People: Their delight is in the law of the LORD, an...

Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that...

The poorest man I know is the man who has nothing but money.

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world.

Leader: Sing to God, sing praises to his name; People: Lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him! Leader: Father of the fatherless and protector of...