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Mark 4:1-9; 13-20 The Parable of the Heart! A Few thoughts About Money! 1. All that God Gives Is Because of His Grace! It's a Gift! Deuteronomy 8:11-18 2. All That You Have Belongs To God! It's all Been Entrusted to You! 3. Having Money is Not Wrong 1 Samuel 2:7-8 "The Lord makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts. 8 " He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor; 4. Money Having You Is Wrong! Job 1:1-21 The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes Away! Blessed Be the Name of the Lord! 5. Money Is To Be Used For the Glory of God! One's Attitude and Actions Concerning Money and Possessions is a Reflection of One's True Spiritual Condition! • The Illustration of Zacheus! Luke 19 • The Illustration of the Rich Young Ruler! Matthew 19:16-30 1 Timothy 6:6-10 Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Psalms 42:1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? Psalms 63:1 O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 84:2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; Psalm 143:6 I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah. 7 Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit. 2 Corinthians 9:8 "God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed." Paul's Testimony - Phil 4:11-13: • Loving Money Skews Kingdom Reality! Revelation 3:17 'Because you say, " I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, 18 I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. Luke 12:13-32 Your Life Is Not Defined By What You Have! • Loving Money Deceives You Into Thinking It Brings Happiness! • Loving Money Produces Harmful Desires! • Plunges You To Ruin • Loving Money Produces a Wandering From the Faith It Pierces you with many of pangs! The Sin of Covetousness - Achan Joshua 7 The Sin of Holding Back Annanias and Sapphira Acts 5 4. Do Not Fix Your Hope On the Uncertainty of Riches! 5. Do Good, Be Rich in Good Works, Be Generous, Ready to Share! Proverbs 11:24 says, "There is one who scatters, yet increases all the more, and there is one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want. 25 The generous man will be prosperous, And he who waters will himself be watered. Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." 2 Corinthians 9:6 "he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver" Proverbs 3:9 Honor the Lord from your wealth And from the first of all your produce; 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine. Proverbs 19:17 One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord, And He will repay him for his good deed. Deuteronomy 15:10 "You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings. 11 " For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.' |
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