Week 3: Money Mentality
How many of you have ever hidden a purchase from your spouse / parent / boy/girlfriend because you knew they would not approve?
How many of you live with a SPENDER? or SAVER?
DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT A THING.
"Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
(royalty, rule, royal power)
The GREATEST ASSET you have IS NOT about FUNDS IN YOUR BANK
Remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant...
The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.
Cast your bread upon the waters,
For you will find it after many days.
(metaphor – being generous, even if a return seems unlikely)
There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty.
The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself
Prov 22:9 - He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor.
Psalms 41:1 - Blessed is he who considers the poor; The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.
2 Cor 9:6 - But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
EVERYTHING THAT COMES TO YOU IS EITHER:
You’re not a FOOL if you give away something you cannot keep
to GET SOMETHING you will never LOSE.”
Jesus taught his disciples using this story:
“There was once a very rich man who hired a manager to run his business and oversee all his wealth. But soon a rumor spread that the manager was wasting his master’s money. So the master called him in and said, ‘Is it true that you are mismanaging my estate? You need to provide me with a complete audit of everything you oversee for me. I’ve decided to dismiss you.’
“The father said, ‘My son, you are always with me by my side.
Everything I have is yours to enjoy.
1. When you think about God.
Is He EL SHADDAI or EL CHEAPO? ?
2. Throughout the day, do you look for opportunities to GIVE or RECEIVE??
3. Based upon the answers above: What more important? Treasures in Heaven or Treasures on Earth?
Just then someone spoke up from the crowd and said, “Master, you should tell my older brother that he has to divide the family inheritance and give me my fair share!”
Jesus answered, “My friend, you can’t expect me to help you with this. It’s not my business to settle arguments between you and your brother—that’s yours to settle.”
Speaking to the people, Jesus continued, “Be alert and guard your heart from greed and always wishing for what you don’t have. For your life can never be measured by the amount of things you possess.”
Jesus then gave them this illustration: “A wealthy land owner had a farm that produced bumper crops. In fact, it filled his barns to overflowing!
He thought, ‘What should I do now that every barn is full and I have nowhere else to store more? I know what I’ll do! I’ll tear down the barns and build one massive barn that will hold all my grain and goods. Then I can just sit back, surrounded with comfort and ease. I’ll enjoy life with no worries at all.’
“God said to him, ‘What a fool you are to trust in your riches and not in me. This very night the messengers of death are demanding to take your life. Then who will get all the wealth you have stored up for yourself?’ This is what will happen to all those who fill up their lives with everything but God.”
