September 29, 2024
Pastor Ryan Cathers
Matthew 6:19 Don’t store up treasures here on earth… New Living Translation
Matthew 6:19 “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. New Living Translation
Matthew 6:22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! English Standard Version
Proverbs 23:6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; [whose eye is bad] do not desire his delicacies, 7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. English Standard Version
How you see wealth determines how you experience life.
Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. English Standard Version
What you love determines how you live.
Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. 2 It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones. New Living Translation
Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. English Standard Version
"The material world is good, but it is a limited good—limited in the sense that we cannot make a life out of it. To deny the goodness of the created order is to be an ascetic. To deny the limitation of the created order is to be a materialist." - Richard Foster, Celebration of Simplicity
How you see wealth determines how you experience life. How you see God determines how you use wealth.
Matthew 25:21 “The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’ New Living Translation
How will you make the most of limited time and resources?
Matthew 25:29 To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away. New Living Translation
How can I seek first the kingdom of God?
Luke 16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. English Standard Version
Luke 16:10 “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 11 If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? English Standard Version
How can I use temporary wealth to love God and people for eternal impact?
What is God leading you to do to obey this?