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Announcements
June 25th Combined service at Dudley’s, Lunch to follow
Party June 4th at 4pm.....please RSVP
Prayers:
The lost
Other churches
Memorial Day
Toby
Sparky
Pastor Eric and I as we move
Graduates and their parents
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Being broke in college…living in a dump apartment, eating macncheese and frozen burritos with koolaid to drink
If I were to ask you, would you say that it’s good to be financially empty?
Scriptural speaking it might be a good thing to God:
Sell all you have and follow me.
Sell all you have and follow me.
That’s not our experience though.
Broke = Bad
Choices = Good
I believe there are four reasons we find ourselves struggling financially.
I believe there are four reasons we find ourselves struggling financially.
Mistakes - Poor money management
Often times, our financial struggles come as a result of poor decisions.
We don’t overspend on purpose.
We fail to plan ahead.
We get too far in debt.
sometimes we are just poor money managers
Defiance - Disobedience
the second reason for our financial troubles is wasting money.
We intentionally buy things that we don’t need.
Testing
Sometimes our financial struggles come as a result of God’s testing us.
We didn’t do anything wrong, we planned ahead, but still things went sideways on us.
Complacency -
people resolve to living in lack and sort of give up making things better.
Many poor just see this as their lot in life.
But being financially empty refers to more than just financially struggling, It’s about lacking.
So in reality, many rich are financially empty because what they want is more.
You see, rich, poor, and everyone in between can find themselves financially empty.
IF the amount of money isnt the reason for financial emptiness, what is is that makes us financially empty?
You can be rich and be financially empty because you don’t have enough.
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In the same way you can be poor and still be financially empty.
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This may come as no surprise to some of you....but i’m a bit geeky.
I like economics.
I read economics books and magazines, it was the focus of my MBA.
One writer that I have found interesting as a economist / sociologist is Jacques Ellul.
He explains Wealth as the sum of the good things that God has blessed you to possess.
IF the amount of money isnt the reason for financial emptiness, what is is that makes us financially empty?
Mistakes - Poor money management
Defiance - Disobedience
Testing
Complacency
Let me say first of all that we need to understand the difference between money and wealth.
Let me explain.
I focused my masters degree on economics and finance so this is a personal interest to me.
A french sociologist Jacques Ellul explains Wealth as the sum of the good things that God has blessed you to possess.
And money is one way of many to accumulate wealth, is the government controlled mechanism for trade as it is the property of Caesar.
Money has the tendency to become much more than a tool and means to store wealth.
It quickly becomes our tempter.
Money is a ready made God as it demands our attention and devotion.
In scripture, Money is consistently set in opposition to God.
As Jesus said it best in Matthew 6
Yet money is necessary in earthly life; we can’t live entirely separate.
We live in a world that worships money and if we are going to survive, we have to take part in using it for our own buying and selling.
Yet we must always realize that the coins in our pockets belong to Caesar, that we are playing with the sacraments of a false religion with a god that is never satisfied.
Its the chasing this illusive god that leads to our financial emptiness.
That’s why it’s important to see the financial aspects of our lives in relation to the resurrection can help us find financial fulfillment.
As we surrender to Jesus,
The Cross is the Means to Financial Fulfillment
we come to live life to the full as Jesus came to accomplish.
Even full financially, as we appreciate our wealth, God blessings given for us to utilize and enjoy.
Think about your wealth, all that you have; not just your tools and assets: Joy, health, family, humor, gifts, abilities, friends, children, spouse,
In the New Testament, Jesus referred to money and wealth quite a bit.
It was a practical way to teach people…every body understands cash.
Jesus referred to money and wealth quite a bit.
It was a practical way to teach people…every body understands cash.
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In chapter 25 of Matthew, he refers to it in different ways.
This is part of what we know as the Olivet Discourse that begins in Ch 24.
This teaching of Jesus is about the end times and the judgement of the world and the coming Kingdom of God.
In Chapter 24, he describes non-believers as people who have a master who has gone away on a long trip.
While he is gone, they take advantage of the time and relax.
The faithful servant is the one who keeps doing what the Master has commanded them.
The teaching is clear here.
Jesus is about to leave and the faithful disciples will continue the work that he has revealed to them.
The unfaithful will begin to live for themselves expecting the master to be forgiving when he returns.
Jesus illustrates the difference in faithful and unfaithful servanthood by using two parables related to money and our management of it.
First we have a story of 10 Virgins waiting for their bridegroom to arrive.
5 of them grab their lamps and go out to wait for him.
The other 5 get their lamps and fill extra jars with oil then go out to meet him.
When the bridegroom is about to arrive, the 5 are out of oil and have to leave to get more.
They miss his arrival and are left out of the wedding banquet.
Lesson - Use your wealth to prepare for the return of Jesus.
The second story is of three servants who have been left with some money by their master as he leaves town.
We know it as the parable of the talents.
One is given 5 talents, he invests his and earns 5 more.
When his master returns, he is pleased and rewards him.
The second is left with 2 talents of money, he invests it and earns 2 more.
When his master returns, he is pleased and rewards him.
The third is left with 1 talent of money, he hides it and returns it to his master when he returns.
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