Sermon Tone Analysis

Retirement Planning

What does your retirement plan look like?

How about eternity planning?

What does your plan for eternity living look like?

It is true that we cannot work our way into heaven - no amount of good works will get you into heaven.

But did you know that the Bible talks about rewards, benefits and repercussions in eternity for the way we live on earth?

Let’s look at what Jesus has to say about how we should approach the idea of eternity with God

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Principle 1:

The Kingdom of Heaven Deserves Sacrifice

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Principle 2:

God Wants You to Think About Investments

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Principle 3:

Be Wise About Where to Invest

Principle 4:

This is About Stewardship

Principle 5:

Stewardship is Not Just Money

Why is this important?

We talk about the 80/20 principle in churches all the time - 80% of the people do 20% of the work vs. 20% of the people doing 80% of the work.

Think instead that this relates not just to work, but to all resources - work, money, time, etc.

Ministry leaders (pastors, elders, teachers, etc.) have a tendency to go to the 20 percenters FIRST.

Because of constraints; time, energy, just plain convenience, etc., pastors tend to either a) make a general appeal - and guess what? the 20 percenters are often the first in line, or b) the leader bypasses the general appeal and go directly to those first responders.

The 80/20 principle is not according to God’s design

God’s Design

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The excuses - debt, time, money, family, etc. are all answered in God’s design - growing up into Christ to not be swayed as children.