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*Money*
*The Real Bottom Line*
*Men’s Breakfast*
*4~/24~/2004*
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-We have looked at different aspects of a man’s life.
-Today we are looking at men and their money.
-The real bottom line.
(List adapted from Rabbi Leder’s Ten Money Commandments)
*1.
**Net Worth isn’t the same as Self Worth*
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-A man told me this week while discussing some “movers and shakers” who had money and were trying to make a whole lot more- “When you value system is money driven….”
You can fill in the last part of the sentence.
You life is out of whack.
-There is a precarious balance between making money and being prosperous and not caring at all.
-Jesus had a lot to say about the subject.
Luke 12
*/15 /**/Then He said to them, “aBeware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”*[1]*
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-In some way we have to redefine what life is about.
-In America we keep score with money.
-Our values have been turned upside down.
Ecclesiastes 5
*/10 /**/Whoever loves money never has money enough; /*
*/whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income.
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*/This too is meaningless.
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*/11 As goods increase, /*
*/so do those who consume them.
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*/And what benefit are they to the owner /*
*/except to feast his eyes on them?
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*/12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet, /*
*/whether he eats little or much, /*
*/but the abundance of a rich man /*
*/permits him no sleep.
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*/13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: /*
*/wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, /*
*/14 or wealth lost through some misfortune, /*
*/so that when he has a son /*
*/there is nothing left for him.
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*/15 Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb, /*
*/and as he comes, so he departs.
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*/He takes nothing from his labor /*
*/that he can carry in his hand.
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*/16 This too is a grievous evil: /*
*/As a man comes, so he departs, /*
*/and what does he gain, /*
*/since he toils for the wind?
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**If you are driven by money, there is a deeper problem*
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Luke 16
*/10/**/ “aHe who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much./*
*/ 11 “Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous 1awealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?/*
*/ 12 “And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?/*
*/ 13 “aNo 1servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and 2bwealth.”/*
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-Our use of money reveals who and what we really are.
-Not tithing is a sign of a spiritual problem.
-Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
-Money is a:
· *Tool*
· *A test*
· *A testimony*
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*3. **Discern the difference between needs and wants*
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-There really is a difference.
-What want is so attached to you that you couldn’t let it go even if God said-“DROP IT”?
-If you don’t go shopping, stop looking at magazine ads and TV commercials for 1 month you will probably have an extra chunk of money.
-God gives you the desires of your heart and all things to enjoy.
-Just make sure your stuff is serving you not vice versa.
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**Live within your means*
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-This is a tough one.
-Credit allows us to live temporarily the way we would if we could afford to.
-We see people who have stuff and so we compare and think we deserve it too.
-This is asking that question; “HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH”?
-Is your heart or your eyes driving your life?
-The eyes of man are never satisfied.
Proverbs 15
*/16 /**/Better a little with the fear of the Lord /*
*/than great wealth with turmoil.
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Proverbs 16
*/8 /**/Better a little with righteousness /*
*/than much gain with injustice.
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-I feel sometimes like we have taught people God’s plan for prosperity with out helping them determine and redefine Godly values first.
-We may have turned people loose with the ability to create wealth and get more without aiming them in the right direction.
-Notice that Jesus contrasted the way the gentiles were motivated in Matthew 6 with the way we were to be aimed and motivated.
-You need to ask yourself; has that taken?
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**Leave an inheritance of integrity, not just money*
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Psalm 37
*/18 /**/The days of the blameless are known to the Lord, /*
*/and their inheritance will endure forever.
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*/19 In times of disaster they will not wither; /*
*/in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
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-Our children are watching.
They are picking up our values.
-We think that we can sacrifice the important things as long as we leave them a ton of cash.
*Example *
*My dad at Kisco.
Took a lesser paying job in order to have a life.*
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*Example*
*Mexican Tuna fisherman.*
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*6.
**Save relationships by being clear when lending money*
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-If you want to destroy a family, leave a real fuzzy will so everyone can fight.
-Lend money to all your family members so you can get bitter when they don’t pay you back.
-If you co-sign or lend money be willing to lose it.
-Forgive.
Don’t lose you family over money.
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