Financial Security 03/14/21

Slide One Financial Security Matthew 6:19-34 Slide Two Matthew 6:19-20 Slide Three Jesus is Emphasizing the Fleeting Value of Worldly Wealth Slide Four Earthly Treasures are Temporal Slide Five Earthly Treasures Consume Our Time, Energy, and Concentration Slide Six Matthew 6:21 Slide Seven Where Your Treasure Is, so is Your Heart - Where Your Heart is, so is Your Treasure Slide Eight Matthew 6:22-23 Slide Nine In Jewish writings, a "good eye" represented a generous attitude and a "bad eye" a stingy, miserly attitude. The bad eye (improper perspective on wealth) results in a deep internal darkness, a moral blindness that diminishes the ability to see and pursue what is good. Slide Ten Honoring God with our effort and resources is important, not because God needs the money, but because it reflects the condition of our hearts. Our giving is an accurate reflection of the condition of our hearts. Slide Eleven Matthew 6:24 Slide Twelve Matthew 6:25-27 Slide Thirteen Worry: Assuming Responsibility for that which God Never Intended You to Assume Slide Fourteen Matthew 6:28-30 Slide Fifteen Matthew 6:31-32 Slide Sixteen ". . . and your Heavenly Father knows that you need them." Slide Seventeen Let the Father be the Father Slide Eighteen Matthew 6:33