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Kmart, Wal-Mart, Target, TJ Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, Costco, Amazon
When I say these names, what we usually think about is…
Bargains.
Savings.
Getting the most for your money.
Let’s face it.
Often times, people like us are obsessed with spending our money in the best way possible.
If we’re going to spend our money, we think it’s a great investment to spend it in these sorts of places.
However, the Bible tells us the absolute best way to spend our money.
It can be summed up in a phrase:
Best way to spend my money: Faith oriented, faith filled sacrificial giving
Human being’s best spend is sacrificial giving.
Faith oriented sacrifice means to willingly give the best that I have for a better purpose
It’s a level of giving that affects my living.
Rapidly, I want to show you five things that faith oriented sacrificial giving will do in your life if you get involved in it.
The first thing that faith oriented sacrificial giving does.
Faith oriented sacrificial giving builds vision
Today we’re looking at…1 Chronicles 29.
Let me set the stage for this part of the Bible.
David.
You may know King David…
He’s called a man after God’s own heart.
He was a brilliant musician, poet, leader.
David was the man who killed the world heavyweight champion, Goliath.
AND people were shocked, people couldn’t believe it.
That victory catapulted David into leadership.
In 1 Chronicles 29, David’s up in age now.
And he’s in the process of transferring the leadership of Israel to his son, Solomon.
David, before this takes place stands before the entire nation of Israel…
And tells them that God had given him a dream to build a house of worship, a temple.
He said that Israel needed to do what God wanted, in 1 Chronicles 29:1 it says…
“The task is great because this palatial structure is not for man but for the Lord God.” 1 Chronicles 29:1
David recognized something.
He saw right up front that this wasn’t just another housing tract, another gymnasium.
This was the house of God.
For people that matter to God…
What you at Northside are taking part in at the present time, it’s based on another house of God, for people that matter to God.
The mandate of the people of God is to GO and reach people for God.
Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 1:8
And we’ve been doing that for 2 years now…
One thing I know about Jamey Mills is he’s not interested in more people because he’s interested in more numbers.
But numbers do matter to him, because numbers represent people who matter to God.
And if people matter to God then they ought to matter to Northside.
Jesus is the one, Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:15, Luke 24:46-48, John 20:21, Acts 1:8
Jesus said, we are to GO!
Well, David recognized this same thing…
God had shown the children of Israel where this house of worship should be and David started the process.
People who are visionaries are risk-takers, they’ll give to a cause.
That’s particularly true for those of us who know Jesus Christ personally.
We’re right there on the edge.
We’re taking steps of risk, leaps of faith to see things happen for God’s glory.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-3.
“There is a time for everything.
There is a time to build."
Ecclesiastes 3:1-3
And David recognized that this was the moment and he said now is the time to seize the moment.
We can’t dilly dally around.
We can’t think about it.
We can’t contemplate it.
We can’t bring in 300 committee members to study it for a couple of years.
We’ve got to go for it.
The time is now.
That’s precisely what God is doing here at Northside.
The time is now…
There’s a sense of urgency…eternal urgency…
So first, participate in faith oriented, sacrificial giving and watch and see what happens.
Second,
Faith oriented sacrificial giving develops commitment
Here’s what David says. 1 Chronicles 29:3…
“In my devotion to the temple of my God…” 1 Chronicles 29:3
You might want to circle the word devotion because devotion and commitment are used simultaneously.
“…I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God over and above everything else I have provided.”
1 Chronicles 29:3
David gave all of his personal treasures to God, in essence he cashed out his 401K, his Roth IRA, what he had in the bank.
He gave $80,000,000 to the building of a house of worship that day.
Talk about a faith oriented, sacrificial gift.
He led the pack.
And something, I want you to remember is this…Solomon, his son, watched him do that.
Solomon was standing right there when David made his commitment, $80,000,000 to the campaign.
No where in there do you hear Solomon saying,
“Oh no, Dad, you’re giving away my inheritance.
Dad, I won’t be able to build another house.
Please don’t do it, dad.”
“Dad, I won’t be able to buy another Ferrari chariot.
Please, Dad, no, I won’t be able to go to college…”
He doesn’t do that.
He celebrates his dad and his dad modeled faith oriented sacrificial giving.
Parents will ask me what they can do for their children that’ll really help them, how they can mark them for life.
You know what I say.
I tell them that one of the best things they can do is give in faith oriented, sacrificial proportions.
Give the best you have willingly for a greater purpose.
In letting your children see someone who is extravagantly generous…generous to their church,
You’ve given your children something that money cannot buy.
We’re about building the church.
Jesus said, build My church.
He said the manifold wisdom of Himself will be made known through the church.
The Bible also said that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church.
So when you talk about giving, the most important thing that a group of people can ever give to is a church.
And let me say this, you can give based on two things.
This is important…you can give based on
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