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Matthew 6:19-21…. "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (NIV)
The Heart of the Great Investment
Jesus says this is NOT the place to store up stuff. One of the greatest financial catastrophes that ever happened was when the 1st billionaire history, Howard Hughes, lost 2 billion in 1 day. It was the day he died. He lost it all - every bit of it.
Everything you accumulate in this life has an expiration date - it’s the day that you die..
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Invigorate LIFE
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Matthew 6:11… Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (NIV)
Moving From Toxic Assets to Dividends
In the midst of life, have the good things gone bad? Have you let the sin of worry, anxiety, greed turn your heart into an idolatrous heart? Is there worry about physical provisions for you and your family? Is there worry about your financial future? These concerns can melt our hearts into a toxic mess that poisons us from the peace and joy God desires us to walk in.
The reality is that you have today - you don’t have tomorrow … yet. There is power in the present moment. Don’t miss what God has for you today because you are worrying...
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1 Peter 5:6-7…. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (NIV)
Worry History
Worrying may shorten one's life, but not as quickly as it once did. The ancestor of our word, Old English “wyrgan”, meant "to strangle." Its Middle English descendant, “worien”, kept this sense and developed the new sense "to grasp by the throat with the teeth and lacerate" or "to kill or injure by biting and shaking." This is the way wolves or dogs might attack sheep, for example. In the 16th century worry began to be used in the sense "to harass, as by rough treatment or attack," or "to assault verbally," and in the...
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Matthew 6:28-30…. And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? (NIV)
Toxic Worry
Toxic means poisonous and deadly, it’s something that can cause serious harm and even death. Assets are supposed to be good things, not liabilities. Assets can be resources that produce dividends - that give us a pay off. We hope our education is an asset, as well as our abilities, gifts, experiences, family,...
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Ecclesiastes 5:10… Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.(NIV)
Deuteronomy 8:17-18…You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today. (NIV)
Truth or Lies
He is wealthy who is content with the least – for self-sufficiency is nature’s wealth. Socrates, Philosopher (469-399 BC)
One of the greatest difficulties in directing our hearts is sorting out all of the lies that we hear in life. In America, this is...
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1 Tim. 6:10…. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. (NIV)
For the Love of Money
“Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.”
Henry Fielding, English dramatist and novelist (1707-1754)
The world wants to blame all kinds of things for the problems in the world – religion, politics, etc. However, Scripture is clear on what the problem is – “the love of money”. Notice that the apostle Paul does not say that it inspires some evil, but “all kinds of evil”. The love of money breaks up marriages, destroys...
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Matthew 6:24…. No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. (NIV)
Dividends
“Dividends” are defined as payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members - it is the portion of corporate profit paid out to stockholders. Bottom line, you and I spend our lives - we spend time, money, and energy in ways that we hope and pray will yield a dividend. We seek for the payout to be a worthy of all of our blood, sweat, and tears.
The danger is that we can potentially make decisions that are high risk, low reward. For example, when you to decide to continue in a sin (when you know it is...
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Matthew 16:25-27…. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done. (NIV)
Who Has You?
God doesn’t want “your” money. The church doesn’t want “your” money! If your perception is that you possess money, you are sadly confused. The topic of money upsets people more than any other issue in Scripture. Why is that? Growing up in the wealthiest, most powerful, most...
