| Extreme Makeover of How We Use Money |
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"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21 (NIV) "You might say to yourself, ‘I am rich because of my own power and strength,’ but remember the LORD your God! It is he who gives you the power to become rich." Deut. 8:17-18 (NCV) HOW SHOULD WE USE OUR RESOURCES? 1. To care for our ____________."If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." 1 Timothy 5:8 (NIV) 1. To help those in _________."I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me." Matt. 25:35-36 (NLT) 1. To spread the _____________."Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe from thieves." Matthew 6:19-20 (NLT) THREE PURPOSES FOR TITHING! 1. It shows that ________ is first place in our life."The purpose of tithing is to teach you always to put God first in your lives." Deut. 14:23 (LB) 1. It shows our _____________."Honor the Lord by giving him the first part of all your income." Proverbs 3:9 (LB) 1. It shows our _________."Tell those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which will soon be gone. But their trust should be in the living God." 1 Timothy 6:17 (NLT) |