How we manage money and possessions is always a matter of the heart (Matt 6:21)
Jesus knows that the issue of money and possessions has the power to consume and derail us more quickly than anything else
Financial Responsibility
- Do not money
- God owns it all: One day we will give an account
- We are only managers, not the owner
- There are times we can from the unbeliever
- Do not money
- You cannot have 2 #1 priorities
- Make God your master and money your servant
- Do not money to give your life
- God will entrust to those who are faithful with
Sermon Talks
- What caught your attention in this week’s message? Was there something you had never heard before or something you had a question about?
- In what areas of your life do you seem to squander money the most? Consider doing a 30 day audit of your finances.
- Read Deuteronomy 8:17-18. How should we respond when we are tempted to think that we have earned the right to truly “own” our money and material possessions? Read Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 10:14, Job 41:11, Psalm 24:1
- In Luke 16:8, Jesus is not praising the dishonesty of the manager, rather his shrewdness. The lesson is that, at times, we can learn from worldly business men and women.
- What would happen if we pursued the Kingdom of God with the same vigor and zeal that the children of this world pursue profits and pleasure?
- What did you think of the comment Pastor Brian made, “It is a shame of the Church that Pepsi is more widely distributed than the gospel of Jesus Christ?”
- In Luke 16:9, Jesus illustrates the importance of managing finances and possessions well as a testimony to unbelievers.
- How can good management of money be a testimony to unbelievers?
- Read 1 Timothy 6:10. What is your attitude towards money? Where does it rank in the priorities of your heart?
- Remember that your self-worth comes from God. God MADE you! Jesus died and rose again FOR you! The Holy Spirit wants to take up residence IN you!
Pray about it: Meditate on God’s Word (Luke 16:1-13) and this week’s message.
Adoration: What can I praise God for in light of what this teaches me?
Confession: What sin can I confess because of what this teaches me?
Thanksgiving: What can I thank God for in light of what he has done?
Supplication: What do I need to ask of God in order to grow in light of this?