ALL FOR ONE
- LUKE 15- PARABLE LOST SHEEP
- LOST COIN
- LOST FOUND REJOICE
- UNTIL
THREE CRITERIA
- NOT CURRENTLY IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
- LIVE LOCAL
- FRIEND, I REARRANGE MY LIFE FOR THEM (GRIEVE)
JEREMIAH AT PHILLIES GAME
- SITTING IN RIGHT FIELD
- FOUL BALLS OTHER KIDS – GOT HIS GLOVE
- HOME RUN WAS HIT LATE- HE WAS TICKED
- KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL- DISTRACTED US?
- THESE PEOPLE LOST SIGHT OF EVERYTHING ELSE
SCRIPTURE GENESIS 1:27
27. SO GOD CREATED MANKIND IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED THEM; MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM.
SCRIPTURE GENESIS 1:28
28. GOD BLESSED THEM AND SAID TO THEM,” BE FRUITFUL AND INCREASE IN NUMBER; FILL THE EARTH AND SUBDUE IT.
SCRIPTURE GENESIS 1:29
29. THEN GOD SAID, “I WILL GIVE YOU EVERY SEED BEARING PLANT ON THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH AND EVERY TREE THAT HAS FRUIT WITH SEED IN IT. THEY WILL BE YOURS FOR FOOD.
SCRIPTURE GENESIS 2:8
8. NOW THE LORD GOD HAD PLANTED A GARDEN IN THE EAST, IN EDEN; AND THERE HE PUT THE MAN HE HAD FORMED.
SCRIPTURE GENESIS 2:15
15. THE LORD GOD TOOK THE MAN AND PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO WORK IT AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
STEWARDSHIP
- someone who can be trusted with God’s resources.
MANAGING GOD’S GIFTS AND RESOURCES WITH BIBLCAL PRINCIPLES.
2350– JESUS > PRAYER/FAITH/HEAVEN/HELL
16/38
PARABLES- MONEY/POSSESSIONS
BRACE YOURSELF- IN A GOOD WAY
- PODCAST AUTHOR JOSHUA BECKER
IT SEEMS THE VERY THINGS WE ARE PURSUING
ARE CHOKING OUT OUR FRUITFULNESS
OUR HOMES ARE 3 TIMES SIZE THEY WERE FOR OUR GRANDPARENTS BUT OUR FAMILIES ARE SMALLER
- 18 % OF AMERICANS RENT OFF SITE STORAGE
- AMERICANS DON’T WEAR 82% OF WARDROBE
- 4 TIMES AS MUCH CLOTHING PURCHASES VS YEAR
2000.
AMERICANS AVERAGE OF 1500 MONTH- NON ESSENTIALS
IT FEELS NORMAL- NOT OUT RIGHT SELFISHNESS
ACCUSTOMED HEATED SEATS:ROOM TEMPERATURE SEAT
JUST THIS WEEK: APPLE INTRODUCES NEW PRODUCTS
APPLE KEYNOTE MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR 2 YEAR OLD PHONE IS GARBAGE-
JOHN WESLEY QUOTE
“THE LAST PART OF A MAN TO BE CONVERTED IS HIS WALLET” JOHN WESLEY
WE HAVE IN CHURCH AND OUTSIDE CHURCH
WHAT’S MINE IS MINE– I KEEP IT
WHATS YOURS IS MINE- I TAKE IT
WHATS MINE IS YOURS– I SHARE IT
WHATS MINE WAS NEVER MINE-ITS ALL HIS ANYWAY
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 6:19
19. DON’T STORE UP TREASURES HERE ON EARTH, WHERE MOTHS EAT THEM AND RUST DESTROYS THEM, AND WHERE THIEVES BREAK IN AND STEAL.
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 6:20
20. STORE YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN, WHERE MOTHS AND RUST CANNOT DESTROY, AND THIEVES DO NOT BREAK IN AND STEAL.
Ancient world greatly valued clothing-SIGN OF WEALTH
FABRIC- WOVEN AT TIMES WITH GOLD- PRECIOUS
RUST- MORE THAN A GNAWING- EATING AWAY/PRODUCE
FBI STATS: VIOLENT ACT OF THEFT EVERY 2 MINUTES
MATTHEW 6:21
21. WHEREVER YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART WILL ALSO BE.
THIS SOUNDS BACKWARDS- JOSEPH HILL SAYS THIS
WE TEND TO THINK OUR ACTIONS FLOW FROM OUR BELIEFS AND DESIRES: I CARE ABOUT SOMETHING, THERFORE I INVEST IN IT. THAT’S PARTLY TRUE. BUT JESUS UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING DEEPER. OUR INVESTMENTS SHAPE OUR DESIRES. WHERE WE PUT OUR TIME TALENT TREASURE AND TOUCH, THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE COME TO LOVE.
THAT IS WHY WHEN SOMEONE STARTS GIVING TO THEIR CHURCH, EVEN RELUCTANTLY, OFTEN FINDS THEIR HEART BEGINS TO SOFTEN TOWARD THE COMMUNITY. ITS WHY SOMEONE WHO STARTS VOLUNTEERING AT A SHLETER OR FOOD SERVICE, EVEN OUT OF OBLIGATION BEGINS TO SEE PEOPLE THEY SERVE WITH NEW EYES. ITS WHY SOMEONE WHO COMMITS TO A DAILY PRACTICE OF PRAYER, EVEN WHEN IT FEELS DRY AND POINTLESS, GRADUALLY DISCOVERS A DEEPENING SENSE OF GODS PRESENCE.
Question: What around you every day is gonna last forever?
JESUS NOT AGAINST 401K- GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 6:22
22. YOUR EYE IS LIKE A LAMP THAT PROVIDES LIGHT FOR YOUR BODY. WHEN YOUR EYE IS HEALTHY, YOUR WHOLE BODY IS FILLED WITH LIGHT.
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 6:23
23. BUT WHEN YOUR EYE IS UNHEALTHY, YOUR WHOLE BODY IS FILLED WITH DARKNESS. AND IF THE LIGHT YOU THINK YOU HAVE IS ACTUALLY DARKNESS, HOW DEEP THAT DARKNESS IS!
EYE IS THE LAMP TO THE BODY- WHAT IS JESUS SAYING:
- whatever has our eye, our focus and attention, that will also fill and inform our heart and life inside.
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 6:24
24. NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS. FOR YOU WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER; YOU WILL BE DEVOTED TO ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YOU CANNOT SERVE GOD AND BE ENSLAVED TO MONEY.
YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND SEX/ FAME/POWER
TIME TALENT TREASURE TOUCH
- SOME OF US CAN STROKE A CHECK
- SOME OF US CAN SERVE
- SOME OF US CAN JUST BE PRESENT
FIRST PLANK (HOPE DISTRIBUTED)
- FIRST MONEY WE RECEIVE WILL BE GIVEN
HOPE DISTRIBUTED- ISAIAH 117 HOUSE-
PLANK 2-
- GET TO PURCHASE EAST ROCK CAMPUS
- START WITH 50 HAD 175 LAST WEEK
- BEEN RENTING THEY WANTED TO SELL
PLANK 3
- MUCH NEEDED IMPROVENTS ON AGING FACILITY
ALL 3 PLANKS
- BANQUETS DATES
BANQUET AT EAST ROCK CAMPUS IS
BANQUET AT HARRISONBURG CAMPUS IS
- WE SIT AND THINK WHO WOULD EVER?
- LITTLE KIDS FIGHT OVER STUFF
- LITTLE KIDS WANT WHAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS
- WE DO THE SAME THING WITH GOD
- WE WALK OVER AND TRY TO TAKE WHAT ISN’T OURS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
- THE LADY DIDN’T EVEN TAKE SOMETHING OF GREAT VALUE.
- THEY COME BACK AND HE GETS MORE
RESPONSE- A FEW WAYS:
- NEED A CARD- WRITE A NAME ON IT- YOUR ONE
REARANGE YOUR LIFE FOR THAT ONE- UNTIL.
- YOU NEED A BASEBALL/SOFTBALL- WHAT LORD HAVE I DECIDED TO TAKE THAT’S NOT MINE- I HAVE NOT STEWARDED WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME?
- 7 DAYS- JOURNAL EVEN- A QUIET AUDIT
- GUILT DOES LITTLE TO BRING EFFECTIVE CHANGE
- PRACTICE NOTICING WHERE YOUR TIME- TALENT TREASURE AND TOUCH FLOW?
DON’T FIX ANYTHING-TAKE 7 DAYS AND PAY ATTENTION
END OF THE WEEK- TAKE 30 MINUTES-HOUR
REVIEW HAT YOU NOTICED- TAKE TO LORD IN PRAYER
LORD- SHOW ME, WHERE DO YOU WANT THESE THINGS TO FLOW?