SERIES: Same God
MESSAGE: Come Alive
Luke 16:1-3, 10-13 1Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money. 2So the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’
10“If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. 11And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? 12And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, why should you be trusted with things of your own?
13“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”
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1. EVERYTHING Belongs to JESUS
Luke 12:15 — “Beware all kinds of Greed, Life is Not Measured by Possessions”
Romans 12:1— I urge you, in view of God’s Mercy, Offer your Bodies as a Living Sacrifice
Eph 5:15,16 15Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:
2. GREED can Overshadow GLORY
Refer 2 Kings 5
What Miracle was missed b/c Elisha didn’t hand down God’s Anointing?
3. God Brings LIFE to ALL
Ezekiel 37: 1-4, 7-10 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley;[a] it was full of bones. 2 And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. 3 And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” 4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord….
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. 9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army!
We’re CALLING the GIFTS of God back to LIFE today in Jesus Name!
SERVE GOD w/ OPEN HANDS!