… “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” —Luke 12:15

Greed: A selfish and excessive desire for more of something than is needed.

Do we believe that

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is a problem?

Greed is a

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we see in others but

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see in ourselves.

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then He said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” —Luke 12:13-15

And He told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones,
and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.’” —Luke 12:16-19

“Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.” —James Adams, 1931

“The American Dream is to reach a point in your life where you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do and can do everything that you want to do.” —Jerry Reinsdorf, Owner
Chicago Bulls NBA Team

But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.” —Luke 12:20-21

I don’t want to be any

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!

We destroy in our pursuit for

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and

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.

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? —Matthew 16:26

We believe greed is the way we

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.

But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?” —Luke 12:20

This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God. —Luke 12:21

Are you

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for yourself but not

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toward God?

To be

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we must have a bigger

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.