MESSAGE NOTES
IN IT 4 MORE | Part 1 | Where is the Reward?
WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE TO BE HAPPY?
IT IS MORE
We have been deceived.
GIVING WELL PRODUCES…
4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:4 NIV
18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.Matthew 6:18-19 NIV
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21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21 NIV
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:24 NIV
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4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:4 NIV
38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
Luke 6:38 NIV
*Expensivity - Things Americans spend money on *–
- Mortgage – 30%
- Transportation – 16%
- Life insurance and pension plans – 12%
- Groceries – 9% (probably more)
- Healthcare – 8%
- Utilities – 7%
- Other Discretionary – 16% (dining entertainment, electronics, travel, toys, hobbies, apparel, ect.)
“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Jeremiah 17:10 ESV