**August 11, 2019
Darryl Mosley, Senior Pastor
Series: “Crazy Rich” - Part 1 of 4

“The Deceitfulness of Riches”
Big idea
Wanting more is not always bad, but we must not get distracted
by looking for satisfaction in the wrong places.*

The pull of our culture
Matthew 6:24
The world wants us to serve

instead of God.

Money promises what only God can provide
1. Money promises

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2. Money promises

Reveal Answer

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People who love and trust money…
1 Timothy 6:17-19
1. …never have

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Ecclesiastes 5:10
2. …find it increasingly difficult to give

Reveal Answer

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2 Corinthians 8:2-3
3. …have money in the

Reveal Answer

but no peace in their

Reveal Answer

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Proverbs 15:16

Diagnostic questions
1. Do I think I will be happier with “just a little bit more”?
2. Do I find it hard to see my own spiritual poverty and my
spiritual wealth in Jesus?
3. Do I believe I am more deserving than those who have less or
more?
4. Do I hoard? Or have I grown in the joy of generosity?
5. Do I manage well what I have been given?

MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS TO:
 Do you have a tendency to serve money?
 Have you bought into the lies of what money says it can
provide?
 Which of the three problems of loving and trusting money
resonates with you the most?
 Sign up for Financial Peace University.
 Process the diagnostic questions above.
 Trust and follow Jesus today.