Getting Money Right
(Luke 21:34 NIV) “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
How do I get money right?
(Luke 15:11-12 NIV) Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
Money doesn’t work…
When we’re
(Luke 15:13 NIV) “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country…
When we want
(Luke 15:13 NIV) …and there squandered his wealth in wild living.
When we engage in self-destructive behavior
(Luke 15:14 NIV) After he had spent everything…
When we spend
(Luke 15:14 NIV) there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.
When we’re
(Luke 15:17 NIV) “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
(Isaiah 9:6 NIV) For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
(Psalm 4:8 NIV) In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.
(Psalm 29:11 NIV) The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.
(Acts 10:36 NIV) You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
(Romans 5:1 NIV) Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ
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(Malachi 3:7-12 NLT) Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my decrees and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
“But you ask, ‘How can we return when we have never gone away?’ 8 “Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me! “But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’ “You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me. 9 You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test! 11 Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 12 “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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(1 Timothy 6:6-10 NIV) But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
(Proverbs 30:8-9 NIV) Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. 9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
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(Proverbs 21:20 NIV) The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.
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(Psalm 112:5 NIV) Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.
(Proverbs 11:25 NIV) A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
Not and act – character quality
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(Proverbs 20:23 NIV) The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.
(2 Corinthians 8:21 NIV) For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.
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(John 16:24 NIV) Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
(Luke 15:18-20 NIV) 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father.
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.