GOD OWNS EVERYTHING!

Psalm 24:1 NLT
The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.

EVERYTHING I have is on LOAN from GOD!

GOD uses Wealth & Generosity to HONE our CHARACTER

Malachi 3:8-11
8 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes & offerings. 10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. 11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Two Ends of the Spectrum:
Poverty Mindset (under invest)
Prosperity Gospel (over spend)

The Purpose of Wealth & Possessions is KINGDOM Investment!

“There are more than 2300 verses about finances, wealth, & possessions. About 15% of Jesus’ preaching is about finances, & 11 of the 39 parables are about it. It’s the topic He spoke about most often.”

2 Cor 9: 7, 10
7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”

10 For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.

GOD uses WEALTH & GENEROSITY to BUILD HIS KINGDOM

            We’re not trying to get people to give; we want to help people grow

ONLY GOD knows the OPPORTUNITIES He has for YOU

Matt 25:23 ESV
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’

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