Idols: We [text] them. We [text] them. We [text] them.
“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.”Luke 16:15 NIV
1. STOP [text] I DON'T HAVE A [text] WITH MONEY.
Exodus 20:3-5
Ezekiel 14:3
Romans 1:25
“Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.”Colossians 3:5 NIV
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2. [text] THE ROOT [text] THAT I WANT MONEY TO SATISFY.
I love money because it helps me feel [text], [text], [text], or [text].
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"Matthew 6:26 NIV
I trust money because it makes me feel [text], [text], and in [text].
"If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?"Matthew 6:30 NIV
I serve money because I think if I had more, life would be [text] or more [text].
"So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them."Matthew 6:31-32 NIV
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3. [text] MONEY AND BEGIN LOVING, TRUSTING AND SERVING [text] ABOVE ALL ELSE.
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."Matthew 6:34 NIV
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4. PUT JESUS FIRST BY [text] AND BEING [text] WITH MY MONEY & POSSESSIONS.
"But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, 'Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'”Luke 19:1-10 NIV
“Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need."Ephesians 4:28 NIV
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MY DECISION TODAY:
+ [text] I admit that I have made money too important.
+ [text] I will identify the root desires I want money to satisfy.
+ [text] I am recommitting all my life to Jesus, putting Him in first place.
+ [text] I am going to begin tithing and practicing generosity.
+ [text] I have decided to follow Jesus and accept Him as my Leader and Forgiver.
MONEY - Dethroning Our Counterfeit Gods
Idols: We [text] them. We [text] them. We [text] them.
1. STOP [text] I DON'T HAVE A [text] WITH MONEY.
Exodus 20:3-5
Ezekiel 14:3
Romans 1:25
[area]
2. [text] THE ROOT [text] THAT I WANT MONEY TO SATISFY.
I trust money because it makes me feel [text], [text], and in [text].
I serve money because I think if I had more, life would be [text] or more [text].
[area]
3. [text] MONEY AND BEGIN LOVING, TRUSTING AND SERVING [text] ABOVE ALL ELSE.
[area]
4. PUT JESUS FIRST BY [text] AND BEING [text] WITH MY MONEY & POSSESSIONS.
[area]
MY DECISION TODAY:
+ [text] I admit that I have made money too important.
+ [text] I will identify the root desires I want money to satisfy.
+ [text] I am recommitting all my life to Jesus, putting Him in first place.
+ [text] I am going to begin tithing and practicing generosity.
+ [text] I have decided to follow Jesus and accept Him as my Leader and Forgiver.