How Should We Use Our Money? Biblical Guidelines on the Personal Use of Money.

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How Should We Use Our Money? Biblical Guidelines on the Personal Use of Money

How Should We Use Our Money? I. Priorities. A. We Cannot Serve God and Mammon. (Matt. 6:24). B. The Love of Money is a Root of All Evil (1 Tim. 6:6-10).

How Should We Use Our Money? II. Giving. A. We Are Given the Skill to Work So That We Might Have to Give to Others (Eph. 4:28). 1. We Are to Do Good to All As We Have Opportunity (Gal. 6:10).

How Should We Use Our Money? II. Giving. B. Giving in the Church is to Be Offered as One Purposes in the Heart (2 Cor. 9:7-8). 1. It Is Not The Size of the Gift That Concerns the Lord (Mark 12:41-44). 2. We Will Reap As We Have Sown (2 Cor. 9:6).

How Should We Use Our Money? III. Stewardship. A. All that we are Given is a Trust from The Lord (Psa. 24:1). B. God Has Given Man Authority Over His Possessions (Acts 5:3-4). 1. Excessive Debt is a Trap Christians Should Avoid (Prov. 22:26-27).

How Should We Use Our Money? IV. Leisure and Enjoyment. A. God Denies Lustful Aspirations (Jas. 4:1-3). B. It Is Fitting For God’s People to Enjoy the Fruits of their Labor (Ecc. 5:18-20).