A Biblical Perspective on Money CBMC Vacation Week 2017 Living a Christ centered financial life - Heart - Practical applications

A Biblical Perspective on Money CBMC Vacation Week 2017 HEART The Bible says you can’t serve both money and God. Matthew 6:24. If Jesus came back today what would your attitude be towards money? ___________________________________________________________________ If Jesus came back today what would be the value of money? Revelation 18:9-20

A Biblical Perspective on Money CBMC Vacation Week 2017 When I am serving money instead of God this is what things look like in my life: Working beyond a reasonable amount of hours at the neglect of my relationship with God and family and friends because I think I have to in order to have provisions I end up serving my boss at work since he controls my paycheck rather than serving God. This causes me to focus on my Boss’s attitude, pleasure and satisfaction with me instead of God’s attitude, pleasure and delight in me I rely on money to buy pleasure (eating out, vacations, clothes, car, house, furniture) which evaporates quickly making me try again and again I stress about not saving enough for the future In times of wealth I have a tendency to rest on how much I have saved up or rest on my paycheck as provisions are fully met so I become complacent not in hard pursuit of God. What does your life look like when you are serving money instead of God? _______________________________________________________________________________

A Biblical Perspective on Money CBMC Vacation Week 2017 When I am serving God instead of money this is what it looks like: Fully in my heart I am trusting God provide the level of provision he wants to provide I am consciously avoiding false idols (boss, paycheck, job title, Fidelity account) I am frequently communicating with my spouse about money I am faithfully managing what He provides by following a spending plan, living with a reasonable standard of living, setting aside money for things I don’t want to buy but know I will have to Avoiding debt I am cheerfully giving to His kingdom What does (or would) your life look like when you are serving God not money? ___________________________________________________________________________

A Biblical Perspective on Money CBMC Vacation Week 2017 Can you trust God to be your provider? i.e. fully turn it over to Him Matthew 6:26, 30, 33 26 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? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]? 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 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? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Philippians 4:19 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 6:17 17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Deuteronomy 8:17,18 17 You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” 18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

A Biblical Perspective on Money CBMC Vacation Week 2017 Practical Application Four fundamental life changing Biblical principals to apply Man united with wife Debt Spending plan to guide a reasonable standard of living Giving Concept first then the “how to”

A Biblical Perspective on Money CBMC Vacation Week 2017 Man and wife united …a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Old Testament Genesis 2:24 Jesus Matthew 19:5 Paul 1 Corinthians 6:16, Ephesians 5:31

A Biblical Perspective on Money CBMC Vacation Week 2017 Debt – slavery   $19,846,195,521,326 1,000,000 $12,700,000,000,000  Proverbs 22:7 Deuteronomy 15:6 and 28:12 Romans 12:2

A Biblical Perspective on Money CBMC Vacation Week 2017 Spending Plan A method to set and faithfully manage a reasonable standard of living Luke 16:11 1 Timothy 6:6, Matthew 6:25 Hebrews 13:5

A Biblical Perspective on Money CBMC Vacation Week 2017 Giving. The Blessing of giving. Malachi 3:10 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 Proverbs 3:9-10

A Biblical Perspective on Money CBMC Vacation Week 2017 If Jesus came back today what would your attitude be towards money? If Jesus does not come back for 1,000 years what will be your attitude towards money? _______________________________________________________________________ Crownmoneymap.org