1. The Gift of Treasure

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Coal miner shanties

3. Matthew 6:19-21
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasure on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth or rust destroys

4. Matthew 6:19-21
“and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is there your heart will be also.”

5. Haggai 1:4-9
“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses and this temple to lie in ruins? Consider your ways! You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough, you drink, but are not

6. Haggai 1:4-9
“filled with drink. You clothe yourselves but no one is warm; and he who earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes. . . You looked for much but indeed it came to little; and when you brought

7. Haggai 1:4-9
“it home, I blew it away. Why? Says the Lord of hosts, ‘because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.”

8. On Coffee?
According to the Acorn Money Matters Report, the average American spends $1,100 a year on coffee.

9. Matthew 13:44-46
“Again the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again the kingdom of heaven is like a

10. Matthew 13:44-46
“merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.”

11. Isaiah 55:1-7
“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not

12. Isaiah 55:1-7
“bread and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me and eat what is good and let your soul delight itself in abundance. Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live

13. Isaiah 55:1-7
“and I will make an everlasting covenant with you. . . Seek the Lord while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the

14. Isaiah 55:1-7
“Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God for He will abundantly pardon.”

15. Revelation 3:17, 18
“Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined

16. Revelation 3:17, 18
“in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed, and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.”

17. Honest Conversation
“God, I know that everything I have is from you and belongs to You. My stewardship has been shaky at times. Show me how I can be a better steward. Am I pleasing you with my use of what You have lent me.

18. Honest Conversation
“Help me to give all of my heart to You.”