1. Matthew 6:20-21
The plunge #2

2. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be.
Matthew 6:20-21

3. Moths........................ thieves Most are nocturnal
160,000 species
Corn borers and bollworms can destroy crops
They can destroy clothes
They take others possessions without consent
Their intent is to deprive someone else in order to unrightfully gain themselves
To deal with something in a way that can not be restored
The bottom line is destruction

4. Destruction It boils down to
What is the enemy attempting to destroy in your life? This scripture speaks to us that we can not allow the enemy to destroy us in this way. so today the challenge is to plunge into what really has value and that is evidenced in the heart of someone.
GOD IS CALLING US TO STORE UP TRUE TREASURES WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE DESTROYED
Destruction

5. So it may hurt a little. You just have to be ready for it
So it may hurt a little. You just have to be ready for it. See what s the

6. Taking the second plunge requires us to first have ...
A storage mindset
A private mindset
A spiritual mindset
A futuristic mindset
Basically this means that as we take the plunge with Christ REMEMBER THE LITTLE VIDEO LAST WEEK OF THE TWO CHILDREN AND I SAID THAT IS YOU AND JESUS
WELL this week we are further emphasizing this by establishing that this is a plunge between you and the Lord... as you respond it requires us to keep in the forefront of our minds that we do these things between us and the Lord. Without a receiving mentality
Just a going with
We are storing up treasure just treasure for the future it is like a trust fund
It is private meaning sometimes God is calling us to not spread what we have done to everyone
A spiritual mindset these are not earthly treasures
These are future. We have to have the faith to have a mindset for the future. We can not be focused on the here and now. We have to move past such things

8. Taking the second plunge requires us to also have ...
Heaven on our minds

9. Heaven.... The abode of our Heavenly Father
This translation here is referring to where the righteous will abide following death, as the seat of their final glorious reward
There are lots fo meanings fo heaven. Here it is specifically speaking of it as a residence. Do you all have a residence?
I want you to be honest who here feels comfortable with their residence. Who here when they go home feel at peace. I love it. It’s not about the house itself but what it means, who is there, what surrounds, my bed, and so on. See this treasure that is spoken of here is a treasure that is being cast into heaven to prepare our residence which is located in the same place as the most high
God

10. Taking the second plunge requires us to also have ...
A realistic recognition of where our hearts are

11. Heart-kardeeah
The seat and center of circulation, and therefore is the center human life
Serves as the seat of our desires, feelings, and impulses
It is the mind of the heart
The mind of the heart. Yes our hearts can often times trump anything happening in our minds our hearts can make us do crazy things

12. There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart!
Charles Dickens

13. Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your heart
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your heart. Who looks inside, awakes.
Carl Jung

14. Heart- kardiognostes Heart-knower Heart-searcher
This describes our God
The Lord knows our hearts
The foolish pretend that
God does not know their hearts
The wise understand this principle

15. Taking the second plunge requires us to finally have ...
A clear understanding of our residence
What’s a residence?

16. Many of us would look at this an think church
Many of us would look at this an think church. Well it was once a church but it is no longer. See some of us were once residing in his presence an storing up treasures for our heavenly residence but we have stepped away from it .

17. where is your residence

18. riches do exist (both here and in heaven)
4 take aways
1. Everything created on earth has the seed of destruction within it
riches do exist (both here and in heaven)
Both can be seen and handled at some point
Both are present and ever before us
Our bodies are reminders of the seed of destruction

19. Cleaving to ALL the promises of God
4 take aways
2. Humans must leave all to cleave to the lord in order to remove the seed of destruction from within them
Cleaving to ALL the promises of God

20. 4 take aways 3. There is such a thing as a bad heart
it becomes corruptible, perishable, and waste away
They are insecure
They are full of darkness
They consume a person

21. 4 take aways 4. A heart that understand storage (as we learned)
Will have all the necessities of life here and in heaven
Will experience joy and contentment
Will live a full and abundant life

22. Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things
Colossians 3:2