1. What Ya Got? Making Room For God

2. Made in the USA: Spoiled Brats  A 2008 Newsweek poll alleged that 67% of Americans are unhappy and want a change. ??????????????????????????????????? -70% own homes -We have electricity and running water 24/7 -Heat in the winter and AC in the summer -We have grocery stores filled with food -We have emergency responders minutes away -We can freely drive across the country -90% of teens own cell phones and computers.

3. Pass the Remote If it bleeds it leads. They offer what sells. OJ Simpson writes a book and does a TV special about how he didn’t kill his wife… but if he did…. 36-41% of every 1 hour TV show is ads

4. “Affluenza”  The unique set of problems that are created when children grow up in a wealthy society.  Some believe the epidemic is downright dangerous because this generation has not learned to work hard, to save money, or to wait to get the things they want.

5. Scripture The Bible is filled with verses that warn against the love of money, not against money itself.  “The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy.” -Gen 24:35  …store up your treasures in heaven rather than on Earth. -Mt 6:19-20  “Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.” -Lk 12:48 It’s our attitude that needs watching, not our bank balance.

6. Mother Teresa  “If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”  “I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?”  “Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.”

7. Mohandas (Mohatma) Gandhi  “You should be the change that you want to see in the world.”  “Live simply that others can simply live.”

8. Dorothy Day  “The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?”  “I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor.”

9. Jesus Christ  “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love y our neighbor as yourself. We are called to practice Charity (Love)

10. Enough is Enough See with new eyes. What can you do??

11. The (Affluenza) Bug Stops Here  Before you buy… ask yourself, Do I need it? You can act instead of react.  Change your mindset  Avoid the mall!  Stay in  Make a budget  Shop at resale stores instead of top-line ones.  For every new thing you buy, give something away.  Volunteer  Tithe (10%)  Pray. What is God’s will for me in this?