God Owns Everything! - CC

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God Owns Everything!

Part 1 in the series Recession Lessons!

When it comes to “money and the stuff money buys,” there are two sides of the coin!

1.             God __________________________________!

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.  Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength.

1 Chronicles 29:11-12 (NLT)

2.             I am __________________________________!

And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?  And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, why should you be trusted with things of your own? No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

Luke 16:11-13 (NLT)

Make me absolutely honest and don’t let me be too poor or too rich.  Give me just what I need. If I have too much to eat, I might forget about you; if I don’t have enough, I might steal and disgrace your name.

Proverbs 30:8-9 (CEV)

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God Owns Everything!

Part 1 in the series Recession Lessons!

When it comes to “money and the stuff money buys,” there are two sides of the coin!

1.             God owns everything!

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.  Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength.

1 Chronicles 29:11-12 (NLT)

Thoughts and questions for discussion: King David, a man after God’s own heart, wrote these words after he had decided to donate almost all his wealth to the construction of God’s temple. David longed to bring glory to God and build a temple, a permanent resting place for the Arc of the Covenant, but he was not allowed by God to do so. So he did the next best thing, he raised funding for it. He wanted everyone to know that all he had was God’s. How about you? Do you recognize that God is allowing us to be stewards of the money and property that we think we own? What does the word steward mean to you?

David also realized that the kingdom he was ruler over was united by God and he was placed there by God and God had removed his predecessor, Saul, because he did not recognize God was in charge. Many of the Psalm’s were written  along the lines of how awesome God’s creation really is, and how much attention he really does pay of us. Have you stopped and meditated on that thought? Take 2 minutes right now to sit quietly while focusing on that thought, how awesome God’s creation is, and how much attention he really does pay to us.

            What came to mind? Share amongst each other.  

2.             I am God’s money manager!

And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?  And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, why should you be trusted with things of your own? No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

Luke 16:11-13 (NLT)

Make me absolutely honest and don’t let me be too poor or too rich.  Give me just what I need. If I have too much to eat, I might forget about you; if I don’t have enough, I might steal and disgrace your name.

Proverbs 30:8-9 (CEV)

Thoughts and questions for discussion: In Luke 16, Jesus is addressing a crowd of Pharisees who love the “Finer things” in life. They were upset that Jesus was teaching on a subject so close to their hearts. He used a parable of a servant who was about to lose his job, and worried about finding work after, he called all the debtors to his master and shrewdly canceled out part of their debts. The master laughed at what he had done. Jesus closed the parable with this line, “The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light.” Luke 16:8 We have to be conscious of all the decisions we make and what/who they will affect. When have you been shrewd in your dealings? What were the motives behind you choices?

Solomon’s words in Proverbs were meant to be a wise father passing wisdom on to his children. Solomon was and is considered to be the wisest man to have ever lived, under Jesus of course. These words are meant to cause us to stop and reflect on our own motives and heart issues. Where is your heart right now? Are you scheming or starving? How is your perspective on possessions? Paul writes in Philippians 4:11-13, “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content.   I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.    I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me.” Where does your perspective come from?