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Acts 19:25-26

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... it is something that is done everyday. I am going to tell you a story about two men who were involved in a big struggle over making money on God. The one man is our hero, Paul. Paul was a man who believed in God as Jesus had shown men to believe. God was ... are afraid that they are going to lose money. It changes them into a different kind of people. It still happens today. People try to make money on God and the things that they think people will buy as a god. We have to be careful today as Christians that we ...

2. Fiscal Fitness

Proverbs 3:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... money. Like nitroglycerin, handling money can cause an explosion that can blow apart a marriage, a home, a business, and even a life. So, pay attention! I. The Making of Money Yet, Solomon tells us that there is a right way and a wrong way to make money. First, money should come by hard work, as the following verse shows: Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, but he who gathers by labor will increase. (Prov. 13:11) To labor God says, "Give a good days work." To management God says, "Give a good ...

3. Financial Planning

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... is its proper place in our lives? In the first place, we need to see that the tragic thing about this man’s life was not his wealth but his lack of commitment to anything else in life. There was nothing in the world that he was committed to except making money. All his thoughts, all his energies, all his ambitions had to do with the accumulation of wealth. Now he had come to the place where he had all the money he would ever need. What’s next? Of course more money! When you get to where you are going ...

4. Jesus' Guide to Wise Investing

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... the sickly body that he had received in the brain transplant became healthy again because he was not burdened with stress and anxiety. Meanwhile the formerly wealthy man with his new robust body began to accumulate wealth again because he knew the principles for making money and he exercised discipline in his spending. Soon he was wealthy again, but the stress and anxiety that he subjected himself to in making that money took its toll on his body. Soon he was racked with aches and pains. So, both men ended ...

5. Proper 20

Lk 16:1-13 · 1 Tim 2:1-8 · Amos 8:4-7 · Hos 11:1-11

Sermon Aid

... to provide a place to live. It is Christian to look ahead and make provision for future needs: education, illness, retirement. B. Make friends with it - v. 9. By the right use of money, you can make friends for God. C. Be honest in handling money - v. 10. D. Make money a servant of God - v. 13. 2. What You Can Learn from a Crook. 16.8. Need: Jesus used a crook, the unjust steward, to teach us a lesson about money. He, of course, did not suggest we imitate the crook, but he points to a principle involved ...

6. When the Bills Come Due

1 Timothy 6:6-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... over flowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. (Proverbs 3:9-10, NIV) If you were a farmer in Old Testament days, you gave God the first fruits. The first fruits were the first 10% of your crop. That is, before you sold any of it to make money before you stored any of IT; you first gave 10% of it to God. That 10% is what the Bible calls - the tithe. It is a word that simply means "tenth". The scripture says that we ought to begin our money management off the top by giving God 1/10th ...

7. Prayers for the Sundays After Easter

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... 's teaching. Money can hire a highly skilled specialist to save a life, to turn around a failing industry, or to bring together the members of a dysfunctional family. O God, bring to us the sensitivity to recognize when we have turned away from you to make money the king of our hearts. Forgive us when we use it as a guide to determine our worth or another's worth. May we be wise in understanding money's power, without allowing it to determine our soul's journey. Money, indeed, can make possible the grand ...

8. Survivor

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... It was their job to manage the assets profitably and to conduct the business of the owner as effectively as possible. Now this steward is a picture of every one of us because we are all stewards. Someone has defined stewardship as that area of life where men make money and God makes men. Now you may not realize this, but the Bible says that you are stewards of everything you are, not just everything you own. For example we are to be stewards of our time. Eph. 5:15 says, “Make the most of every chance you ...

9. Everything Must Go: “Abandon Ship!”

1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... around forever. Interestingly, we didn’t start using paper money until the mid-1600’s, before that it was gold, silver, and bronze. Before that it was a unit of weight like barley or bread. By itself money really is nothing. It is just paper and rocks and stuff. What makes money anything is the value that we place on it. [Hold up a dollar bill] It looks so harmless. It looks so benign. We are taught from birth that the more of it you have the better off you are. Yet, a man who certainly has a lot of it ...

10. Everything Must Go: Striking It Rich

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... truly life.” (I Timothy 6:19, ESV) Isn’t that amazing? It all comes back to treasure. I can die rich in what really matters if I live right. I live right when I invest my treasure for God’s pleasure. Ask yourself this question, “Why do you want to make money? Just so you can spend money on stuff you will eventually lose that won’t satisfy you and dishonors God?” I would like to give us all some advice. I am going to challenge you to do the total opposite of what you’ve been doing all of your ...

11. Proper 20

1 Timothy 2:1-15, Jeremiah 8:4--9:26, Luke 16:1-15

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... to provide a place to live. It is Christian to look ahead and make provision for future needs: education, illness, retirement. b. Make friends with it v. 9. By the right use of money, you can make friends for God. c. Be honest in handling money v. 10. d. Make money a servant of God v. 13. 2. What you can learn from a crook (16:8). Need: Jesus used a crook, the unjust steward, to teach us a lesson about money. He, of course, did not suggest we imitate the crook, but he points to a principle involved. The ...

12. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... up. 4:13 Now listen shows that James is making a new departure in his thought. Those who should listen are a group of merchants making typical plans: Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money. James does not call these people rich, for he reserves that term for unbelievers (2:6 and 5:1). These people are Christians, who may not be exactly wealthy, but are at least “middle-class.” The plans that these merchants are making do not seem ungodly ...

13. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:1-6, James 4:13-17, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

14. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:7-12, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

15. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:13-20, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

16. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... homes, families, and marriages all across America. What is even worse, this monster is often dressed in a clerical collar and a minister's robe. Walk into any Christian bookstore today and you would think that God's primary concern is to make sure that His people make money. Titles such as: Jesus CEO, God Wants You to Be Rich, God's Plan for Your Finances, and God's Money-back Guarantee: the Seven Steps to Financial Security, can be found on the shelves. You could honestly say that the new name for God in ...

17. Proper 13

Luke 11:1-13, Hosea 11:1-11, Colossians 3:1-17, Psalm 107:1-43

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... on to material goods becomes the primary goal of life. The New Testament is aware of how money can become the ultimate measure of a person's worth. The pursuit of profits as the main motivation of a business or a choice of occupation makes money an idol, which Jesus personifies in calling it mammon. Christian economics will be primarily motivated by providing goods or services that meet human needs. It will not exploit unjustly either human labor or the limited resources of the world. It will not let ...

18. Three Foolish Things You Can Do With Your Money

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... requested to see his broker and the office manager. He opened his briefcase, took out a handgun, and shot and killed the two men and himself. A friend commented, "His entire life was devoted to the market, and it collapsed around him." (6) So it is with those who make money their god. Henry Ford once asked an associate about his life goals. The man replied that his goal was to make a million dollars. A few days later Ford gave the man a pair of glasses made out of two silver dollars. He told the man to put ...

19. Pigs Get Slaughtered

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... , most people will tell you that if greed is your ultimate value, you will eventually pay the price. Stock market guru Jim Cramer, host of television’s Mad Money, says, “Bulls make money.” Then he adds, “Bears make money.” Then the punch line, “Pigs get slaughtered.” “Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.” He is saying, “Beware of being greedy when you are investing in the stock market. You may overreach and lose everything.” Jesus said somewhat the same thing. He ...

20. Want to Be Happy?

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and how everyone feels entitled to so-called luxury goods. “It’s like you gotta have it or you’ll die.” Tom Ford, formerly of Gucci, explaining what a “luxury” item is. “Everyone can afford a luxury handbag.” Karl Lagerfeld “It’s so easy to make money. The bag is the miracle of the company.” Miuccia Prada “Everybody----everybody----is talking about handbags with the intensity of cardinals appointing a new pope,” wrote an English journalist during London Fashion Week in 2006.

21. Making a Difference

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Molly F. James

... live a life that first and foremost is focused on love of God and love of neighbor. Whatever assets we may have, however much money in our bank accounts is, secondary. Financial wealth is a gift, and one that may not last. Just because we don’t make money our first priority doesn’t mean money doesn’t matter. It matters a great deal. It enables us to have food and shelter, to get an education, to travel, and to have fun experiences with our family. All of these things matter, for they enrich our lives ...

22. MONEY MATTERS

Amos 5:18-27

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... earlier years in our own history, "If you steal a railroad through sharp business practices they print your face in the newspapers; if you steal a loaf of bread they print your thumb in a police station." There is always that possibility, that temptation, that makes money corrupts some of the best people. But it can not only corrupt in terms of our relationship with society--IT CAN BE A HINDRANCE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. And, indeed, Jesus saw that clearly as well. This young man who came to him, who ...

23. Measure of Success

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... s fun when I see that money in the bank. How many boys my age have $521.23 in the bank? Certainly not Henry. MOTHER: But you don’t spend any of it. BOY: No! I want to keep it! It’s drawing interest. My money is making money. MOTHER: You’re a strange boy, Phillip. [Picture off. Or spotlight off the scene. Spotlight on interview pair.] REPORTER: What sports are you interested in? MAGNATE: None. REPORTER: When you were a boy? MAGNATE: None then, really. However if there was one, I suppose it was baseball ...

24. Something That Will Last Forever

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the other two were in bankruptcy when they died. This means that at least six of the eight knew how to make money but not how to live. They were successful in business but tragic failures in life. Their treasure was stashed on earth. Where is your treasure ... stashed? This does not mean that it is wrong to make money or to invest in stocks. Most of us nod our heads over Joe Louis' famous statement: "I don't like money, actually," he said ...

25. Smooth Out Your Day

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... and even step over their own family trying to get to the top only to find out that if you ever do get to the top, it wasn't even worth the trip. Some people try to find it in possessions. Do you know what the Bible says about making money? It says that no matter how much you make, you will never have enough. "Whoever loves money never has enough money; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless." (Ecclesiastes 5:10 NIV) People just don't understand that money can buy a ...

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