Series Intro – If you’ve ever had an earworm, you know what it’s like to have something running through your mind, over and over again. In this series we are talking about something much more devastating than an earworm. We are talking about lies that get stuck in our head ... these lies create all sorts of doubt and pain and limitations.

Last weekend, we talked about the lie “I’m not enough.” What we discovered is that you don’t become enough by doing more or making sacrifices to earn God’s love or favor. That’s part of the lie. The truth is that God makes you and me enough because He loves us. His love makes us enough.

When it comes to the lies that can occupy our thoughts, God wants something different and SO MUCH BETTER for us. He wants our minds to be filled with beauty.

What would it be like if you could focus on all that good stuff around you? The goal of this series is to dismantle the lies that keep us from thinking good thoughts and free us to fill our minds with what is “excellent!”
This weekend, we’re going to take on another lie: “I don’t have enough.” This lie can take lots of different forms.

- I don’t have enough ... food.
- I don’t have enough ... time.
- I don’t have enough ... money.
- I don’t have enough ... talent or ability.

“Can’t never could.”
Now let’s face it, there are things that you and I can’t do. But what my parents/coaches/teachers, etc. were talking about was a mindset. When it comes to needs, we all have needs. Those needs are real. What I want to talk about in this message is a lie/mindset that says, “I don’t have enough.”

Paul has good reason to be tempted to think he didn’t have enough. When he writes Philippians, Paul was in a Roman prison for preaching the Gospel. He doesn’t have anything: Financial resources, Creature comforts, or Freedom. But near the end of his letter, he thanks the Philippians for providing MORE THAN ENOUGH.

Paul is thanking the Philippians for their generosity. He points out that, unlike other churches he planted and where he preached the Gospel, the Philippians actually supported his ministry.

Doesn’t that seem strange? These other churches were blessed by his ministry, but they did NOT give to support his ministry. That seems thankless. But think about it. What is going on … were they grateful to Paul? (Yes.) Did his preaching of the Gospel change their lives? (Yes.) So why no support?

In all likelihood, the very lie we are talking about was the problem. They believed they didn’t have enough. How could they give to the church when they had bills to pay and mouths to feed. They looked at the opportunity to support Paul and said, “We’d love to, but we just don’t have enough.” We can slip into the same mindset/listen to the same lie!

“I don’t have enough to _______.”
- “I don’t have enough money to give to a charity/church.”
- “I don’t have enough time to exercise.”
- “I don’t have enough ability to play the piano.”

You know what’s amazing? More often than not, when we tell ourselves we don’t have enough, it is not a matter of PROVISION, but PRIORITIES. We would have enough for any of these things if we arranged our lives differently.

- If giving to that charity/the church is a priority, we will give.
- If exercising is a priority, we will exercise.
- If learning to play the piano is a priority, we will practice the piano.

Any young man who has had to save for an engagement ring knows this concept. He has no money, but he loves a girl! So, he figures out how to buy a ring.

Back to Philippians 4. Paul commends the Philippians for their support!

While the other churches didn’t give at all, the Philippians gave multiple times! They not only had enough, they had more than enough. They made it a priority to support Paul’s ministry! When we are committed to something, that’s how it works. It is all about PRIORITIES!

But there is something else that’s important here. Paul is going deeper with the Philippians to help them understand the power source of their priority. The Philippians created a priority out of love for Paul. The Apostle John puts it this way ...

The cross is proof that God has already given us what is most precious. God wants us to see that so our priorities can be motivated out of love! That kind of love/generosity produces a blessing for the giver and receiver.

When we break free from the lie that says, “I don’t have enough,” something wonderful happens. When you give, you receive! Paul says, “I want you to receive the reward that comes from living with the mentality that says I have more than enough. Just to be clear: What’s the reward? It could be joy or satisfaction or a sense of accomplishment (or lots of other wonderful things)!

There is a reason that believing we have more than enough produces wonderful rewards. The reason is that when we do, we are blessing God! Paul goes on.

Look at who is providing the abundance ... God! It all comes right back around to faith. We trust God and God provides.

Last week we talked about how we are more than enough ... we are perfected ... we are God’s masterpiece because He is the one who loves us and works in us. This week, we go right back to the same place. We have enough because God is the one who provides for us out of His abundance! God owns everything, but He doesn’t keep it to Himself. God LOVES to share!

Last weekend, I shared something powerful that God invites us to incorporate into our lives, Psalm 1 says ...

I explained the word meditate means to mull something over and over. The invitation I made last week was to mull over two verses that dismantle the lie, “I’m not enough.” This week, I want to offer you two more verses that shatter the lie that says, “I don’t have enough.”

If God gave us Jesus, we can be assured that there’s nothing He will withhold from us. That’s why we can pray with confidence, knowing that God will provide!