1. A leading desire for more

1. A leading desire for more
a. Falling to "epithymia"

1. A leading desire for more
a. Falling to "epithymia"
b. Consequence of ruin

1. Excessive ease

2. Pride (Ezekiel 28:5)

3. Self-sufficiency (Hosea 12:8)

4. Self focused (Luke 16:19-31)

5. Creates divided hearts (Deuteronomy 8:12-17)

6. Discontentment (1 Timothy 6:6-10)

7. Anxiety (Mark 4:19)

2. Life among the dissolving
a. Dying to "epithymia"
i. Put on Christ

2. Life among the dissolving
a. Dying to "epithymia"
i. Put on Christ
ii. Trade yours for His
iii. Walk by the Spirit how?
b. Steward to store

3. Principles of walking
a. Seek generosity
b. Live simply
c. Be sacrificial

“if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away to little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are to small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charities expenditure excludes them.”

C.S. Lewis

3. Principles of walking
a. Seek generosity
b. Live simply
c. Be sacrificial
d. Consider His epithymia

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