Creekside Church, Sunday, August 21, 2022
Look at the Numbers
Locations & Times
Creekside Church
660 Conservation Dr, Waterloo, ON N2J 3Z4, Canada
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY
Matthew 6:19-24
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Mark 10:17-31
17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”
20 “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”
21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22 At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.
23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”
27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
28 Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”
29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Deuteronomy 28:12-14
12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.
1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings.
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For some, serving money looks like an abundance of possessions and wealth.
For others, serving money looks like accumulating debt, making you a slave to those you owe.
Both limit our ability to serve God and fulfill his purposes.
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A SIMPLE PLAN: GETTING OUT OF DEBT
1. Get Mad. Decide to act radically to get out of debt.
2. Save up $1000 as a small emergency fund.
3. Pay off debt.
- Track all your income, assets and spending
- Sell things you don't need. Cut spending that isn't essential.
- Use your monthly surplus to attack your smallest debt. Once you pay that off, move to the next smallest debt.
4. Save 3-6 months of living expenses and keep in savings.
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CREEKSIDE'S MONEY COURSE
Learn more and register at the link below.
https://www.creeksidechurch.ca/money-course/
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APPLICATION
Is your wallet baptized?
Consider having a little ceremony. Maybe make it a life group thing.
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A link to Dave Ramsey's website. There are tonnes of resources here to help you learn about money. If not for you, consider buying a course for someone you know.
https://www.ramseysolutions.com/
A link to Compass which contains many resources around financial discipleship.
https://compass1.org/
Compass is also offering a free webinar for couples at the link below.
https://compass1.org/webinars/
Matthew 6:19-24
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Mark 10:17-31
17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”
20 “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”
21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22 At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.
23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”
27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
28 Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”
29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Deuteronomy 28:12-14
12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.
1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings.
---
For some, serving money looks like an abundance of possessions and wealth.
For others, serving money looks like accumulating debt, making you a slave to those you owe.
Both limit our ability to serve God and fulfill his purposes.
---
A SIMPLE PLAN: GETTING OUT OF DEBT
1. Get Mad. Decide to act radically to get out of debt.
2. Save up $1000 as a small emergency fund.
3. Pay off debt.
- Track all your income, assets and spending
- Sell things you don't need. Cut spending that isn't essential.
- Use your monthly surplus to attack your smallest debt. Once you pay that off, move to the next smallest debt.
4. Save 3-6 months of living expenses and keep in savings.
---
******************************************************
CREEKSIDE'S MONEY COURSE
Learn more and register at the link below.
https://www.creeksidechurch.ca/money-course/
*******************************************************
---
APPLICATION
Is your wallet baptized?
Consider having a little ceremony. Maybe make it a life group thing.
---
A link to Dave Ramsey's website. There are tonnes of resources here to help you learn about money. If not for you, consider buying a course for someone you know.
https://www.ramseysolutions.com/
A link to Compass which contains many resources around financial discipleship.
https://compass1.org/
Compass is also offering a free webinar for couples at the link below.
https://compass1.org/webinars/