Centreville Presbyterian Church
Parables: How to NOT Waste Your Life | Mar 26, 2023
We are all probably a little more in love with money than we want to admit. We dream about more of it, and (falsely) think it is what will ease our fears. Thankfully, God’s Word has a very different kind of security to offer. Join us this Sunday as we talk about it!
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Symptoms of a Money-Sickness
1.) You Keep Moving the Goal Posts -- Ever Expanding Ambition
1.) You Keep Moving the Goal Posts -- Ever Expanding Ambition
2.) Money will make you more comfortable (you think)
John Purdy - “If we hold that true wisdom is to be rich toward God, then work will have a limited place in our lives. We shall work hard enough to provide the necessities; we shall leave the future in God’s hands. We will not make work a means of securing our lives against all possible calamities.”
3.) Giving is an obstacle to happiness
John Piper - “I am wired by nature to love the same toys that the world loves. I start to fit in. I start to love what others love. I start to call earth "home." Before you know it, I am calling luxuries "needs" and using my money just the way unbelievers do. I begin to forget the war. I don't think much about people perishing. Missions and unreached people drop out of my mind. I stop dreaming about the triumphs of grace. I sink into a secular mind-set that looks first to what man can do, not what God can do. It is a terrible sickness
Harm of Money-Sickness
(v20-21)
(v20-21)
Stephen Covey - “I spent my entire life climbing the ladder of success only to find it was leaning against the wrong building.”
Cure for Money Sickness
1) Stop thinking money will give you control (v 25)
1) Stop thinking money will give you control (v 25)
2) Understand how God feels about you (v 24)
3) Be generous in a way that transforms you