Clearbranch UMC
ClearBranch is a United Methodist Church serving the Trussville/Argo area of northeast Jefferson County, Alabama. Our Mission is to ENGAGE people through relational ministry, to EQUIP disciples for Christ, and to EMPLOY their gifts through missions. The Vision of Clearbranch UMC is Transformed Lives offering the Transforming Love of Christ
Series: Imagine
Sermon Title: A New Kind of Normal
Key Scripture: Proverbs 22:7 (ESV)
7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Big Idea: Peculiar on purpose
Money is a POWERFUL FORCE
Matthew 19:23-24 (ESV)
Proverbs 28:6 (ESV)
1 Timothy 6:10 (ESV)
Matthew 19:23-24 (ESV)
23 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
Proverbs 28:6 (ESV)
6 Better a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
1 Timothy 6:10 (ESV)
10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Money expands (or limits) our OPTIONS
Proverbs 22:7 (ESV)
Proverbs 22:7 (ESV)
7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Money must be MANAGED
Proverbs 27:23 (ESV)
Luke 14:28-30 (ESV)
Proverbs 21:20 (ESV)
Proverbs 28:20 (NRSV)
Proverbs 27:23 (ESV)
23 Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.
Luke 14:28-30 (ESV)
28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’
Proverbs 21:20 (ESV)
20 Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.
Proverbs 28:20 (NRSV)
20 The faithful will abound with blessings, but one who is in a hurry to be rich will not go unpunished.
Challenge Questions:
How are you using your bricks?
Are you master of or mastered by money?
What does the "window into the soul" reveal about you?
Are you signed up for Imagine?
Worship Setlist:
Glorious Day;
Who You Say I Am;
Build My Life;
O Come To The Altar;
Set My Heart