Friday, April 12, 2019

God and money

Synonmys

Mammon - Money - Wealth - Riches.
How many of you love being Rich? Trust fund babies?
Do you love having more money?
How many of you love being millionaires?
Most of  the people love to have money?
The one proof that most people want to have more money is
look at the number of people who buy lotteries

In 2017

Music - 6.8, Movie- 10.7, Video 13.1, Books - 14.6, Sports - 17.8, Lottery - 70.5
People want to become rich.

what is Money?

Medium/Exchange
Every blessing is from God.

Then why we need to talk about it?


Money is one of the most powerful resource for man to live.
To buy, to  eat, to goto school /college, to shelter, clothes. - we hae to pay and then get it

Money is important to serve mankind.

But this thing that is important to serve becomes a master in many peoples lives.
and it became god for many people.
people fight for it, crave for it, lust for it, covet it, fall for it, kill others for it, kill themselves.

Very soon you will find yourself , tryng to work for money, earn  and earn more, earn to get rich, earn to be millionaires etc.

so if there is a right age to learn about the fundamental truths about money is NOW.
Not just money, about life, about sex.

Money:
1) everything we have is a blessing from God.

In Olden days, religious leaders considered being poor is godliness.
is that true.

Money is needed to buy your food, clothing, shelter. you need money.

Gods attitude towards money:

God gives  us richly all things to enjoy.

1 TImothy 6:17
17 but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. 



Dangers of Money:

1)Root of all evil

some people overwork to put themselves in richness
Proverbs 23:4,5
4 Do not overwork to be rich;
Because of your own understanding, cease!
5 [a]Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

Mark 4:18,919
18 Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, 
19 and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, 
and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Managing money is the problem.
Average credit card debt - 8092.
Contentment: 
Some people earn, but their pockets are like a hole.

Haggai 1:
“You have sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”


Sow - Reap

2)Becomes a God.

Luke 16:13
13 “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

Gods attitude towards money:
You can use it to serve you. 
We Cannot serve 2 masters

Proverbs 11:4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,  but righteousness delivers from death.

What should be your attitude towards this money
1) Use it in a wise way. Be content. ( some poeple take credit card loans to do shopping, i was one of them)
  1 Timothy 6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain.
   A man who is hungry, he will be eating in his sleep.

2) Give it  - It is blessed to give than to receive.
give your examples.


3) Do not set your heart on it. Not posess it . 

Dont work to become millionaire. Develop passion and work.
1 Corinthinas 10:26 All is Gods
Psalm 62:10 ..if riches increase, do not set your heart on them




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