Growing Deeper, Getting Stronger: Managing Your Money

Have you begun exploring what it means to follow Christ, but are sensing that there is more? Maybe you've been a Christian a while but have moved away from your closeness with Christ. In this series, we talk about some key elements to growing and getting stronger as a follower of Christ. I Timothy 6: 7-11 We have an enemy who is evil, and he is always looking for a weak spot into our lives. #1. See money for what it is worth I Timothy 6: 7 We need to keep it in perspective: - One day it will be worthless - We cannot take it with us You never see a hearse pulling a U-Haul. He who dies with the most toys...just dies. #2. Use it for its basic purposes I Timothy 6: 8 When I go to work, what am I working for? 1. Give it 2. Spend it 3. Grow it - Give it worship, faith, & obedience Deuteronomy 8: 18 Proverbs 3: 9-10 Malachi 3: 8 - Spend it God provides what we need – The Basics God gives us even more – The Blessings www.crown.org - Grow it God grows things, and if we are following Him...we will grow things, too. We tend to focus more on The Blessings than The Basics. #3. Don’t become enslaved to it I Timothy 6: 9-11 What kind of problems can money cause? - more temptations in our lives - traps that will catch and hurt us - foolish and harmful desires - drown us in pain and destruction - be a starting point for all sorts of other problems - move us away from God Luke 16: 9 Matthew 6: 19-20