Making Change — Less Is More

Opening a series on money, debt, and generosity, this message states up front that the subject is finances but the issue is the heart: God does not need our money but desires our devotion. The text is Ecclesiastes 4:6 , written by Solomon, who had everything and found it meaningless. "Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind." American instinct says more is always better; Scripture says less, of what does not matter, frees us for what does. A simple exercise, listing what truly matters, exposes how rarely possessions make the list. Three starting points are offered: cut back on a crowded schedule and accumulation, clear out clutter that crowds heart and mind, and begin paying off debt God's way. The closing conviction frames the whole series: your life and calling are too valuable to waste on meaningless things.