{"id":191,"date":"2013-08-06T20:59:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T10:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newhopechurch.org.au\/preview\/?p=191"},"modified":"2013-08-06T21:26:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T11:26:56","slug":"money-and-the-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhopechurch.org.au\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"MONEY AND THE CHRISTIAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robert20130804\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7DYBfLIsh-8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<div class='one_half'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ain&#8217;t it sad<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>That&#8217;s too bad<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>In my dreams I have a plan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>If I got me a wealthy man<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>I wouldn&#8217;t have to work at all, I&#8217;d fool around and have a ball&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>Money, money, money<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>Must be funny<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>In the rich man&#8217;s world<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>Money, money, money<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>Always sunny<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>In the rich man&#8217;s world<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>All the things I could do<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>If I had a little money<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>It&#8217;s a rich man&#8217;s world (ABBA: \u201cMoney, Money, Money\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1. The world is obsessed with money. Everybody seems to be chasing after money.<\/em>\n<em> 2. Yes, money is essential if you want to live in this world. Life would be very difficult without money. But money is like fire \u2013 a good servant, but bad master.<\/em>\n<em> 3. Money is good indicator of our spiritual life. How we handle money shows our Christian stewardship and faith in God.<\/em>\n<em> 4. Stewardship of money is an important area. It shows our understanding that money, like all other resources on this earth, belongs to God and we manage it in trust.<\/em>\n<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT IS GOD\u2019S PURPOSE FOR MONEY?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. To meet Our Basic Needs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> a. What do we need to live each day?<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u00a0Food<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0Clothing<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0Shelter<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em> Jesus says: \u201cLook at the birds. They don\u2019t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren\u2019t you far more valuable to him than they are?\u201d<\/em>\n<em> 28 \u201cAnd why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don\u2019t work or make their clothing, 29 yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.30 And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?\u201d<\/em>\n<em> 31 \u201cSo don\u2019t worry about these things, saying, \u2018What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?\u2019 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs.\u201d (Matt. 6:26-32 NLT)<\/em>\n<em> b. All that we need to sustain our lives are provided by God. So, we should not worry but we should place our trust in God at all times.<\/em>\n<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>c. God wants us to depend on Him DAILY.<\/em>\n<em> Jesus taught His disciples to pray: Give us today our daily bread. (Matt. 6:11 NIV)<\/em>\n<em> \u2022 We are to ask for DAILY bread \u2013 but we are never satisfied with that, we want more. We want luxury items.<\/em>\n<em> \u2022 God says depend on Him DAILY \u2013 but we worry about our YEARLY future. We worry because we don\u2019t have enough to buy a car or a house or a holiday!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>d. God wants us to live with what we have and to be grateful each day.\n6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. (1 Timothy 6:6-8 NIV)\n\u2022 Live within your means. 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