All right, church. You ready for this? We practiced this last Sunday. Here we go. I say,
! And then you respond. Ready? God gives. We can do better. God gives. How do we give back?
There you go. All right. I hope that can take root in our hearts as we dive back into this series
called Jesus on Generosity. Listen, if we want to talk about something, we should probably see what
Jesus had to say about it first. So that's what we did in our series on his parables about stories
of the kingdom over the summer, and we are jumping right back into what Jesus had to teach us when we
consider this idea of generosity. Now, do y'all know what I have been watching a lot of the last
couple weekends? You're a really smart crowd. Yes, I have been. You know why? Because fall means football,
y'all. It's what it means. Whether it's the Bearcats here locally, or maybe you're from another school
district and you're cheering on your team. Maybe it's your college. I've been watching the Longhorns.
Yesterday was a whole lot better than the other Saturday. If you don't know what we're talking
about, don't worry about it. We're still going to win the national championship this year, all right?
And then NFL happened, and you know, I expected the Cowboys to get blown out Thursday night. They
actually stayed in it, had a chance to win. That was better than I expected, so standards are lower
these days, all right? But football's fun, and football is almost like a religion in Texas, but
look, it's not just Texas. It's all around the country. Everybody has their thing. For many,
it's football or some other sports, but the truth is people commit their time and their attention,
often their resources, to something that they just crave and love and they think will make them happy.
And I'll tell you, in my football cheering career, I've probably been sad more than I've been happy,
all right? That's just part of it, you know? And you could probably resonate with that.
Truth is, football's not it. People get excited about all kinds of things. They kind of get a little
obsessive about all kinds of things. Did y'all know that people camp out overnight to buy stuff
when it's released? It's crazy. The new iPhone, when the iPhone 15, when the iPhone 15 launched,
stores sold out of it in hours. Video games, you know, a new PlayStation comes out. In 2020,
the PlayStation 5 sold out in 12 minutes. Yeah. The latest great Nike or Jordan shoes,
sneakers that drop, they'll crash the websites. They'll sell out in seconds, literally seconds,
and then you can resell some of those sneakers for thousands of dollars. Some of you are thinking,
man, I got to get in the sneaker game. It sounds like you can flip those for a profit.
Avengers, maybe you're into movies, Avengers Endgame, when that came out,
people buying the tickets crashed the website in six hours, broke movie records.
The truth is, we all have our thing. Now, maybe here locally, some of you may not get into some of
that stuff as much. Maybe you've got your thing, but I bet you get a little bit excited the night
before hunting season officially starts, whatever it might be for you.
Maybe sitting out chairs the night before the Pioneer Union parade.
That's always fun to go see. That's right around the corner, isn't it?
The truth is, we all chase what matters to us. We will inconvenience ourselves.
We will pour money, time, and effort into what we think will make us happy.
Jesus has to teach us something in Matthew 6. Would you take your Bibles and turn there?
Matthew 6. We're going to read from verse 19 down through 24.
But as you're turning, I want to share with you Matthew 6, 21.
Jesus said, wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
I thought this quote was interesting.
She says, I don't know what I want, but I want it now.
Anybody ever resonate with that?
Maybe husband and wife are trying to decide what to eat, and wife just knows she wants something,
and the first six things the husband suggests, nope, I didn't want that.
I haven't figured out yet what I want, but I want it now.
Part of the marriage code is cracking what she wants, cracking that code.
Matthew 6, 21, Jesus said, what you want, the desires of your heart,
that is where your treasure will be.
And vice versa.
Where your treasure is, that reveals what you want, the desires of your heart.
So we're going to put ourselves to the test this morning.
We're going to put ourselves to the treasure test.
What is your treasure?
What are you treasuring?
Let's look at Matthew 6, verse 19.
Jesus teaches us, don't store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Well, that sounds smart, doesn't it?
Don't store your stuff up in a sketchy place.
How many of you would take your valuables and store them in an open cardboard box in front of your house?
That seems unwise, doesn't it?
And Jesus is kind of telling us, hey, listen,
investing your earthly treasure into the things of the earth will give you a similar return.
It is foolish, it's unsafe,
and it's not going to bring the treasure, the happiness that you think it will.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys,
and where thieves don't break in and steal.
Sounds pretty obvious.
Okay, yeah, give me the one where they aren't going to steal it.
Give me the place where it's not going to fall apart and turn bad.
Verse 21, we read it a moment ago,
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The eye is the lamp of the body.
If your eye is healthy,
your whole body will be full of light.
He didn't just change topics.
It might seem like he all of a sudden jumped into a different conversation.
It's all linked together.
So stick with it here.
But if your eye is bad,
your whole body will be full of darkness.
So if the light within you is darkness,
how deep is that darkness?
We'll get back to that in just a minute.
No one can serve two masters,
since either he will hate one
and love the other,
or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve both God and money.
Let's pray together.
God, enlighten us from your word.
Let your spirit take your words
and the words of my mouth
and apply them,
personalize them for each one of us here.
Show us what we need to take away from this morning.
In Jesus' name we'll pray.
Amen.
Test number one.
Test number one from Matthew chapter 6 and verse 19
is how safe is your treasure?
How safe is your treasure?
So that's what we're going to be talking about today.
How safe is your treasure?
Earthly wealth is temporary.
Heavenly treasure is eternal.
Look back at what he said.
What did he say?
Look at verses 19 and 20.
Y'all talk back to me.
What did he say could happen
to your earthly treasure?
Could get stolen.
What else?
Rust and moths could destroy it, right?
So, this is a real danger.
How many of you have had something stolen before?
How many of you had something rusted or start to decay?
How many of you had pests or moths or some other kind of pest
get in and destroy something you held valuable?
Yeah.
So we can resonate with this, right?
We can understand what Jesus is talking about.
So, when he says these things could happen
to the things you value on this earth,
we understand it.
Well, they did too.
They lived in an era where they had less safeguards available to them
than we have today in 2025.
And so I'm sure it was even more common or more frequent
for things to happen to what they held dear.
That's why we're going back a little ways,
but that's why it's said for...
Many people would go and bury their valuables in the ground,
especially when they were going out of town.
Their house was really left unprotected,
and so they would go and find a hole
where they only knew the location of
and bury their valuables in the ground.
So, they understand what Jesus is saying,
that there is nothing sure on this earth.
You think you have a certain amount of money.
You think you have a certain amount of possessions,
but in reality, it's all unsafe.
It's all insecure.
And people will invest so much of their money
into security, security systems, insurance, etc.
But in reality, none of it is all that safe.
So Jesus is saying, listen,
recognize that nothing you have
is completely safe on this earth.
And at some point, it will all go away.
So it might go away in your lifetime,
or it might go away after you're dead.
But at some point, it's all going to go away.
John chapter 9 and verse 39.
Sorry, I didn't tell you to turn there,
but if you can, flip over a few books
to John chapter 39.
Chapter 9, verse 39.
Jesus told him,
I entered this world
to render judgment.
Sorry, y'all, I skipped ahead.
We're going to get there.
Hold a finger in John chapter 9
and go to Luke 12.
So hold a finger in John 9.
We're going to get there.
But look at Luke 12.
Luke chapter 12 and verse 33.
We're trying to hit
all these different teachings
that Jesus had to say on this topic.
So in Luke 12, he says, verse 33,
sell your possessions
and give to those in need.
Can we stop there for a second?
What if I came to your house
and said, sell everything you own
and give it to the people
who need things?
That'd be tough, right?
Excuse me?
You can't tell me what to do
with my possessions.
That's right, but that's kind of
what Jesus did here.
He said, sell your possessions
and give to those in need.
This will store up treasure
for you in heaven.
And the purses of heaven
will never get old
or develop holes.
Your treasure will be safe.
No thief can steal it.
No moth can destroy it.
It's kind of referencing back
to what he taught
back in Matthew chapter 6.
Wherever your treasure is,
the desires of your heart
will also be.
I love how the different
gospel records
give slightly different tweaks
or slightly different perspectives
on the same moments
of Jesus' teaching.
So I like to compare
what Luke had to say
with what Matthew had to say.
Of course, Luke was not
one of those disciples early on.
He spoke into it afterwards
based on accounts
that he was told.
And so this is fascinating
to see this different angle on it.
Sell your possessions,
give to those in need.
The purses of heaven
never get old
or develop holes.
God never runs out of resources.
We will.
We can.
So examine your daily investments,
your time,
your energy,
your money.
It's a good place to start.
Where are you storing
your treasure
right now?
There's a principle here.
You can't lose
what you give
to God.
You can't lose
what you give
to God.
Like that's what Jesus
is trying to teach us.
So parents,
some of us have a hard time
not being
helicopter parents
and constantly just
holding on to our kids
and we don't want
to let them go.
Give them to God.
You can't lose
what you give
to God.
There might be
a burden
on your heart
that you just
can't set free.
You have to keep
trying to fix it
and you're beating
your head against the wall
out of frustration
just trying to
figure out
how to solve
this problem
this burden
you're carrying
and I can promise you
if you give it
to God
you won't lose
that battle.
God will help
you win.
You can't lose
what you give
to God.
So if a tornado
hit
if a thief
broke in
the stock market
crashed
everything we have
materially speaking
on this earth
could be gone.
but treasures
invested
in God
and his kingdom
prayer
generosity
acts
of Christ
like love
those are safe
forever
and the results
of that
are safe
forever
so you can't lose
what you give
to God.
Test number two
test number two
is what you see
is what you get.
How do we know
what our treasure
is?
How do we know
if we're being
generous?
Listen to this
principle
what you see
is what you get.
John chapter nine
again
told you to turn
there I told you
we'd get there
John chapter nine
verse 39
Jesus told him
I entered this
world to render
judgment
to give sight
to the blind
and to show
those who think
they see
that they
are blind.
some Pharisees
who were standing
by near him
told him
and said
asked him
say are you
saying we're
blind?
If you were
blind Jesus
replied you
wouldn't be
guilty but you
remain guilty
because you
claim you
can see.
Did you hear
what they just
said?
Jesus has said
I didn't come
to give sight
to those who
think they can
see I gave
sight to those
who are blind
I'm here to
show those
who think
they can
see that
they're
actually
blind.
In the
Pharisees it
was no secret
that he was
talking about
them.
So they said
you're saying
we're blind?
How dare you?
You're saying
we're spiritually
blind?
We don't have
spiritual understanding
when we read the
scriptures?
Are you kidding
me?
This is our
life's work.
From early on
training up through
rabbi school
we've been
dedicating our
lives to this
we know what
we're talking
about.
It's kind of
the unwritten
words that
they're trying
to communicate
to Jesus.
He said if
you were blind
you wouldn't
be guilty
but you remain
guilty because
you claim you
can see.
Back in
Matthew chapter
6 our text
I told you we'd
get back to it
verse 22
the eye is the
lamp of the
body.
If your eye is
healthy you'll
be able to see.
Your whole body
will be full of
light.
But if your eye
is bad you'll
be blind.
Your whole body
will be full
of darkness.
So if the
light that you
think is inside
you is actually
darkness how deep
is that darkness?
It's the same
principle that he's
teaching the
Pharisees here.
It's not just that
you're spiritually
blind and you know
you're blind.
You think you can
see.
You have light.
light.
And I pray that
none of us in
this room are in
that boat where
we think we've got
it all figured
out.
We think we've
got Jesus figured
out.
We've got him in
our nice little
box.
We think that we
have spiritual
sight and Jesus
is way over there.
And he's telling
us you are blind.
You don't have the
sight you think you
have.
Once you realize
you're blind then
he can help you.
Then he can save
you.
Then he can give
you sight.
So spiritual
blindness happens
when you think
you're seeing
clearly but you're
actually walking
in darkness.
Like those
Pharisees you and
I are able fully
able to wander in
religion.
Wander in church
attendance.
Wander in acting
like a nice
person.
But inside our
hearts are far
away from Jesus.
There's a principle
here that I want to
share with you.
It's called bounded
set versus centered
set.
Now stick with me
here.
It's getting a little
analytical, a little
out there but stick
with me.
This bounded
set means I
will base
my religion
on who is
inside my
lines.
I will create
lines and I
will say this is
what it takes to
be a part of my
religion.
You've got to think
like I do.
You've got to look
like I do.
You've got to act
like I do.
and I'm going to
determine what the
lines are.
Then there's a
different type of
religion.
It's the centered
set thinking.
And it doesn't
judge people based
on whether they're
inside or outside
the lines.
It judges people
whether they're
moving toward
Jesus or away
from Jesus.
So there's two
different kinds of
thinking.
The Pharisees were
absolutely bounded
set.
they set the
lines.
Some of it they
took from Old
Testament teaching
and then they
took that and
they ran with it.
And they set
their own lines.
They created
their own
boundaries.
And they said
you're either in
or you're out
depending on how
well you live
inside our
boundaries.
Jesus came to
them and said
no.
You've got it
all wrong.
that's never
what it's been
about.
It's always
been about God.
It's always been
about your
relationship with
him.
It's always been
about whether
your heart is
toward him or
away from him.
So you can
live inside the
boundaries on the
bounded set
religion.
You can be
inside the fence.
You can make
your life look
like those around
you.
But your heart
is never moving
toward Jesus.
and Jesus
says that's
not my
religion.
That's not
what I came
to this earth
to bring.
And so many
people and so
many churches
will name
Jesus' name
but they're
living in
bounded set
religion not
centered set
religion.
And they're
actually doing
more harm to
the true
religion of
Jesus than
good.
So I don't
judge you and
you shouldn't
judge me based
on if we're
inside or
outside whatever
these lines are
because everybody's
lines are in
different places.
We should judge
one another
whether our
hearts are moving
toward Jesus or
away from Jesus.
How do you know
that?
The fruit of our
life will show
it.
Who was Jesus?
That's who we
should be like.
We should have
his true heart
for people.
We should have
his real
compassion.
We should have
his grace,
his mercy,
his kindness.
That should be
what our lives
should be showing
out.
Not this bounded
set but centered
on Christ.
So
Jesus said
it's like you're
spiritually blind.
It's like you're
spiritually asleep.
Imagine sleepwalking
through your house
at night.
In your dream
you're walking
through a field,
you're running
down a football
field,
whatever it is,
I don't know,
wherever you are
and you feel like
you're navigating
safely.
The truth is
you're bumping
into walls,
tripping over
furniture.
Hopefully you're
not walking
outside your
house and into
the street,
right?
Anybody have a
sleepwalking problem?
You don't have
to raise your
hand,
that's alright.
But that's what
life looks like
when you think
you're spiritually
awake and in
reality you've been
asleep for a long
time.
And you keep
bumping into
things and you
keep tripping
over things and
God puts things
in your path to
wake you up but
you don't want to
wake up because
you're just fine
where you are,
you think you
can see.
So my question
is are you really
following Jesus or
are you spiritually
sleepwalking?
Maybe the Holy
Spirit today through
His Word can
wake you up.
Now it's not fun to
wake up when you're
sleepwalking and it
can be a little
dangerous but God's
got you, alright?
And we've got you
and we're here to
help you.
If you're spiritually
sleepwalking, wake
up now and we'll
help you as a
church together be
more centered on
Jesus.
See the blindness
and let God
restore sight.
Are you following
Jesus or spiritually
sleepwalking?
Test number three
and we're almost
done.
One master, one
treasure.
One master, one
treasure.
Back in Matthew
chapter six, our
text, no one can
serve two masters.
He's either going to
hate one and love
the other or he'll
be devoted to one
and despise the
other.
You cannot serve
both God and
money.
There's a truth
here.
Who you serve
tells you what
you'll chase.
Who you serve
tells you what
you'll chase.
Why?
Because they
dictate everything
in your life.
your master tells
you what to be
interested in.
Your master tells
you what's valuable,
what's important.
Your master sets the
rules that you then
have to follow.
You say, well, I've
got no master.
I'm my own master.
You're deceiving
yourself.
You are mastered by
something.
Even if it's your
own pride, you're
mastered by
something.
If it's your desire
for money, if it's
your desire for
popularity, if it's
your desire for
importance or power
or control, if it's
your desire for
safety, comfort,
stability, whatever
it is, you are
mastered by something
and that determines
what you'll go after.
what you'll pursue,
what you'll chase.
And so you've
probably spent your
life chasing
whatever your
master told you
to chase.
Jesus wants to
be your master.
And he's going to
tell you to chase
something.
He's going to tell
you to chase him.
He's going to tell
you to spend time in
the gospels, reading
about who he was,
what he did, how
he did it, why he
did it, and chase
after becoming like
him.
The difference in
Christ being our
master and anything
else being our
master is he will
always lead us to
greener pastures.
He will always lead
us to still waters.
The path through
that might be the
valley of the shadow
of death.
It might be hard
and rocky mountains,
but we will always
arrive at a place
where we look back
and say, God worked
all that together
for good.
He told me to
chase after this.
I wasn't even sure
if I really wanted
it.
I wasn't sure if it
would bring me what
I thought it would
bring me.
But I followed my
shepherd, my good
shepherd.
I followed my
master.
I chased after it.
And look what he's
done in my life.
Anybody testify to
that?
Look what God has
done in my life.
Amen.
So, what is God
telling us to chase?
What is he telling
us to pursue and
focus our lives on?
Deuteronomy 10
gives it to us
plainly.
What does the
Lord your God
ask of you but
to fear him, to
live in obedience
to him, to love
him, to serve him
with all our hearts,
with all our souls,
and to obey his
commands and decrees
that he's giving us
today for our own
good?
It's for our own
good.
He works all things
together for our
good.
Yes, man, y'all are
right there.
I love it.
So,
our master determines
our treasure.
Who or what we
serve dictates what
we'll chase, what
we'll value, where
our hearts go.
Does money matter?
It does.
Money matters.
Should money
master?
No.
Money cannot
master.
It's a cruel
master.
It can be a
useful tool, but
it is a cruel,
unfair master.
promises everything,
but it steals what's
truly important.
That's why people say
follow the money.
You ever heard of
that?
Follow the money, man.
Why?
Because so many people
are mastered by
money.
And so they'll
compromise their
ethics.
They'll do things that
they would never have
otherwise done because
their master told them
what to pursue.
Their master told them
what to chase.
You've got to get
this promotion.
You've got to keep
this out of the
press.
You've got to keep
this private.
You can't let this
get out.
You've got to go get
this.
And so they'll
pursue it at all
costs because they're
mastered by it.
things.
But when Jesus is your
master, you follow his
way, not your wallet.
When Jesus is your
master, your treasure
aligns with his
kingdom priorities.
You want to know what
his kingdom priorities
are?
Go back and listen to
the series on stories of
the kingdom.
He was very clear.
You don't even have to
listen to the series.
Just open up the
gospels and read the
parables where Jesus
told us all about the
kingdom of God.
What is important in
the kingdom of God?
It's opposite of what's
important in our little
kingdom.
So, Joshua 24 15 issues
us a challenge.
Choose today whom you
will serve.
Choose today whom you
will serve.
The wonderful truth is
you can choose a new
master.
Why?
Because Jesus died on
the cross.
That's why you can
choose a new master.
Before that, you were a
slave to sin.
Humanity was in
slavery.
We had no way out.
But then Jesus broke
the chains of sin.
When he died on the
cross laying himself
down as the punishment
for our sin and he
didn't stay dead
otherwise he just would
have been a man like
you and me.
But he rose from the
dead proving he's
different, he's
supernatural, he's
powerful, he's divine,
he's everything he said
he was.
He really is God.
So he broke those
chains and he said
you can stay a master
to everything else
or you can choose me
as your master.
I'm offering a different
way.
I'm offering a different
path.
I'm offering a different
life.
wealth.
So what have we
learned?
Heavenly wealth is
eternal.
Earthly wealth is not.
It's very temporary.
Open your eyes to what
God is doing.
You might think you're
spiritually seeing
everything.
You've got it all
figured out.
God wants to show you
you've been sleepwalking.
Maybe you're still
spiritually blind.
You're still a slave to
sin and Jesus wants to
open your eyes for the
first time.
Or maybe you're a child
of God but you've been
sleepwalking through this
life completely blind to
what God's doing around
you and he wants to open
up your eyes and say you
come over here and walk
with me now.
You'll be tripping over
less stuff.
And then number three
money matters but it
cannot master.
It cannot master.
So what do we do this
week?
Maybe you need to give
your life to Jesus for
the first time.
Say I don't want to be a
slave to sin anymore.
I want to choose my own
master and I want it to
be Jesus.
Because I trust him.
He's different than
everybody else.
He's different than I am.
He's different than all
of you.
He's the only one that I
can really get behind and
say yeah that's what my
life needs to look like
is who Jesus was.
And still is today.
So what do we do?
Give something away.
Stop holding on so
tightly to the things of
this earth where rust and
moth and thieves can get to
it.
hold it loosely.
Eyes up.
Hands open.
Hold it loosely.
Give something away.
And then pause to pray.
Pause to pray.
Stop.
Eyes up.
That first part was hands
open.
This part is eyes up.
Looking unto Jesus.
He's the one who started all
this.
And then you ask God where to
look right now.
Say God I don't want to be
sleepwalking through my day.
I don't want to be
spiritually blind or asleep.
Wake me up and open my eyes
to see what you see.
Maybe you're sending someone
across my path that I can be
generous to.
Maybe you're showing me
something about myself that I
need to see.
So pause wherever you are in
your day to pray.
Before you go to bed at night
when you wake up in the
morning.
Throughout your day when
life is just piling on.
It's always okay to stop.
It's always okay to take a
breath.
It's always okay to pause.
Look at Jesus and pray.
And then finally serve in one
small way.
Maybe you're already serving in
the church.
Maybe there's a way to serve
somebody in the community.
Maybe you're not serving in the
church.
Or maybe God wants you to take
another small step.
I'm not saying you've got to go
from zero to hero overnight.
But I'm saying you do have to
take a small step.
Why?
Because Jesus is always going to
be leading you forward.
He's going to be moving you
along toward those greener
pastures.
Toward those still waters like we
read about in Psalm 23.
Sometimes that path is going to
be rocky and difficult and
dangerous.
But keep taking small steps.
So what's a small step?
You can take today.
Maybe God wants to make you a
more generous person today.
What does God want to do with
you today?
Phil Wickham sings a song.
He's a Christian songwriter and
singer and he says,
Jesus is the treasure.
He is the answer.
I choose the Jesus way.
I love that line.
He is the treasure.
Too often through this life,
we're looking for the reward
to meet the effort.
We're saying this Christian thing,
what do I get out of it?
This church thing,
what do I get out of it?
And if that's your thought,
even if you wouldn't necessarily
put it to words,
you wouldn't necessarily voice it
that way,
but you know deep down,
you're thinking,
what can I really get out of it?
Then I don't think you've
encountered Jesus.
Because if you've really
experienced Jesus,
look at him in the Bible,
look at who he is.
It'll be pretty obvious to you,
he's the treasure.
He's the reward.
And if you need more than him,
you're out of luck.
Because there's nothing on this earth
that will satisfy like he will.
You can throw it all into family.
Because family never disappoints anybody, right?
You can throw it all into wealth.
Because that's always stable
and never goes up or down, right?
You can throw it all into anything else
that people are pursuing.
But I'm telling you,
Jesus is the treasure
that doesn't rust,
that they can't take away.
No one can touch it.
So our takeaway today
is what you treasure
tells your eyes where to look,
your hands what to do,
and when Jesus is your treasure,
it's hands open, eyes up.
God gives.
Let's try it again.
God gives.
How do we give back?
Amen.
Let's pray.
God, I pray that right now
you would teach us
to give freely,
to pause, to pray,
to serve your church,
this church,
in some small way.
Hands open, eyes up.
Jesus is my treasure today,
every day.
I pray that you would
remind us of that.
Jesus is our treasure.
You are our treasure.
You are the answer.
Let us choose the Jesus way.
You were so generous.
You held nothing back from us.
As we study
what you have to teach
about being generous,
not just writing checks
like we talked about last week,
but truly being a generous person
like you were,
teach us this treasure principle.
Help us pass this treasure test
that says you are my treasure.
Everything else is a means to an end.
Everything else can be useful
or unuseful tools
in our journey toward our Savior.
Teach us how to be like you, God.
Church, with our heads bowed
and our eyes closed,
I'm going to give you
just a moment to pray.
There's someone in the room
that says,
you talked a little bit ago
about Jesus' sacrifice
for our sin.
I need Him to save me today.
I need to turn from my sin
and turn to Jesus
for the first time.
Would you slip your hand up right now
and I'll pray for you.
Thank you.
Let me ask another question.
How many of you would say,
I need prayer
about this idea of the treasure?
Maybe I've been treasuring
the wrong thing.
Maybe I've been pursuing
the wrong thing.
Maybe I've been
spiritually sleepwalking.
Maybe God's put something
on my heart.
Maybe there's a way
that I can start serving
because I treasure Jesus.
Now, that's my goal.
I want to treasure Jesus.
There's something in there
that you say,
I'd love for you
to pray for me as well.
Would you slip your hand up
right now
and I'll pray for you.
Thank you.
God, you see the hands
all around the room,
but most importantly,
you know what's going on
in their hearts and minds.
You know what's going on
in my heart and mind?
I pray that you would
keep teaching me
and them
how to treasure you, God.
Wake us up
from our spiritual sleep.
Remind us what's truly valuable,
what truly gives heavenly return
on our investment.
And it's in Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.