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 Matthew 6, 19.

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 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth,

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 where moth and rust destroy,

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 and where thieves break in and steal.

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 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,

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 where neither moth nor rust destroys,

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 and where thieves do not break in and steal.

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 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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 The eye is the lamp of the body,

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 so if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

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 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.

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 If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

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 No one can serve two masters,

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 for either he will hate the one and love the other,

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 or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.

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 You cannot serve God and money.

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 Therefore I tell you,

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 do not be anxious about your life,

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 what you will eat or what you will drink,

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 nor about your body, what you will put on.

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 Is not life more than food,

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 and the body more than clothing?

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 Look at the birds of the air.

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 They neither sow nor reap,

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 nor gather into barns,

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 and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

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 Are you not of more value than they?

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 And which of you, by being anxious,

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 can add a single hour to his span of life.

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 And why are you anxious about clothing?

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 Consider the lilies of the field,

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 how they grow.

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 They neither toil nor spin.

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 Yet I tell you,

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 even Solomon in all his glory

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 was not arrayed like one of these.

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 But if God so clothes the grass of the field,

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 which today is alive

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 and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

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 will he not much more clothe you,

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 O you of little faith?

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 Therefore do not be anxious,

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 saying,

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 What will we eat,

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 or what shall we drink,

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 or what shall we wear?

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 For the Gentiles seek after all these things,

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 and your heavenly Father knows

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 that you need them all.

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 But seek first the kingdom of God

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 and his righteousness,

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 and all these things will be added to you.

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 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow,

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 for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.

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 Sufficient for the day

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 is its own trouble.

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 Amen.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 It's great to see Esther.

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 You're here somewhere.

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 Hi, Esther.

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 Hi, Esther.

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 There you are.

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 Great to see you again.

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 Why don't we pray as we come to God's word?

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father,

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 I pray that you would help us see yourself

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 and the world we live in

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 more and more

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 in terms of what's actually true.

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 Help us to discern

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 the lies of our world that we live in.

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 So I pray that you would open our eyes

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 just that bit more today

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 through your word.

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 In Jesus' name I pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, if you get a pay rise

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 or a bonus or you earn a significant profit

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 on an investment

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 or you receive a large inheritance

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 or you somehow win the lottery

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 even though you didn't buy a ticket,

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 did you?

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 Would you see

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 that windfall

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 of getting money

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 as only a good thing?

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 It's good.

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 Do you struggle

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 with greed?

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 Or is that only a problem

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 for people who have more than you?

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 If we assume

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 that coming into money

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 is only a good thing,

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 I'm not sure how you answered

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 that question in your mind,

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 but if you're like me

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 and we kind of assume

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 that coming into money

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 is only a good thing

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 and we ourselves

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 don't have a problem

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 with money

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 except that we would like

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 a little bit more of it,

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 something's not adding up.

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 Excuse the pun.

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 Don't excuse it

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 because I said it on purpose,

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 but because Jesus taught

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 on money,

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 Jesus taught on money

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 more than sex,

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 heaven and hell combined.

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 Why?

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 Like he doesn't need it.

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 He owns heaven and earth.

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 What else does scripture say

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 about

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 you cannot serve God

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 and

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 your boss?

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 You can't serve God

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 and

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 money.

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 It is easier for a camel

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 to go through the eye

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 of a needle

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 than for a

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 doubting man

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 to enter,

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 a rich man

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 to enter the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 The love of

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 is the root

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 of all kinds

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 of evil.

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 Some have wandered

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 away from the faith.

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 Judas

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 preferring

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 30 pieces

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 of silver

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 and eternal

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 shame

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 rather than

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 eternal life

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 with Jesus.

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 It's a big

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 topic in scripture.

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 Big.

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 Today we're

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 starting a

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 four week series

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 on money.

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 Let me just tell you

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 where we're headed.

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 So we're obviously

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 in Matthew 6

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 today and

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 we're going to see

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 how we're set

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 free from worry.

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 Isn't that good news?

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 Set free from worry.

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 Next week we're going

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 to look at

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 1 Timothy 6

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 and we need to

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 take the warnings

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 of why

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 the false promises

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 of money

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 really are

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 the root

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 of all kinds

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 of evils.

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 Not all evils

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 but all kinds

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 of evils.

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 Then we're going

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 to go to

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 2 Corinthians 8

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 and 9

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 and we're going

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 to see how

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 freedom in Jesus

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 looks like

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 cheerful generosity

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 even when we're

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 in hardship

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 ourselves.

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 And I'm aware

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 that I'm probably

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 pretty comfortable

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 whereas some

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 people listening

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 may be choosing

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 to skip some

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 meals to pay

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 rent.

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 I'm not in that

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 situation.

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 but in 2

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 Corinthians 8

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 the people

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 we see

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 there

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 there's

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 something

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 strangely

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 cheerful

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 about them

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 even in

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 their hardship.

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 And then we're

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 going to go to

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 Luke 16

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 and one of the

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 strangest of

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 Jesus'

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 parables

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 of the

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 dishonest

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 manager

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 but we're

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 going to see

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 we're called

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 to reckless

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 stewardship.

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 So that's

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 where we're

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 headed in

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 the series

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 but I'm

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 going to be

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 honest with

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 you

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 I don't

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 enjoy this

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 topic

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 as much

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 as I did

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 last week

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 speaking on

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 Abraham and

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 the unconditional

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 promises of

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 salvation.

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 there's

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 something about

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 this series

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 I just

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 don't enjoy

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 it as

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 much as

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 topics like

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 that.

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 So why are

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 we doing

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 this series?

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 Obviously I'm

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 involved in

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 the decision

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 making.

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 We've chosen

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 this series

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 as elders.

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 Why?

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 And why

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 now?

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 Well

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 what's

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 prompted

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 it is

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 over many

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 many months

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 sustained

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 falling short

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 of budget.

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 we're

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 trying to

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 analyse

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 why

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 and we

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 realise we

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 haven't taught

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 on money

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 for a very

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 long time

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 and that's

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 strange given

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 how I've

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 started this

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 sermon when

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 scripture speaks

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 on money

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 so much.

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 It's a

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 really important

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 area of

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 discipleship.

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 Now

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 why now?

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 Well

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 we're facing

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 some pretty

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 big decisions

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 coming up

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 as a

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 congregation

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 because if

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 we're looking

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 to add

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 more staff

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 and we're

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 not meeting

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 budget

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 we're going

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 to have to

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 make a call

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 there what

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 we're going

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 to do.

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 Our

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 facilities

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 we're

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 currently

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 really just

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 kicking the

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 maintenance

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 down the

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 road for

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 future

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 generations.

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 We're going

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 to have to

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 make some

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 hard calls

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 soon.

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 and why

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 now?

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 It's

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 July and

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 every year

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 we raise

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 for our

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 mission

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 partners in

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 August so

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 this is a

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 great time

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 to think

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 about this

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 topic.

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 That's what's

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 prompted this

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 series.

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 But look

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 whatever

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 regardless of

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 the elders

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 motives

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 regardless of

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 how pure

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 our motives

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 are you can

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 be sure of

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 God's goal

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 in this

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 series.

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 remember

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 Jesus he

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 praises the

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 woman who

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 gives two

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 small copper

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 coins saying

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 she gave

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 more than

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 all the

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 others who

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 gave in

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 their surplus.

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 He cares

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 about our

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 heart.

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 This series

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 is about

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 our heart.

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 As we go

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 through this

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 series I'd

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 like us to

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 have a

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 really broad

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 definition of

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 generosity.

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 Yes that

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 includes

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 donations.

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 It includes

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 giving to

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 missionaries as

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 a church.

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 But it

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 might also

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 include

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 supporting that

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 compassion

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 child, giving

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 to Fred

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 Hollows,

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 cancer

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 council, I

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 don't know.

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 There's so many

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 ways we can

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 relieve suffering

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 in the world.

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 God's

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 God's

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 food.

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 It's that

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 spontaneous

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 eating a

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 meal with a

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 homeless person

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 on the

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 street.

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 It's the

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 cost of

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 making a

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 meal for

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 someone in

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 the church.

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 That costs

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 money.

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 It costs

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 money to

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 drive it to

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 them.

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 It costs

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 your time.

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 Giving

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 people lifts

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 to

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 appointments to

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 church, the

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 cost of

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 hospitality, people

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 in your home,

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 they're using

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 your electricity.

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 Do you

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 charge them

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 when they

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 leave?

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 No.

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 Generosity is

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 huge.

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 Choosing to

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 forego shifts

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 at work so

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 that you can

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 give your

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 time to

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 whatever God

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 is calling

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 you to.

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 Providing

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 for your

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 family's needs,

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 aging parents,

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 whatever.

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 I just have

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 a broad view

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 of generosity

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 as we go

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 through this

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 series.

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 Well, in

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 the Christmas

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 holidays,

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 before we

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 decided to

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 do this

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 series, I

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 read this

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 book for

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 myself, for

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 my own

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 heart and

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 mind,

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 Beyond

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 Greed.

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 The author

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 actually didn't

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 even like the

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 title.

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 The publishers

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 made him

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 change it.

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 He wanted

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 to say how

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 to get

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 really rich.

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 for some

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 reason they

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 wouldn't let

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 him call it

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 that.

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 Now, I

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 was at

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 another

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 Christian

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 family's

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 home and

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 I was

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 reading their

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 bookshelf.

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 I'm like,

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 what am I

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 going to

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 read in

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 this holiday

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 period?

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 What my

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 thoughts were

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 fixated on

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 was whether

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 we needed to

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 buy a new

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 car as a

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 family because

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 I was getting

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 all these

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 notifications on

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 my phone of

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 all these car

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 crashes in

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 the holidays.

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 That was

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 terrifying me.

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 Is that

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 right,

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 English?

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 I think it

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 is.

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 I was

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 afraid.

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 I was

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 researching,

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 like, our

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 car is 10

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 years old,

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 has safety

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 features changed?

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 And so as I

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 went through all

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 the titles on

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 their bookshelf,

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 I thought,

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 well, I want

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 to know if my

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 motives are pure

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 as I'm weighing

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 up this decision.

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 Not that my

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 motives are ever

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 pure, but

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 anyway.

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 So that's why I

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 read it.

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 And let me,

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 here's one

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 thing Brian

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 Rosner says.

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 Imagine the

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 response of

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 disbelief in the

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 local church.

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 If it were

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 revealed that the

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 vast majority of

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 its members were

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 secretly worshipping

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 other gods.

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 money is right, the

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 unthinkable may not

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 be so far from the

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 truth.

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 The section in this

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 book that loosened

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 my grip on just

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 the need to

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 upgrade our car, to

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 actually just look at

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 the objective facts

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 for their own

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 merits.

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 The truth that this

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 book really helped

00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:45.600
 me in that holiday

00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:48.559
 period was the

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 obvious.

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 I was fearing for

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 my family's safety.

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 I was afraid for

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 my family's

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 tomorrow.

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 I wanted

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 security.

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 But who do I put

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 my confidence in for

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 my family's

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 tomorrow?

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 Because if I

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 trust in what money

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 can buy for my

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 family's security,

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 it's idolatry.

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 It's an attack on

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 God's exclusive

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 rights to our

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 trust and our

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 confidence as our

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 creator and our

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 sustainer.

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 Here in Matthew 6,

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 we're shown where

00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:42.960
 true security is

00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:43.379
 found.

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 Where we can sleep

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 easy at night.

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 So let's get into

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 Matthew 6.

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 Like the rest of the

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 Sermon on the Mount,

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 that's where we are.

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 We're in the Sermon

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 on the Mount.

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 And like the rest of

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 the sermon, this area

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 of discipleship, it

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 exposes our

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 attitudes and how

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 desperately we need

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 Jesus to change

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 us.

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 He's already made the

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 staggering promise at

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 the start of the

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 sermon.

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 Blessed are the

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 meek.

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 Not the

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 economically strong.

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 Blessed are the

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 meek, the gentle,

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 the servant-hearted.

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 For they shall

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 inherit the earth.

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 Like if you believe

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 that, if you believe

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 you're inheriting the

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 earth one day, you

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 believe you're filthy

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 rich.

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 So, church, let's

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 start thinking about

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 raising money in

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 August for our

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 mission partners.

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 Let's start putting

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 aside what can we

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 give to support our

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 mission partners.

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 I suspect, given the

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 crunch of the cost of

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 living, if we get

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 anywhere near previous

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 totals, that's going

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 to be a greater

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:22.080
 display of giving

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 this year.

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 Now, as I issue

00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:28.679
 that challenge, let's

00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:29.559
 start thinking about

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 that.

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 What comes into your

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 mind?

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 What comes into my

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 mind is, what will my

00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.699
 family live on next

00:16:35.699 --> 00:16:36.080
 month?

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 I'm saving for, this

00:16:39.899 --> 00:16:40.659
 isn't me, this might

00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:42.039
 be you, I'm saving for a

00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:42.699
 house deposit.

00:16:45.579 --> 00:16:46.740
 That's taking money

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.759
 out of retirement

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.259
 savings.

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 I don't have income

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 coming in.

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.819
 Even though we want

00:16:55.819 --> 00:16:56.539
 to support our

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 missionaries, we care

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 about that.

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 Worry and anxiety can

00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:03.179
 have a vice-like grip

00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:03.719
 on us.

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 Because the worries of

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:09.059
 tomorrow fill our mind.

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:15.099
 If you think Jesus'

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 main message here is

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 give more money, give

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 more away, you've

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 missed it.

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 It's not what he's

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 saying.

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 Jesus wants to

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 transform how we look

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 at the world.

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 Can I repeat that?

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 He is not saying

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 give more away.

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 He's aiming for

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 something much deeper.

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 He wants us to

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 change how we see

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 the world.

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 We see that in

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 verses 19 to 24, if

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 you've got your

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 Bibles open.

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 He presents a

00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:54.399
 mutually exclusive

00:17:54.399 --> 00:17:54.960
 choice.

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 Here's our choice.

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 You can either have

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 treasure on earth or in

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 heaven.

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 Your eyes will be

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 filled with darkness

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 or light.

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 You'll be devoted to

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 money or God.

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 He sets these

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 mutually exclusive

00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:10.559
 choices.

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 choice.

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 Quite frankly, I

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 suspect we think we

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 can mix those.

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 I suspect we think

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 we're quite good at

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 balancing these two

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 things.

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 He's saying you

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 can't.

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 You can't serve

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 both.

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 It's like you're

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 trying to, your

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 operating system is

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 both Android and

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 Apple.

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 You can't.

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 It can't be both.

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 Now what is this

00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:47.440
 mutually exclusive

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.120
 choice he's

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 presenting?

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 What does laying

00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:53.200
 up treasures in

00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:53.759
 heaven mean?

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 Like, don't you

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 find that a bit

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:55.859
 abstract?

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 What is that?

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 Laying up

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 treasures.

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 Like, I know what a

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.640
 new car looks like.

00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:05.180
 What is that?

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 What are you

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.120
 offering?

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:07.099
 What are you

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 saying?

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 And then he's

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.119
 got this picture of

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:10.259
 the eyes, the lamp

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 of the body.

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 What's that doing

00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.739
 there?

00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:14.039
 What's it saying?

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 Should we just skip

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 that because it's too

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 hard?

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 What is this choice?

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 I could spend a bunch of

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 words trying to explain

00:19:28.139 --> 00:19:28.700
 this choice.

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 I'm going to choose to

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 tell, try and

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 illustrate it.

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 Tim grew up in

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 Newcastle.

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 He went to

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 Meriwether High.

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 And soon after

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.759
 finishing high school,

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 he started his own

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 business, a security

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.240
 software.

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.319
 software.

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 And it was going

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 pretty well.

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 And he met Lucy at

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.440
 church.

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 They've got two young

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 children.

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 And at first, Lucy

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.799
 loved the fact that

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:58.799
 Tim's software business

00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:00.279
 was going gangbusters.

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 Like, they could

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.900
 purchase their house

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.400
 outright.

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 She loved it.

00:20:06.339 --> 00:20:07.380
 At first.

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 Because then she grew

00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:10.880
 very tired of how much

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:12.339
 time Tim was spending

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 on his business.

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 He was burning the

00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.680
 candle at both ends.

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 He was getting to

00:20:17.800 --> 00:20:18.880
 church every other week

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 and every other day,

00:20:20.040 --> 00:20:20.740
 they ate dinner.

00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:22.220
 The family ate dinner

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:23.980
 without Tim with them.

00:20:27.060 --> 00:20:30.100
 Now, at 38, Tim had

00:20:30.100 --> 00:20:33.720
 pain in his chest, went

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.160
 to ED.

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:36.040
 Cardiologist warns

00:20:36.040 --> 00:20:36.620
 him, you've got to

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.120
 slow down.

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 And he did.

00:20:42.219 --> 00:20:43.239
 For a little while.

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 But then he had this

00:20:44.679 --> 00:20:45.959
 opportunity to expand

00:20:45.959 --> 00:20:47.039
 his business overseas.

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 And Lucy, he's just

00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:50.839
 telling Lucy, look,

00:20:50.979 --> 00:20:51.739
 six more months.

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 We'll expand the

00:20:52.979 --> 00:20:53.419
 business.

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.799
 We'll have the rest of

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.799
 our lives to slow

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 down.

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 More time with the

00:20:57.939 --> 00:20:58.219
 kids.

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 And then,

00:20:58.339 --> 00:21:03.319
 again, Lucy goes to

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.579
 bed on her own and

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.659
 Tim is downstairs in

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.119
 the office.

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:07.739
 She got up and Tim's

00:21:07.739 --> 00:21:08.539
 not next to her.

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:10.259
 She went downstairs

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:13.159
 and finds Tim cold

00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:14.079
 lying on the floor.

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 Where your treasure is,

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.719
 there your heart is

00:21:28.719 --> 00:21:29.039
 also.

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:33.879
 A major promise of

00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:35.239
 money is safety for

00:21:35.239 --> 00:21:35.739
 your future.

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:37.119
 Tim's

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:38.959
 that you can control

00:21:38.959 --> 00:21:40.579
 your uncontrollable

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.079
 world.

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:44.399
 You can pay for

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:45.159
 health care.

00:21:45.679 --> 00:21:46.659
 You can give your

00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:47.259
 kids the best

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.739
 childhood.

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 You can put away for

00:21:50.219 --> 00:21:50.899
 a rainy day.

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.719
 But Tim wasn't in

00:21:53.719 --> 00:21:54.099
 control.

00:21:55.979 --> 00:21:57.519
 This false promise

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.259
 had made him

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.459
 sacrifice his family,

00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.500
 his health,

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:02.079
 his life on the

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:03.339
 altar of always

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:04.079
 needing more.

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:05.639
 His eyes were focused

00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:06.679
 on what money could

00:22:06.679 --> 00:22:07.419
 provide for his

00:22:07.419 --> 00:22:07.839
 future.

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.799
 That's what his eyes

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.619
 were locked onto.

00:22:11.939 --> 00:22:13.639
 Even when Lucy's

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.159
 begging him,

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.299
 even though a

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.519
 cardiologist is telling

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.139
 him, you've got to

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.319
 sleep.

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.899
 His eyes are focused

00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.419
 on that.

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:26.000
 Where you set your

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:27.220
 eyes is a moral

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.799
 choice.

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.839
 Your eyes,

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:30.220
 they indicate your

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.960
 attention, right?

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.559
 After church, when

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.180
 you're talking to

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:34.299
 someone, you're

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.100
 having a conversation

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.880
 and their eyes are

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.740
 just wandering off.

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.860
 How do you feel?

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:40.019
 Not valued.

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:42.860
 Because they indicate

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:43.880
 where your attention

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:45.160
 is, your goal.

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.140
 It's a moral choice

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:51.000
 where you set your

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.480
 eyes.

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.539
 eyes.

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:58.460
 The word healthy

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.740
 in the Greek has a

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.380
 double meaning.

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.339
 If your eyes are

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.460
 healthy, the double

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.299
 meaning is if they're

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:05.299
 singular, if they're

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.799
 focused on one goal

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:09.500
 and they're generous

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.299
 towards that.

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.259
 If someone is just,

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.519
 you're in a conversation

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.940
 and their eyes are

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:15.980
 locked on you, not in a

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:17.500
 creepy way, but in a

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:20.579
 very active, I'm

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.559
 listening to you, I'm

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.919
 generously giving all

00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:24.000
 of myself to you.

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.259
 That's the meaning

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.579
 here.

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:27.579
 It's singular focus.

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.220
 Jesus is saying, if

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.199
 your eye has a

00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:32.399
 singular focus on

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:33.119
 heavenly treasure,

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.720
 you're letting light

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:34.939
 in.

00:23:35.439 --> 00:23:36.519
 You're seeing where

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.159
 you're going.

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:40.379
 If not, he's

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:43.299
 warning us, you're

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.819
 blind.

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.819
 You don't know where

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.419
 you're going.

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:57.480
 There's a cartoon

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:59.099
 where an elderly man

00:23:59.099 --> 00:24:01.759
 is on his deathbed

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.919
 and he's holding his

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:05.139
 elderly wife's hand

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:06.079
 and he's staring in

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:07.139
 her eyes and the

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:09.500
 caption reads, I

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:11.019
 wish I accumulated

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:12.019
 more stuff.

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.339
 And no one ever says

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.619
 that.

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:19.419
 No one gets to the

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:21.279
 end of their life and

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.899
 says that.

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:25.119
 Which is why whoever

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:26.279
 made that cartoon made

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.500
 it.

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:30.019
 And yet how many of

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.859
 us live with that

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.259
 goal?

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:37.099
 It's darkness.

00:24:37.719 --> 00:24:41.039
 It's not seeing life

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.179
 and reality for what it

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.419
 is.

00:24:42.939 --> 00:24:44.279
 The false promise of

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:46.159
 money has the power to

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.400
 waste our entire

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.940
 lives.

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.160
 Jesus is saying we

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.800
 have a mutually

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:55.000
 exclusive choice.

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.740
 Will you put your

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:59.060
 confidence in money

00:24:59.060 --> 00:25:00.560
 for your security for

00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:00.940
 tomorrow?

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:04.400
 If you do, it will

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:06.080
 fill you with worry.

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.940
 Worry that you can't

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.060
 provide three meals on

00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:11.500
 the table.

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.060
 Worry you can't break

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:15.180
 into the housing market.

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.600
 Worry that you can't

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.720
 afford mortgage

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.240
 repayments.

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.519
 Worry that you won't

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.220
 have enough for

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.700
 retirement.

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:24.019
 There will never be

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.360
 enough.

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:29.360
 And that's why, look

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:31.600
 how much time Jesus

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:33.019
 spends on setting us

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.880
 free from that.

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:35.759
 Verses 25 to 34.

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.740
 He understands us.

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.480
 He knows where we

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.740
 live.

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:42.039
 He sets us free from the

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.420
 false promise of

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.779
 security that money can

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.200
 give us.

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.599
 It just can't.

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:49.299
 It can't give us security

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.819
 for tomorrow.

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:53.180
 Now he sets us free not

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.480
 by laying down a law

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:56.279
 going, be more generous.

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:58.039
 He sets us free by going,

00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:01.779
 look, look, fill your eyes

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.359
 with light.

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:04.299
 Look where your real

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.419
 security is.

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:13.119
 Look who's really in

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.599
 control.

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.359
 Is not life more than

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.879
 food?

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:23.099
 And the body more than

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:23.539
 clothing?

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:27.899
 Like if we buy into our

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:29.619
 consumerism culture, it

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:32.139
 actually shrinks our view

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:33.119
 of what makes life

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.480
 precious.

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:36.339
 It shrinks our souls when

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.220
 we're made to be

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.399
 captivated by greater

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:38.659
 things.

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.480
 We're going to share a

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:41.420
 meal after church and I'm

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.899
 sure you brought wonderful

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:44.619
 things to share but quite

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.480
 frankly it's a pretty

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.339
 simple meal.

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.899
 But isn't the meal much

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.839
 more than the food?

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:56.639
 To share it as the people

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:59.619
 of God in peace and

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 fellowship with God and

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:02.359
 one another, the community,

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.440
 the worshipping community,

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:06.720
 doesn't that fill your

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.240
 soul?

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:13.379
 Jesus, if you focus on

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.119
 earthly treasure, it

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:18.180
 actually shrinks our idea of

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:19.440
 what's precious in life.

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:25.140
 And then verse 26, a fat

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:28.519
 magpie gets another worm from

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.680
 your garden and what does it

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:29.920
 do?

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:32.100
 It says to itself, what

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.720
 shall I do?

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:34.140
 I know I'll tear down my

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:35.380
 nest and I'll build a bigger

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:37.720
 nest to store all these worms

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.200
 for tomorrow.

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 No, it gobbles it down.

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 In the next morning, our

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.359
 heavenly father gives it

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:49.880
 another one to feed its

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.180
 young.

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:59.079
 Jesus sees this world, he's

00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:00.339
 just taking for granted that

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:04.519
 our father is involved, even

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:06.240
 with birds and a worm.

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:09.500
 This world is not just

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:11.480
 material ingredients.

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 It's not this closed

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:14.339
 environment where God is far

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.640
 off.

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 Our creator is in complete

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.460
 control.

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 He is intimately involved, even

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:22.220
 insignificant details like birds

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.120
 will never see.

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 Child of God, aren't you much

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:33.660
 more valuable than a magpie in

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.600
 your father's eyes?

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:42.920
 You are, if you are.

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 And the glory that fashion claims

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:48.540
 to clothe us with, it can't even

00:28:48.540 --> 00:28:50.420
 compare to flowers, the beauty of

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:54.540
 flowers, the same flowers that God

00:28:54.540 --> 00:28:57.779
 sovereignly gives to those flowers

00:28:57.779 --> 00:29:00.920
 that we put in the green bin when

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.300
 they're done.

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:05.120
 Child of God, don't you know that

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:06.340
 you are eternal?

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:15.360
 The day before a wedding I

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:19.440
 conducted, my dry cleaners lost my

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.820
 suit.

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:27.580
 And the worry that flooded me, it

00:29:27.580 --> 00:29:29.640
 just consumed my attention the rest

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:31.600
 of that afternoon and evening when

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:34.720
 I should have been focused on the

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:36.880
 ceremony and going over the

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.540
 sermon again.

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:41.640
 I could have trusted as I walked

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:43.600
 into my house and saw the gardens,

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:46.060
 my front garden, I could have seen

00:29:46.060 --> 00:29:48.940
 those flowers and just trusted God

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:50.400
 will, he knows I need a suit.

00:29:50.800 --> 00:29:52.460
 He knows I can't turn up in board

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.780
 shorts.

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:55.980
 I could have accepted the fact that I

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.780
 already had one.

00:29:56.779 --> 00:30:00.539
 It just didn't fit me quite as well.

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:05.519
 But instead, I spent hours worrying

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.059
 about it.

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:12.059
 Oh, you of little faith.

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:20.339
 My worry is acting like someone who

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:22.919
 doesn't believe in God, as if he's not

00:30:22.919 --> 00:30:26.019
 sovereign, as if he's not involved, as

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:29.259
 if he's not good, as if he's not my

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.099
 heavenly father.

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:42.859
 Jesus understands how powerful this worry

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.879
 for tomorrow is.

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:49.339
 If you look at verse 34, he personifies

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.859
 tomorrow.

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:55.000
 Tomorrow will be anxious for itself.

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:58.720
 I've always been troubled, not troubled,

00:30:58.839 --> 00:31:00.440
 but confused what that means.

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.799
 But someone helped me this week.

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:06.539
 It's saying tomorrow doesn't want to be

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.119
 relieved.

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:09.380
 It wants to keep worrying.

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:13.279
 It is this powerful force that wants you

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:15.200
 to keep focusing on tomorrow.

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:18.299
 You can throw reason after reason at it.

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:20.359
 It doesn't want to be relieved.

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:24.599
 It's powerful.

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.839
 He knows where we live.

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:32.839
 He knows, he's lived in this fallen and

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:34.079
 cursed world.

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:37.959
 Like, each day has enough trouble of its

00:31:37.959 --> 00:31:38.279
 own.

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:40.019
 We shouldn't expect ease and comfort.

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:40.919
 Not yet.

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.699
 It's coming.

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.799
 Just not yet.

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:45.459
 But how do you face those troubles?

00:31:45.979 --> 00:31:47.779
 You've got the option of, I'm just going to

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:49.779
 think about all the possibilities of

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:52.379
 tomorrow and it will crush me.

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:58.339
 Some possibilities are kind of real.

00:31:58.799 --> 00:32:01.960
 Others we just, our imagination creates

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:05.039
 these worries and it crushes me.

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:08.799
 And I look to money to secure, to meet

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:11.139
 those needs for tomorrow and I never have

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.519
 enough.

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:18.639
 Or I can just look at reality and see

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:22.339
 everything around me that God is involved,

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:27.819
 he's sovereign, he's good, he's my father.

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:33.099
 He's going to give me all I need for today.

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:38.359
 Where's my security for tomorrow?

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.919
 I know he will be there tomorrow.

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:46.219
 He will be just as involved tomorrow.

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:49.219
 He'll be just as sovereign tomorrow.

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.480
 He'll be just as good.

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.219
 He'll still be my father tomorrow.

00:32:52.220 --> 00:33:00.880
 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases.

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:04.940
 His mercies never come to an end.

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:07.600
 They are new every morning.

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:11.119
 We've got to think that way.

00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:13.799
 Every morning.

00:33:14.959 --> 00:33:17.259
 I'm relying on my father today.

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:23.240
 I'll wake up tomorrow and I'll ask him for help again.

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:28.400
 Great is your faithfulness.

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:31.859
 The Lord is my portion, says my soul.

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:35.120
 Therefore, I will hope in him.

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:41.160
 Jesus died for our idolatry.

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:46.059
 Remember what idolatry is.

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:52.039
 It's something good and putting our faith in a created thing.

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:56.900
 Rather than in our creator.

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:03.339
 He died to set us free from the fear of tomorrow.

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:07.299
 What a gift that is.

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:16.300
 He died so that we can know the father is working all his heavenly control.

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:19.619
 Having us in his heart.

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:28.959
 And he rose again to make our future big and sure.

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:31.739
 And our present struggles small.

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:32.759
 Transient.

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:37.019
 He says we will inherit the earth.

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.419
 Wow.

00:34:40.459 --> 00:34:43.219
 I like John Piper's quote.

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:47.980
 Knowing all that God promises to be for us in Christ.

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:51.259
 Both now and for endless ages to come.

00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:53.159
 With ever increasing joy.

00:34:53.859 --> 00:34:57.559
 Frees us from the compulsion that we must avoid pain.

00:34:58.199 --> 00:35:00.859
 And maximize comfort in this world.

00:35:02.819 --> 00:35:04.419
 It frees us from that.

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:11.159
 He died to let us.

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:13.000
 To enable us.

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:14.900
 To lay up treasures for ourselves.

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:17.400
 I love the little detail that.

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:21.180
 Don't lay up treasure for yourselves on earth.

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:23.039
 Lay up treasure for yourselves.

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.760
 In heaven.

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:31.740
 He wants us to be greedy for things that last.

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:45.200
 Now I think this whole passage only makes sense if you're seeking this heavenly treasure.

00:35:45.540 --> 00:35:46.440
 It only makes sense.

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:52.740
 If you think God is promising here to maintain your idea of a comfortable lifestyle.

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.599
 It just.

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.840
 Our experience knows.

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:59.260
 That's not true.

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.679
 It only makes sense.

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:03.940
 I shudder at the thought of false teachers.

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:07.460
 Who manipulate people.

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:10.260
 And give false promises.

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:12.420
 That if you give to God.

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:16.380
 He will give you lots of money now.

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:16.619
 Like.

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:19.679
 And they're filling their own pockets.

00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:21.360
 They're using God.

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:23.420
 To get money from people.

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:28.599
 I don't want to be them.

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.940
 On the last day.

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:37.579
 So what does it mean?

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:40.380
 That's not what it means to lay up treasures in heaven.

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.659
 What does it mean?

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:45.740
 I think that's answered by verse 33.

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:48.000
 Seek first.

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:50.980
 Set your eyes on the kingdom of God and his righteousness.

00:36:57.559 --> 00:37:00.380
 If that's the treasure you love.

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:03.519
 He says your eyes will be filled with light.

00:37:03.740 --> 00:37:08.200
 We will see our father is involved and provide all we need.

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:10.420
 Set your eyes on heavenly treasure.

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:13.740
 Get rich on what lasts.

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:16.300
 God will take care of what you need.

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:21.860
 I want to give an example of what this looks like.

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:29.920
 My desire for the gospel to go out to the ends of the earth.

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:32.920
 It's in me now because of the gospel.

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:37.019
 Because I love the fact Jesus died and he's worthy to be known.

00:37:37.120 --> 00:37:37.440
 Isn't he?

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:39.320
 That desire is there now.

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.519
 But to be honest it's weak.

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:43.519
 It's not as...

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:45.300
 It's not as...

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:47.559
 That desire in me is not as strong as it should be.

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:49.000
 And it's very inconsistent.

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:51.759
 Here's what I found.

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:54.099
 When I give to missionaries I care about.

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:58.619
 And I care about the mission field that they're working towards.

00:37:59.299 --> 00:38:01.360
 That monetary investment.

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:05.779
 It makes me start caring about those missionaries.

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:07.239
 When they send a newsletter.

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:10.360
 I'm invested now.

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.599
 I actually want to read it.

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:18.719
 And it motivates me then to pray for them.

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:35.639
 In other words, it was the act of giving money that is now motivating me to learn to care about the mission field as God cares about it.

00:38:35.819 --> 00:38:36.919
 God's heart for mission.

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:41.179
 I'm starting bit by bit to share his heart.

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:46.599
 But it's more than that.

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:50.179
 And my soul gets satisfied in a very strange way.

00:38:50.279 --> 00:38:52.679
 Because my concerns don't decrease.

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.659
 They get bigger.

00:38:56.219 --> 00:39:00.319
 I'm now involved in something that's way bigger than my own little world.

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:07.619
 And I'm increasingly aware that the missionaries are actually dependent on God.

00:39:09.279 --> 00:39:15.500
 And the more I'm learning that, the more that feeds my soul in depending on God in my life.

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:18.799
 I get more lasting treasure though.

00:39:19.259 --> 00:39:24.619
 Because I get stronger friendships with these missionaries.

00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:28.000
 I get stronger friendships across the church.

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:32.579
 And then I get more treasure.

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:40.339
 Because I know that God, with the very funds he gave me in the first place,

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:46.460
 he uses those to get the reward of people.

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:53.380
 Everlasting people who are going to stand before that throne on the last day

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:58.280
 and they're going to join that chorus who are singing the praises of God's grace.

00:39:59.260 --> 00:40:00.880
 And God used me.

00:40:01.200 --> 00:40:04.460
 In a very small way, he used me.

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:08.039
 With the funds he gave me in the first place.

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:17.000
 Treasure after treasure.

00:40:17.240 --> 00:40:19.340
 Now and when Jesus comes back.

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:22.720
 You can set your eyes on that.

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:32.460
 Or you could spend that same money buying a little bit bigger TV,

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:35.820
 a little bit clearer TV,

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:39.920
 that will distract you from the worries of tomorrow.

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:47.519
 Which treasure do you want?

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:52.659
 Will you pray with me?

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.199
 Let's pray.

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:58.059
 Father, thank you for

00:40:58.059 --> 00:41:03.219
 knowing us.

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:07.059
 That you see the fear that grips us.

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:15.619
 And thank you that you don't just come down heavy on our fear,

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:24.880
 but you come and meet us and are sufficient for our fear through Jesus.

00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:30.360
 Knowing now that you are involved and sovereign and good father.

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:37.220
 Lord, I pray as a church that you would help us to increasingly see you that way

00:41:37.220 --> 00:41:39.539
 and see our world that way.

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:52.619
 Lord, I pray this so that you would set us free to invest in things that are going to last.

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:59.420
 Lord, forgive us for the times we have wasted.

00:41:59.420 --> 00:42:11.720
 Forgive us more than that for the confidence we place in what we can amass for ourselves.

00:42:16.220 --> 00:42:17.619
 Thank you for your forgiveness.

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:24.839
 Lord, I pray that you would help us see you as our involved father more.

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:26.880
 In Jesus' name.

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:27.319
 Amen.