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Maintain Your
Priorities
“For
you have been called to live in freedom--not freedom to satisfy your sinful
nature, but freedom to serve one another in love.” Gal 5:13
* Are you serving yourself
first- or others ? Materialism
typically leads to the sins of greed and
envy.
* Jesus taught there are
three things you can do with your life-
1) waste it
2) spend it
3) invest it
Read:
Matthew 6: 19-24
I.
v. 19,20 Where do you store
your treasures?
a)
1 Timothy 6:6-9 Godliness and
contentment
b)
Proverbs 23:5 Riches will
vanish
c)
Luke 12:15 Guard against
greed
* Our eternal focus should be
on:
1) worship / commitment
2) developing a Christ like character
3) expressing our generosity / blessings
d)
1 Peter 1:4 unlike what will
parish by moths, rust, & thieves
II.
v. 21-23 Where do you focus
your attention?
a)
Proverbs 4:25 Be focused
b)
Hebrews 12:2 Focus on Jesus
Christ
c)
2 Corinthians 4:18 Focus on
eternal things
d)
1 John 2:15-17 Establish your
priorities
III.
v.24 Chose whom you will
serve
a)
“If you think it
is wrong to serve the Lord, choose today whom you will serve. Choose the gods
your fathers worshiped on the other side of the river, or choose the gods of the
Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my family, we will
serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 NLV
b)
Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 Sweet
peace
Someone
once said, “money is a wonderful thing, but a lousy master” !
If you are serious about laying up
treasures in heaven, then it begins here on earth-
and is completed in heaven.
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