The Return (2 of 3)
Series: Open Handed Series
Jeff Ecklund
Malachi 3:7-12
Open: God desires to bless! It's in God's nature to bless, to be generous. And we are created in His image.
God models being Open-handed.
Everything I obey God in, brings me under the ''umbrella'' of His blessing.
Marriage, relationships, parenting, business, education, vocation etc.
How about my money? My finances?
As I said before, our finances are usually the last frontier to be surrendered when we give our lives to Jesus.
Proverbs 11:24 (ESV)
24One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
We find that there is a conflict between the old nature and new nature, the new heart we have been given after being ''born-again''.
A. THE OLD NATURE: WITHHOLDS MORE THAN IS RIGHT
Stubborn, stingy, selfishness, doubting, self-centered
B. THE NEW NATURE: SCATTERS AND INCREASES
Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
?2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
If I am a good parent I will teach on money matters to my children.
If I am a good pastor, I will teach on money matters to the church.
Jesus taught 36 parables, with16 of them having to do with stewardship/money issues.
How many feel that Bible instruction on Faith is important?
500 verses in the Bible regarding faith
How many feel that Biblical instruction on prayer is important?
500 verses in the Bible concerning prayer
How many feel that Biblical instruction on money is important?
2000 verses in the Bible concerning money
There is a world system to handling money. How is that working for us?
And there is God's system to handling money, which has always been in place!
God's system starts with the tithe, the 1 ...
Series: Open Handed Series
Jeff Ecklund
Malachi 3:7-12
Open: God desires to bless! It's in God's nature to bless, to be generous. And we are created in His image.
God models being Open-handed.
Everything I obey God in, brings me under the ''umbrella'' of His blessing.
Marriage, relationships, parenting, business, education, vocation etc.
How about my money? My finances?
As I said before, our finances are usually the last frontier to be surrendered when we give our lives to Jesus.
Proverbs 11:24 (ESV)
24One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
We find that there is a conflict between the old nature and new nature, the new heart we have been given after being ''born-again''.
A. THE OLD NATURE: WITHHOLDS MORE THAN IS RIGHT
Stubborn, stingy, selfishness, doubting, self-centered
B. THE NEW NATURE: SCATTERS AND INCREASES
Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
?2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
If I am a good parent I will teach on money matters to my children.
If I am a good pastor, I will teach on money matters to the church.
Jesus taught 36 parables, with16 of them having to do with stewardship/money issues.
How many feel that Bible instruction on Faith is important?
500 verses in the Bible regarding faith
How many feel that Biblical instruction on prayer is important?
500 verses in the Bible concerning prayer
How many feel that Biblical instruction on money is important?
2000 verses in the Bible concerning money
There is a world system to handling money. How is that working for us?
And there is God's system to handling money, which has always been in place!
God's system starts with the tithe, the 1 ...
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