EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL PEACE (4 OF 4)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Luke 16:1-13
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Experiencing Financial Peace (4 of 4)
Series: Margin
Scott Maze
Luke 16:1-13
This morning I want to put a bow on our series, Margin, by examining Jesus' words on the important subject of money. In week one, we learned the value of contentment. In week two, we learned the value of saving for a rainy day. Last week, we saw something of the joy of giving. Today, I want you to experience financial peace no matter how much or how little passes through your hands. Later this year, our campus will encourage everyone of us to go through something called Financial Peace University. Whether we have little of it or a lot, money has a powerful impact on our lives. And few areas of our lives can cause the stress that financial problems cause. Again, I want you to experience financial peace in your life.
Jesus loves to teach in parables as we'll discover in Luke 16. Now, Jesus taught in parables to disarm his listeners, and by doing so He was able to penetrate any hardness of heart or resistance to what He is saying. A good story has strong characters and Jesus' story has a despicable character for us today - a truly dishonest man. Jesus puts His arms around this dishonest man and tells us to act like him. Why? Because money is a test for every believer. Jesus tells us how we handle our money is a test.
Today's Scripture
1 He also said to the disciples, ''There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. 2 And he called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.' 3 And the manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.' 5 So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, 'Ho ...
Series: Margin
Scott Maze
Luke 16:1-13
This morning I want to put a bow on our series, Margin, by examining Jesus' words on the important subject of money. In week one, we learned the value of contentment. In week two, we learned the value of saving for a rainy day. Last week, we saw something of the joy of giving. Today, I want you to experience financial peace no matter how much or how little passes through your hands. Later this year, our campus will encourage everyone of us to go through something called Financial Peace University. Whether we have little of it or a lot, money has a powerful impact on our lives. And few areas of our lives can cause the stress that financial problems cause. Again, I want you to experience financial peace in your life.
Jesus loves to teach in parables as we'll discover in Luke 16. Now, Jesus taught in parables to disarm his listeners, and by doing so He was able to penetrate any hardness of heart or resistance to what He is saying. A good story has strong characters and Jesus' story has a despicable character for us today - a truly dishonest man. Jesus puts His arms around this dishonest man and tells us to act like him. Why? Because money is a test for every believer. Jesus tells us how we handle our money is a test.
Today's Scripture
1 He also said to the disciples, ''There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. 2 And he called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.' 3 And the manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.' 5 So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, 'Ho ...
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