ESCAPING A RED CHRISTMAS (1 OF 4)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-10, 1 Timothy 6:17-19
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Escaping a Red Christmas (1 of 4)
Series: The Colors of Christmas
Mike Stone
1 Timothy 6:6-10, 17-19
SYNOPSIS: This message is a stewardship sermon dealing with the debt that is often incurred at Christmastime. Paul will warn us to not go into the ‘‘red’’ to pay for gifts.
A lady was at the home center when an appliance salesman tried to sell her a new freezer. He said, ‘‘Imagine all the money you can save on food instead of eating out.’’
She said, ‘‘Well, right now we are saving money on lawn care with the new mower we financed. And we are saving money on cab fare with the new car we financed. And we are saving laundromat money with the new washer and dryer we bought last month.
Right now, I can’t afford to save any more money!’’
I realize for those of you who went shopping on Black Friday or online on Cyber Monday, this sermon may be a few days too late.
In fact, it was a series of headlines that I saw last week that made me realize this message was necessary.
CNN recently (9/29/22) reported that 1st-time applications for unemployment benefits were about 200,000...for the WEEK. And frankly, that number was lower than had been projected.
The US Department of Labor recently reported there are over 6.1 million people who are unemployed in this country. That number is probably artificially low because it doesn’t count the people who don’t have a job and aren’t even looking for a job.
Yet, experts say that American consumers will spend about $13 billion on Black Friday alone. (blackfriday.com)
The National Retail Federation also projected that over 166 million shoppers will spend money over the 4 day weekend, beginning on Thanksgiving Day and continuing through Cyber Monday. This 2022 projection is 8 million more than last year and the highest since 2017.
That means that as our economy is limping along...as unemployment rates are troubling at best...as we lament the overspending in Washington by the Biden administration, Americans wi ...
Series: The Colors of Christmas
Mike Stone
1 Timothy 6:6-10, 17-19
SYNOPSIS: This message is a stewardship sermon dealing with the debt that is often incurred at Christmastime. Paul will warn us to not go into the ‘‘red’’ to pay for gifts.
A lady was at the home center when an appliance salesman tried to sell her a new freezer. He said, ‘‘Imagine all the money you can save on food instead of eating out.’’
She said, ‘‘Well, right now we are saving money on lawn care with the new mower we financed. And we are saving money on cab fare with the new car we financed. And we are saving laundromat money with the new washer and dryer we bought last month.
Right now, I can’t afford to save any more money!’’
I realize for those of you who went shopping on Black Friday or online on Cyber Monday, this sermon may be a few days too late.
In fact, it was a series of headlines that I saw last week that made me realize this message was necessary.
CNN recently (9/29/22) reported that 1st-time applications for unemployment benefits were about 200,000...for the WEEK. And frankly, that number was lower than had been projected.
The US Department of Labor recently reported there are over 6.1 million people who are unemployed in this country. That number is probably artificially low because it doesn’t count the people who don’t have a job and aren’t even looking for a job.
Yet, experts say that American consumers will spend about $13 billion on Black Friday alone. (blackfriday.com)
The National Retail Federation also projected that over 166 million shoppers will spend money over the 4 day weekend, beginning on Thanksgiving Day and continuing through Cyber Monday. This 2022 projection is 8 million more than last year and the highest since 2017.
That means that as our economy is limping along...as unemployment rates are troubling at best...as we lament the overspending in Washington by the Biden administration, Americans wi ...
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