SUNDAY SNAPSHOT... (Get Rich or Die Tryin')

(4) THE STRATEGY IS...

Matthew 10:39... Whoever finds his life will lose it - and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it!

Big Idea...

WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU?

The word TITHE is not a dirty word!

We've redefined it as a matter of FACT as opposed to a matter of FAITH!

Two Choices of GIVING...

Giving based on REASON - which requires NO FAITH at ALL!

Giving based on REVELATION - which requires nothing but FAITH!

Keep perspective on GENEROSITY...

Stewardship is LORDSHIP!

Lordship is SOVEREIGNTY!

Sovereignty is PERSPECTIVE!

Perspective is PRIORITY!

When we are being OBEDIENT to God and WORSHIPING God as the OWNER of our STUFF – our LIVES - the specifics of HOW or WHAT we GIVE... DON’T MATTER!

LAW-Giving vs. GRACE-Giving - Which is right?

Before you decide... know that every example of NT Giving BLEW AWAY the 10% standard of the OT!

Do you think the 2.5% avg GIVING of 2day's (NT/Grace) ‘Christian’ - is really demonstrating GRACE GIVING that is both OBEDIENT and ABUNDANT?

The TITHE is a starting point to Generosity!

When Jesus suggested His Disciples go a 2nd mile - He assumed they had already gone the 1st!

DON'T MISS SUNDAY AT COC - it's one of those Worship Events that you'll be SERIOUSLY SORRY if you do!

Maricopa Wells Middle School (9a/10:45a)

(Wk3) STAY IN CONTROL

Matthew 10:39... Whoever finds his life will lose it - and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it!

Big Idea...

WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU?

Matthew 6:19-21... Proper perspective regarding GENEROSITY!

Eternal vs. Temporal - What world are you living in?

Are you living your life pursuing the "DOT?"

Don’t cash your life in for the “DOT” inside your “DASH!”

The "DOT" doesn't last long!

Realize that the 80 yrs (our “DASH”) of existence or our 80 yrs on the "DOT"… IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY!!

(There's more to this life!)

We exist to CHANGE ETERNITY!

Everything you do with your TIME/TALENTS/TREASURES -- CHANGES ETERNITY!

Live bigger than the "DOT!"

Cain made the mistake of giving God... SOME!

The 'Left-Overs!' Ck-out how God feels about the "Left-Overs"... Malachi 3:8-10

What was it about CAIN's "POWER-CONTROL" Moment...?

Maybe just maybe it wasn't WHAT Cain gave God it was HOW he gave it!?

GENEROSITY is about the PRINCIPLE OF SOWING (2 Cor 9:6-8) & the PRINCIPLE OF MEASURE (Luke 6:38)!

(Don't miss out on what GOD has for YOU!)

See you Sunday @ COC!

Maricopa Wells Middle School (9a/10:45a)

(2) BALANCE THE BOOKS

Big Idea...

WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU?

Matthew 10:39... Whoever finds his life will lose it - and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it!

Winston Churchill... We make a LIVING by what we GET - but we make a LIFE by what we GIVE!

There are TWO WORLDS that are constantly colliding in the world of GENEROSITY… GETTING vs. GIVING

(Which one's winning in your world?)

WHY do you think it’s so HARD to GIVE to GOD?

It's not because we don't WANT to - but rather because we CAN'T!

DEBT has our name!

1 Timothy 6:10… For the LOVE of money is a root of all kinds of evil. (What is it that you LOVE?)

The most common barrier standing in the way of GENEROSITY is our attitude towards MATERIALISM!

(What we see we want - what we want we get!)

SEE THE POSSIBILITIES OF GENEROSITY...

Conservative estimates indicate that $1 billion a year could be all that’s needed financially to complete the Great Commission!

What type of GIVER are you?

LITTLE... I'll give because I ought to!

LEGAL... I'll give because I have to!

LIBERAL... I'll give because I GET TO!

Don't Miss This Week @ COC!!

Maricopa Wells Middle School (9a/10:45a)

SUNDAY SNAPSHOT... (Get Rich or Die Tryin')

Matthew 10:39...

Whoever finds his life will lose it and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it!

WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU?

He Said... Leave behind SECURITY – MONEY – CONVENIENCE – EVEN FAMILY – FOR HIM! How's that goin' for you?

GENEROSITY has nothing to do with a TRANSACTION - it has everything to do with a TRANSFORMATION!

Radical Abandonment = GENEROSITY!

IS JESUS SOMEONE WORTH LOSING EVERYTHING FOR?

(A question for you to decide!)

The REAL SATISFACTION and SUCCESSES in our lives are not found in what CULTURE deems most important - but in RADICAL ABANDONMENT to JESUS!

HOW DARE WE THINK OUR POSSESSIONS ARE NOT VALUABLE IN KNOWING CHRIST MORE INTIMATELY!

Time/Talents/Treasure = An INTIMATE Relationship!

Don't get FUNNY when we talk about Money!

GENEROSITY (Time/Talents/Treasures) is not what God wants FROM you - it's what He wants FOR you!

See you Sunday at COC as we kick this NEW SERIES off!

Maricopa Wells Middle School (9a/10:45a)