I Surrender My Goods
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I SURRENDER MY GOODS
TODAY WE WILL EXAMINE OUR 2013 THEME, “I SURRENDER ALL”
THE QUESTION WE MUST ASK AND ANSWER IS, “AM I ALL IN?”
THIS MUST INCLUDE EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES
I SURRENDER MY GOODS
WE OFTEN THINK OF WHAT WE HAVE MATERIALLY AS “OUR STUFF”
SURRENDERING OUR ALL TO GOD BEGINS WITH HAVING THE MINDSET THAT IT ALL BELONGS TO GOD
WE ARE MERELY STEWARDS OF GOD’S THINGS
I SURRENDER MY GOODS
PS. 24:1 – “THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S, AND ALL ITS FULLNESS, THE WORLD AND THOSE WHO DWELL THEREIN”
HAG. 2:8 – “’THE SILVER IS MINE, AND THE GOLD IS MINE’, SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS.”
I SURRENDER MY GOODS
WHAT IS OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS WHAT WE HAVE MATERIALLY?
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT THESE THINGS?
AM I WILLING TO SURRENDER ALL WHEN IT COMES TO THE “TEMPORARY THINGS”?
THE BIBLE SAYS...THE BIBLE HAS SO MUCH TO SAY ON THE TOPIC OF MONEY AND GIVING
OBVIOUSLY, WE RECALL THE OT TEACHING OF TITHING (GEN. 14:20; NUM. 18:21; LEV. 27:30)
GIVING HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO GOD
THE BIBLE SAYS...THE NEW TESTAMENT COMMANDS US TO GIVE AS WELL
I COR. 16:1-2
ACTS 20:35 – JESUS HAD SAID, “IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE”
THE BIBLE SAYS...LK. 6:38 – “GIVE, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER WILL BE PUT INTO YOUR BOSOM. FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU.”
THE BIBLE SAYS...WE SEE A COMMON COLLECTION BEING TAKEN BY THE CHURCH IN ACTS 2:45; 4:34-37
THE EVIDENCE IS THERE
GOD WANTS US TO GIVE AND LAYS OUT THE EXAMPLE OF IT IN THE NT
POWER OF ATTITUDEWHAT IS YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS GIVING?
DO YOU HATE TO PART WITH YOUR MONEY?
OUR ATTITUDE IS OUR OUTLOOK ON THINGS, AND IT WILL DETERMINE HOW WE RESPOND
POWER OF ATTITUDEI COR. 16:2 – GIVE AS WE PROSPER
ARE WE THANKFUL FOR WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US?
THOSE MOST AWARE OF BLESSINGS AND ARE THANKFUL FOR THEM ARE THE BEST GIVERS (DEUT. 8:18)
POWER OF ATTITUDEII COR. 8:2 – LIBERALITY IN GIVING
HOW LIBERAL ARE YOU IN YOUR GIVING?
II COR. 8:12 – THERE MUST FIRST BE A WILLING MIND
POWER OF ATTITUDEII COR. 9:7 – NOT GRUDGINGLY OR OF NECESSITY; BUT RATHER CHEERFULLY
WHAT ABOUT THE POOR WIDOW IN MARK 12:41-44
WHO IN THAT STORY HAD THE ATTITUDE OF “I SURRENDER ALL”?
HEART PROBLEMHOW DO WE VIEW WHAT WE HAVE?
DO WE VIEW IT AS A BLESSING FROM GOD?
DO WE HOLD ON TO THE TEMPORARY AS IF IT IS ETERNAL?
I JOHN 2:15-17
HEART PROBLEMMATT. 6:19-21 – JESUS SAID NOT TO LAY UP TREASURES ON EARTH
REMEMBER THAT WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO
ASK THE RYR WHERE HIS HEART WAS
HEART PROBLEMWHAT ABOUT THE RICH FOOL IN LUKE 12:13-21?
HIS PROBLEM WAS NOT A MONEY PROBLEM, BUT A HEART PROBLEM
I TIM. 6:10 – “...LOVE OF MONEY IS A ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL”
HEART PROBLEMLUKE 16:10-15 – YOUR HEART CANNOT BE IN TWO PLACES
WHEN WE SURRENDER ALL, IT MUST INCLUDE OUR THINGS
ARE WE WILLING TO LET GO OF OUR “STUFF”?
TRUST ISSUESNOT SURRENDERING EARTHLY THINGS COULD REVOLVE AROUND TRUST ISSUES
DO WE TRUST IN THE PROMISES OF GOD?
MATT. 6:25-34 – GOD PROMISES TO TAKE CARE OF US
TRUST ISSUESLK. 6:38 – GOD PROMISES TO BLESS US BEYOND BELIEF IF WE WILL GIVE
GOD CHALLENGED THE ISRAELITES TO TEST HIM ON GIVING – MAL. 3:10
DO YOU BELIEVE THE PROMISES OF GOD?
OUR GIVINGALL IN ALL, THE ISSUE OF GIVING IS A PERSONAL ONE
SO WE ALL MUST TAKE A LOOK INTO OUR HEARTS TO SEE IF WE ARE MEASURING UP TO GOD’S STANDARDS ON GIVING
OUR GIVINGWE DO NOT GIVE SIMPLY TO MEET A BUDGET
WE ARE GIVING BACK TO GOD TO SHOW OUR LOVE, SUPPORT, AND APPRECIATION FOR HIM AND HIS WORK
GOD DOES CARE ABOUT OUR GIVING
OUR GIVINGDO WE GIVE GOD OUR “FIRSTS” OR OUR “LEFTOVERS”?
OUR LOVE IS REFLECTED IN OUR GIVING (I JN. 3:16-18)
WHAT DOES YOUR GIVING SAY ABOUT YOU?