Kingdom Shift

ValuesIn an Upside-Down Kingdom

Kingdom Shift• How do we make a Kingdom Shift?• Think about the King• Who is it?– Is it me? • No shift necessary

– If it’s not…• What do we need to do to line up with His

desires?

• Perspective – how the world works; what it’s made up of; how the components are related; and how life really works, that is, the flow of cause and effect in life, how things really work

• Value System - priorities; a person’s preferences; his/her ranking of relative importance of specific things in life, including personal goals, gratifications, status, money, possessions, other people’s interests, God’s will, etc.; His treasures

Review

Luke 12:34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Isaiah 55:8-9“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the LORD.“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Luke 16:15

…What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.

Things We Value (Our Treasures)• Money• Having the best• Power• Esteem (i.e. cool)• Service (toward me)

1 John 2:15-1715Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

1 John 2:15-1715Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

What We Value• the cravings of sinful man–Physical pleasures

• the lust of his eyes–Beautiful things

• the boasting of what he has and does– Status

Matt 6:33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Seeking the Kingdom First with…My stuff:• Choose different stuff

Matt 6:19-2119 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Luke 12:32-3432 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Seeking the Kingdom First with…My relationships:• Keep relationships clear

Matt 5:23-2423 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.”

Secret bonus value lesson:God values your relationships above your worship

Seeking the Kingdom First with…My status:• Take the lower place• Serve

Phil 2:3-113 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross!9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Phil 2:3-11

Mark 10:4545 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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Seeking the Kingdom First with…My Money:

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Seeking the Kingdom First with…My Money: What we tend to do

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Seeking the Kingdom First with…My Money: What we need to do

Kingdom Shift: Who Am I?In the world I am a desire-driven person.

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In the Kingdom I am a choosing person

The Treasure Principle

Kingdom Shift

ValuesIn an Upside-Down Kingdom