taking steps of stewardship: greedy or generous? luke 12:13-21, 33-34
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Taking Steps of Stewardship: Greedy or Generous?
Luke 12:13-21, 33-34
Whether you are Greedy or
Generous is defined by what you do with
your _____ extra
We need to ask – “Why do I have
_____?”extra
Luke 12:13 Someone in the crowd
said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to
divide the inheritance with me.”
Luke 12:15Then he said to them,
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed;
a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his
possessions.”
Luke 12:16-17And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.
He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
Luke 12:18-19“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build
bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’
Greed is the __________ that extra is for my ____________consumption
assumption
Luke 12:20
“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you
have prepared for yourself?’”
Like this rich man, we will likely run out
of ____ before we run out of ______money
time
Generosity views extra as ____ ____
___ ____ to be managed for ____
the Lordmore from
Him
Luke 12:21
“This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.”
Luke 12:33 “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.”
How do you become rich toward God? Become a _____!giver
We often think money is for us to
____, ____, and then ____ what’s left overgivelive save
To overcome greed and become generous…
We must first ____, then ____, and then choose
to ____ on what is left over
live
givesave
To overcome greed and become generous…
We need to be __________ ______ percentage givers
Luke 12:34
“For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also.”
Want to overcome greed and become
generous? Re-direct your _____
through the _______ in your _____. hand
heartdollars
The issue is not about your ______, it is really all about
your _____!
money
heart
If you want to live free from greed, free to be generous, free from your possessions
and their tendency to control you… then give the
Lord _______ of your _____! control heart