SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION

Insatiable greed;desire to gain & hoard

more & more…

False NarrativeMoney &/or material possessions will make you

feel secure, powerful, successful & happy

CHANGING OUR NARRATIVE

False NarrativeMoney &/or material possessions will make you

feel secure, powerful, successful & happy

CHANGING OUR NARRATIVE

True NarrativeGod will provide for & protect me & my family,

therefore I am free to seek His Kingdom & invest

the resources He’s given me in His endeavors…

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth & rust consume & where thieves break in & steal, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, whereneither moth nor rust consumes & wherethieves do not break in & steal. For whereyour treasure is, there your heart will be…

MATTHEW 6:19-21TWO KINDS of TREASURES

The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole

body will be full of light; but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full

of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness.

MATTHEW 6:22-23TWO KINDS of EYES

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one & love the other, or he will be devoted to the one & despise the other. You cannot serve God & mammon.

MATTHEW 6:24TWO KINDS of MASTERS

Deaccumulation: Option #1give 5 things away that could

be of value to someone else

SOUL TRAINING EXERCISE

- Give a possession to someone you know- Give something to a friend who will appreciate it- Don’t buy something new to replace it

Lawrence Journal World: Photo by Nick Krug

Deaccumulation: Option #2look for things you don’t use &

either throwthem away & look for places to

donate them

SOUL TRAINING EXERCISE

- If it’s in good condition & someone could use it…- Few things feel as good as a good purging!- We’re declaring that our “stuff” doesn’t own us!