God and Money | Part 3 | Getting Out of the Mess

GOD & MONEY

Part 3 : Getting Out of the Mess

June 29, 2025

 

is choosing what you want ,

over what you want .

 

Luke 15:11-16 (NIV)

11 – Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons.

12 – The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them

13 – “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.

14 – After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.

15 – So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

16 – He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

• We believe a .

 

• We engage in .

 

• We from those who can help.

 

• We find ourselves .

 

Psalm 88:8 (TLB) – You have made my friends to loathe me, and they have gone away. I am in a trap with no way out.

Psalm 34:18 (GNT) – The Lord is near to those who are discouraged; he saves those who have lost all hope.

 

Luke 15:17-20 (NIV)

17 – “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!

18 – I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

19 – I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’

20 – So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

4 Principles When You Find Yourself in a Mess

 

1. the reality of e.

 

Psalm 51:1 (CSB) – Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion.

 

Psalm 51:5-6 (CSB) – Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. Surely you desire integrity in the inner self and you teach me wisdom deep within.

 

Psalm 32:3-5 (NLT) – When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away…Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt…And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.

 

2. Develop a

Proverbs 21:5 (NIV) – The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

 

3. our Heavenly Father .

1 Peter 5:5-7 (NIV) – God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

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Proverbs 6:10-11 (NLT) – A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.