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Battle for the Heart: I Owe Me

5.17.26

Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

Anger says: You Owe Me // Antidote is: Forgiveness

Guilt says: I Owe You // Antidote is: Confession

Says: I Owe Me

Luke 12:15-21 (NIV)
“Then He said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” ¹⁶ And He told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. ¹⁷ He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ ¹⁸ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. ¹⁹ And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ 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?’ ²¹ “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

The Problems with Greed:

1. Greed begins when desires become

Greed begins when a desire becomes a debt we believe we owe ourselves.

2. Greed convinces us that life is found in

Luke 12:15 (NIV)
“…life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

3. Greed keeps moving the

4. Greed makes us in the wrong direction

Luke 12:20 (NIV)
“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you.

Greed says: I Owe Me // Antidote is: .

This is more than generous … This is about generous .

our Hearts against Greed:

1. Recognize God as the of everything I have.

2. Ask first, “How can I others with what God has given me?”

3. Practice before I get more.

4. generosity into my life before greed gets a vote.

5. Remember that I am to be a blessing.

6. We are to be most generous with the greatest we have received.

Identify one thing God has given you that you have been keeping too tightly—and .