Being Blessable God’s Way (Part 2) // More Than A Tithe

Jesus talks more about than any other subject except the Kingdom of God.

Money Has Over Us

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6:22–24

keeps you from asking questions about your

Where does money get its power?

• Money is a way we find

• Money is a way we find

“Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.” Luke 12:15 (NLT)

What if the stuff you have is robbing you from the you ?

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” Mark 12:43-44

How do we break the power of money?

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

Tithing is a training ground for

Generosity isn’t measured by the but by the

Though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9

The Is our Model of Generosity

“The early church was strikingly different from the culture around it in this way, the pagan society was stingy with its money and promiscuous with its body; the pagan gave no one their money and practically everyone their body. Then Christians came along and gave practically no one their body and everyone their money.” 

– Tim Keller 

How will I model my life around Jesus?

• Radically attack debt

• Pray, trust, & give

• Begin tithing

• Create margin for legacy

Giving is something we , Generous is who we are to .