New Hope Community Church

Fuel: Money

January 26, 2014 New Hope Community Church, Chris Collins
New Hope Community Church
Fuel: Money
Show Notes
#1. Money is not unspiritual. Matthew 6: 24 You cannot serve God and wealth/money.Luke 16: 11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?Matthew 5: 23-24#2. How money fuels God’s work.II Corinthians 9: 12-15 For the ministry/service of this ministry/service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints/God’s people, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God. Because of the proof given by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all, while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!#1. Money can supply what is needed to do God’s work (v. 12a)#2. Money can bring glory to God (v.12b-13)#3. Money can be a catalyst for prayer (v. 14a) #4. Money can encourage relationships being built (v. 14b)#5. Money can remind us of God’s sacrifice (v. 15)#3. Squeezing the most out of money.Luke 16: 8b-9 for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light. And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.Revelation 18Malachi 3: 10