Understanding Our Genetic Code

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Understanding Our Genetic Code

• Giving and Serving

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We Have Covered So Far

• 1. Jesus Christ is Savior and Lord
• 2. We Need the Word and the Spirit
• 3. We Must Repent and Believe
• 4. Forgiveness and Restitution
• 5. Be Fruitful and Multiply
• 6. Evangelism and Discipleship

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Why Jesus Came

• Mark 1035-45
• Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came
  over and spoke to him. "Teacher," they said, "we
  want you to do us a favor."
• "What is your request?" he asked.
• They replied, "When you sit on your glorious
  throne, we want to sit in places of honor next to
  you, one on your right and the other on your
  left."

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• 38 But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what
  you are asking! Are you able to drink from the
  bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink? Are
  you able to be baptized with the baptism of
  suffering I must be baptized with?"
• 39 "Oh yes," they replied, "we are able!"
• Then Jesus told them, "You will indeed drink from
  my bitter cup and be baptized with my baptism of
  suffering. 40 But I have no right to say who will
  sit on my right or my left. God has prepared
  those places for the ones he has chosen."

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• 41 When the ten other disciples heard what James
  and John had asked, they were indignant. 42 So
  Jesus called them together and said, "You know
  that the rulers in this world lord it over their
  people, and officials flaunt their authority over
  those under them.
• But among you it will be different. Whoever wants
  to be a leader among you must be your servant, 44
  and whoever wants to be first among you must be
  the slave of everyone else.
• 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served
  but to serve others and to give his life as a
  ransom for many."

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Only a life lived for others is worth living

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• Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
• (German born American Physicist who developed the
  special and general theories of relativity. Nobel
  Prize for Physics in 1921.)

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• "In everything I showed you that by working hard
  in this manner you must help the weak and
  remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He
  Himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to
  receive.'"
• Acts 2035

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• If a person gets his attitude toward money
  straight, it will help straighten out almost
  every other area in his life.
• Billy Graham

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Jesus on MoneyMatthew 624-34

• "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate
  one and love the other you will be devoted to
  one and despise the other. You cannot serve both
  God and money.

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• 25 "That is why I tell you not to worry about
  everyday lifewhether you have enough food and
  drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more
  than food, and your body more than clothing? 26
  Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or
  store food in barns, for your heavenly Father
  feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to
  him than they are?
• 27 Can all your worries add a single moment to
  your life?

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• 28 "And why worry about your clothing? Look at
  the lilies of the field and how they grow. They
  don't work or make their clothing, 29 yet Solomon
  in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully
  as they are.
• 30 And if God cares so wonderfully for
  wildflowers that are here today and thrown into
  the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for
  you. Why do you have so little faith?

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• 31 "So don't worry about these things, saying,
  'What will we eat? What will we drink? What will
  we wear?' 32 These things dominate the thoughts
  of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already
  knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God
  above all else, and live righteously, and he will
  give you everything you need.
• 34 "So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
  will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is
  enough for today.

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• From what we get, we can make a living what we
  give, however, makes a life.  

•   -Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) (American social
  Activist and Tennis Player, the first black
  winner of a major men's singles championship.
  Died after contracting AIDS through a blood
  transfusion)

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2 Corinthians 96-9

• Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also
  reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will
  also reap bountifully. Each one must do just as
  he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or
  under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
  
• And God is able to make all grace abound to you,
  so that always having all sufficiency in
  everything, you may have an abundance for every
  good deed

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Basic Financial principles
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God Owns Everything

• The earth is the Lord's, and all it contains, the
  world, and those who dwell in it.
• Psalms 241

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• "For every beast of the forest is Mine, The
  cattle on a thousand hills.
• "I know every bird of the mountains, And
  everything that moves in the field is Mine.
• "If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the
  world is Mine, and all it contains.
• Psalms 5010-12

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• 'The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,'
  declares the Lord of hosts.
• Hag 28-9
• "The land must never be sold on a permanent
  basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only
  foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.
• Lev 2523

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1 Chronicles 2911-15

• Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the
  glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything
  in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and
  this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who
  is over all things.
• 12 Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you
  rule over everything. Power and might are in your
  hand, and at your discretion people are made
  great and given strength.

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• 13 "O our God, we thank you and praise your
  glorious name! 14 But who am I, and who are my
  people, that we could give anything to you?
  Everything we have has come from you, and we give
  you only what you first gave us!
• 15 We are here for only a moment, visitors and
  strangers in the land as our ancestors were
  before us. Our days on earth are like a passing
  shadow, gone so soon without a trace.

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You Are A Steward of Gods Stuff

• Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything
  you do. Try to please them all the time, not just
  when they are watching you. Serve them sincerely
  because of your reverent fear of the Lord. 23
  Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you
  were working for the Lord rather than for people.
  
• 24 Remember that the Lord will give you an
  inheritance as your reward, and that the Master
  you are serving is Christ.
• Colossians 322-24

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Matthew 2514-30

• "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated
  by the story of a man going on a long trip. He
  called together his servants and entrusted his
  money to them while he was gone. 15 He gave five
  bags of silver to one, two bags of silver to
  another, and one bag of silver to the
  lastdividing it in proportion to their
  abilities. He then left on his trip.
• 16 "The servant who received the five bags of
  silver began to invest the money and earned five
  more. 17 The servant with two bags of silver also
  went to work and earned two more. 18 But the
  servant who received the one bag of silver dug a
  hole in the ground and hid the master's money.

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• 19 "After a long time their master returned from
  his trip and called them to give an account of
  how they had used his money. 20 The servant to
  whom he had entrusted the five bags of silver
  came forward with five more and said, 'Master,
  you gave me five bags of silver to invest, and I
  have earned five more.'
• 21 "The master was full of praise. 'Well done, my
  good and faithful servant. You have been faithful
  in handling this small amount, so now I will give
  you many more responsibilities. Let's celebrate
  together!'

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• 22 "The servant who had received the two bags of
  silver came forward and said, 'Master, you gave
  me two bags of silver to invest, and I have
  earned two more.'
• 23 "The master said, 'Well done, my good and
  faithful servant. You have been faithful in
  handling this small amount, so now I will give
  you many more responsibilities. Let's celebrate
  together!'

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• 24 "Then the servant with the one bag of silver
  came and said, 'Master, I knew you were a harsh
  man, harvesting crops you didn't plant and
  gathering crops you didn't cultivate. 25 I was
  afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in
  the earth. Look, here is your money back.'
• 26 "But the master replied, 'You wicked and lazy
  servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn't
  plant and gathered crops I didn't cultivate, 27
  why didn't you deposit my money in the bank? At
  least I could have gotten some interest on it.'

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• 28 "Then he ordered, 'Take the money from this
  servant, and give it to the one with the ten bags
  of silver. 29 To those who use well what they are
  given, even more will be given, and they will
  have an abundance. But from those who do nothing,
  even what little they have will be taken away.
• 30 Now throw this useless servant into outer
  darkness, where there will be weeping and
  gnashing of teeth.'

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Martin Luther (1483-1546)

• People go through three conversions the
  conversion of their head, their heart and their
  pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same
  time.

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Love god not money
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1 Timothy 66-10

• Yet true godliness with contentment is itself
  great wealth. 7 After all, we brought nothing
  with us when we came into the world, and we can't
  take anything with us when we leave it. 8 So if
  we have enough food and clothing, let us be
  content.
• 9 But people who long to be rich fall into
  temptation and are trapped by many foolish and
  harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and
  destruction. 10 For the love of money is the root
  of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving
  money, have wandered from the true faith and
  pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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It Never Satisfies

• Ecclesiastes 510-69
• 10 Those who love money will never have enough.
  How meaningless to think that wealth brings true
  happiness! 11 The more you have, the more people
  come to help you spend it. So what good is
  wealthexcept perhaps to watch it slip through
  your fingers!
• 12 People who work hard sleep well, whether they
  eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a
  good night's sleep.

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• 13 There is another serious problem I have seen
  under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.
  14 Money is put into risky investments that turn
  sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there
  is nothing left to pass on to one's children. 15
  We all come to the end of our lives as naked and
  empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can't
  take our riches with us.
• 16 And this, too, is a very serious problem.
  People leave this world no better off than when
  they came. All their hard work is for
  nothinglike working for the wind. 17 Throughout
  their lives, they live under a cloudfrustrated,
  discouraged, and angry.

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• 18 Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least,
  that is good. It is good for people to eat,
  drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during
  the short life God has given them, and to accept
  their lot in life.
• 19 And it is a good thing to receive wealth from
  God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy
  your work and accept your lot in lifethis is
  indeed a gift from God. 20 God keeps such people
  so busy enjoying life that they take no time to
  brood over the past.

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• 6 There is another serious tragedy I have seen
  under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity.
  2 God gives some people great wealth and honor
  and everything they could ever want, but then he
  doesn't give them the chance to enjoy these
  things. They die, and someone else, even a
  stranger, ends up enjoying their wealth! This is
  meaninglessa sickening tragedy.

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• 3 A man might have a hundred children and live to
  be very old. But if he finds no satisfaction in
  life and doesn't even get a decent burial, it
  would have been better for him to be born dead. 4
  His birth would have been meaningless, and he
  would have ended in darkness. He wouldn't even
  have had a name, 5 and he would never have seen
  the sun or known of its existence. Yet he would
  have had more peace than in growing up to be an
  unhappy man.
• 6 He might live a thousand years twice over but
  still not find contentment. And since he must die
  like everyone elsewell, what's the use?

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• 7 All people spend their lives scratching for
  food, but they never seem to have enough. 8 So
  are wise people really better off than fools? Do
  poor people gain anything by being wise and
  knowing how to act in front of others?
• 9 Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what
  you don't have. Just dreaming about nice things
  is meaninglesslike chasing the wind.

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Proverbs 308-9

• First, help me never to tell a lie. Second,
  give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just
  enough to satisfy my needs.
• For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, "Who
  is the Lord? And if I am too poor, I may steal
  and thus insult God's holy name.

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• He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the
  righteous will flourish like the green leaf.
• Proverbs 1128 NASU
• Trust in your money and down you go! But the
  godly flourish like leaves in spring.
• Proverbs 1128 NLT

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1 Timothy 617-19

• Teach those who are rich in this world not to be
  proud and not to trust in their money, which is
  so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who
  richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.
• 18 Tell them to use their money to do good. They
  should be rich in good works and generous to
  those in need, always being ready to share with
  others. 19 By doing this they will be storing up
  their treasure as a good foundation for the
  future so that they may experience true life.

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Mark 414-20

• 14 The farmer plants seed by taking God's word
  to others. 15 The seed that fell on the footpath
  represents those who hear the message, only to
  have Satan come at once and take it away.
• 16 The seed on the rocky soil represents those
  who hear the message and immediately receive it
  with joy. 17 But since they don't have deep
  roots, they don't last long. They fall away as
  soon as they have problems or are persecuted for
  believing God's word.

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• 18 The seed that fell among the thorns represents
  others who hear God's word, 19 but all too
  quickly the message is crowded out by the worries
  of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire
  for other things, so no fruit is produced.
• 20 And the seed that fell on good soil represents
  those who hear and accept God's word and produce
  a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred
  times as much as had been planted!"

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• "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on
  earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where
  thieves break in and steal.
• 20 "But store up for yourselves treasures in
  heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and
  where thieves do not break in or steal 21 for
  where your treasure is, there your heart will be
  also.
• Matthew 619-21

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Understanding Our Genetic Code

• Giving and Serving

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• If a person gets his attitude toward money
  straight, it will help straighten out almost
  every other area in his life.
• Billy Graham

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How Do We Get Money?

• Right Actions

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1. Work For It

• Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and
  be wise, Which, having no chief, Officer or
  ruler, Prepares her food in the summer And
  gathers her provision in the harvest.
• How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will
  you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a
  little slumber, A little folding of the hands to
  rest" Your poverty will come in like a
  vagabond And your need like an armed man.
  Proverbs 66-11

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• In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads
  only to poverty.
• Proverbs 1423

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• The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, So
  he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
• Proverbs 204

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• He who tills his land will have plenty of food,
  But he who follows empty pursuits will have
  poverty in plenty.
• Proverbs 2819 NASU
• A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person
  who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.
• Proverbs 2819 NLT

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If You Dont Work, You Dont Eat!
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2 Thessalonians 36-13

• Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our
  Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every
  brother who leads an unruly life and not
  according to the tradition which you received
  from us.
• For you yourselves know how you ought to follow
  our example, because we did not act in an
  undisciplined manner among you, nor did we eat
  anyone's bread without paying for it, but with
  labor and hardship we kept working night and day
  so that we would not be a burden to any of you

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• not because we do not have the right to this, but
  in order to offer ourselves as a model for you,
  so that you would follow our example.
• For even when we were with you, we used to give
  you this order if anyone is not willing to work,
  then he is not to eat, either.

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• For we hear that some among you are leading an
  undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but
  acting like busybodies.
• Now such persons we command and exhort in the
  Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and
  eat their own bread. But as for you, brethren, do
  not grow weary of doing good.

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2. Saving and Investing

• The wise man saves for the future, but the
  foolish man spends whatever he gets.
• Proverbs 2120 TLB

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John Wesley (1703 - 1791)

• Make all you can, save all you can, give all you
  can.

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Proverbs 223 NLT

• A prudent person foresees danger and takes
  precautions.
• The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the
  consequences.

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• Saving 72 monthly may total 1,000,000 in 45
  years.
• Savings goal may be reached early. Based on the
  information you supplied your current savings
  plan may be able to reach savings goal of
  1,000,000 in 42.0 years.
• Adjusted for 3.10 inflation, 1,000,000 would be
  worth 253,140 after 45 years in today's dollars.
  

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• Year 100 Monthly 33 Monthly  
• 1 2,385 1,920
• 2 3,927 2,944
• 3 5,643 4,084
• 4 7,553 5,353
• 5 9,679 6,765
• 6 12,045 8,337
• 7 14,678 10,086
• 8 17,609 12,033
• 9 20,871 14,200
• 10 24,501 16,612
• 11 28,542 19,296
• 12 33,040 22,284
• 13 38,046 25,609
• 14 43,617 29,310
• 15 49,818 33,429
• 16 56,720 38,014
• 17 64,401 43,117

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• 18 72,951 48,796
• 19 82,467 55,118
• 20 93,058 62,153
• 21 104,845 69,984
• 22 117,965 78,699
• 23 132,567 88,399
• 24 148,820 99,196
• 25 166,909 111,212
• 26 187,042 124,586
• 27 209,450 139,472
• 28 234,390 156,039
• 29 262,148 174,479
• 30 293,043 195,002
• 31 327,429 217,845
• 32 365,701 243,268
• 33 408,297 271,565
• 34 455,707 303,059

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• 35 508,474 338,112
• 36 567,204 377,125
• 37 632,570 420,548
• 38 705,323 468,877
• 39 786,296 522,667
• 40 876,420 582,536
• 41 976,728 649,169
• 42 1,088,370 723,333
• 43 1,212,628 805,877
• 44 1,350,928 897,748
• 45 1,504,855 1,000,001
• 46 1,676,176 650,351
• 47 1,866,856 724,265
• 48 2,079,083 806,531
• 49 2,315,291 898,093
• 50 2,578,191 1,000,001

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3. Gifts and Inheritances

• Here for this third time I am ready to come to
  you, and I will not be a burden to you for I do
  not seek what is yours, but you for children are
  not responsible to save up for their parents, but
  parents for their children.
• 2 Cor 1214-15

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4. Wrong Ways (Stealing)

• You shall not steal.
• Exodus 2015
• The wicked borrow and never repay, but the godly
  are generous givers.
• Psalm 3721

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Usury and Selfishness

• "If one of your fellow Israelites falls into
  poverty and cannot support himself, support him
  as you would a foreigner or a temporary resident
  and allow him to live with you.
• Do not charge interest or make a profit at his
  expense. Instead, show your fear of God by
  letting him live with you as your relative.
  Remember, do not charge interest on money you
  lend him or make a profit on food you sell him.
• Lev 2535-38

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How We Spend Our Money
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1. Provide for You and Yours

• But if anyone does not provide for his own, and
  especially for those of his household, he has
  denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
• 1 Timothy 58

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2. Pay Your Debts

• The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower
  becomes the lender's slave.
• Proverbs 227
• Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another
  for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the
  law.
• Romans 138-9

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How We Give Our Money
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• We make a living by what we get, we make a life
  by what we give.
• Sir Winston ChurchillBritish politician/Gangster
• (1874 - 1965)

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Only a life lived for others is worth living

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• Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
• (German born American Physicist who developed the
  special and general theories of relativity. Nobel
  Prize for Physics in 1921.)

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Luke 1610-15

• "If you are faithful in little things, you will
  be faithful in large ones. But if you are
  dishonest in little things, you won't be honest
  with greater responsibilities.
• 11 And if you are untrustworthy about worldly
  wealth, who will trust you with the true riches
  of heaven? 12 And if you are not faithful with
  other people's things, why should you be trusted
  with things of your own?

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• 13 "No one can serve two masters. For you will
  hate one and love the other you will be devoted
  to one and despise the other. You cannot serve
  both God and money."
• 14 The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money,
  heard all this and scoffed at him. 15 Then he
  said to them, "You like to appear righteous in
  public, but God knows your hearts. What this
  world honors is detestable in the sight of God.

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2 Corinthians 93-15

• But I am sending these brothers to be sure you
  really are ready, as I have been telling them,
  and that your money is all collected. I don't
  want to be wrong in my boasting about you. 4 We
  would be embarrassednot to mention your own
  embarrassmentif some Macedonian believers came
  with me and found that you weren't ready after
  all I had told them! 5
• So I thought I should send these brothers ahead
  of me to make sure the gift you promised is
  ready. But I want it to be a willing gift, not
  one given grudgingly.

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• 6 Remember thisa farmer who plants only a few
  seeds will get a small crop. But the one who
  plants generously will get a generous crop. 7 You
  must each decide in your heart how much to give.
  And don't give reluctantly or in response to
  pressure. "For God loves a person who gives
  cheerfully." 8 And God will generously provide
  all you need. Then you will always have
  everything you need and plenty left over to share
  with others. 9 As the Scriptures say,
• "They share freely and give generously to the
  poor. Their good deeds will be remembered
  forever."

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• 10 For God is the one who provides seed for the
  farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he
  will provide and increase your resources and then
  produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
• 11 Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that
  you can always be generous. And when we take your
  gifts to those who need them, they will thank
  God.

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• 12 So two good things will result from this
  ministry of givingthe needs of the believers in
  Jerusalem will be met, and they will joyfully
  express their thanks to God.
• 13 As a result of your ministry, they will give
  glory to God. For your generosity to them and to
  all believers will prove that you are obedient to
  the Good News of Christ. 14 And they will pray
  for you with deep affection because of the
  overflowing grace God has given to you. 15 Thank
  God for this gift too wonderful for words!

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• Now regarding your question about the money being
  collected for God's people in Jerusalem. You
  should follow the same procedure I gave to the
  churches in Galatia. 2 On the first day of each
  week, you should each put aside a portion of the
  money you have earned. Don't wait until I get
  there and then try to collect it all at once.
• 1 Cor 161-3

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Martin Luther (1483-1546)

• People go through three conversions the
  conversion of their head, their heart and their
  pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same
  time.