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Slide Notes
Today we begin a series on money......
Seems everyone around me wants some of our money.....
NPR just finished its annual fund drive.... Its tag line was we need your help because over 50% of our budget comes from people deciding to give.....please give......
And I thought to myself....."my" budget is 100 percent funded by people choosing to give......and those people are bombarded with all sorts of competing financial pressures and obligations......
How do you sort all that out?
So, we start with the 7 principles that make up the foundation of God's plan for us and our money.....
Seems everyone around me wants some of our money.....
NPR just finished its annual fund drive.... Its tag line was we need your help because over 50% of our budget comes from people deciding to give.....please give......
And I thought to myself....."my" budget is 100 percent funded by people choosing to give......and those people are bombarded with all sorts of competing financial pressures and obligations......
How do you sort all that out?
So, we start with the 7 principles that make up the foundation of God's plan for us and our money.....
5 Week Series on Stewardship
Published on Nov 18, 2015
Principles for handling money
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
5 Week Series on Stewardship
How to Handle Your Money
Today we begin a series on money......
Seems everyone around me wants some of our money.....
NPR just finished its annual fund drive.... Its tag line was we need your help because over 50% of our budget comes from people deciding to give.....please give......
And I thought to myself....."my" budget is 100 percent funded by people choosing to give......and those people are bombarded with all sorts of competing financial pressures and obligations......
How do you sort all that out?
So, we start with the 7 principles that make up the foundation of God's plan for us and our money.....
Seems everyone around me wants some of our money.....
NPR just finished its annual fund drive.... Its tag line was we need your help because over 50% of our budget comes from people deciding to give.....please give......
And I thought to myself....."my" budget is 100 percent funded by people choosing to give......and those people are bombarded with all sorts of competing financial pressures and obligations......
How do you sort all that out?
So, we start with the 7 principles that make up the foundation of God's plan for us and our money.....
Photo by 401(K) 2013
Possession
What is really Yours....?
First is the principle of possession
Notice the master is entrusting his property....it is not the servants, not ours
It is loaned to us for a few decades and is given to someone else......
the activity of caring for someone else's resources is called stewardship
And this is the first principle of money.......
Notice the master is entrusting his property....it is not the servants, not ours
It is loaned to us for a few decades and is given to someone else......
the activity of caring for someone else's resources is called stewardship
And this is the first principle of money.......
Photo by B Tal
What you think you own
is really
on loan
God loaned it to you for 80 years, when you are gone he will loan it to someone else....
When you think its yours you worry about it...that is a good way to measure how you think about your money
When you think its yours you worry about it...that is a good way to measure how you think about your money
1 Talent = 71 pounds
71 X 1179.40
$1,339,798.4
A Roman Talent was equal to 71 pounds of gold
Which at today's prices is
Which at today's prices is
Photo by matthileo
$1,339,798.40
$2,679,596.80
$6,698,992.00
A Roman Talent was equal to 71 pounds of gold
Which at today's prices is
1 Talent is 1,339,794.40
2 Talents is 2,679,596.80
5 Talents is $6,698,992.00
Which at today's prices is
1 Talent is 1,339,794.40
2 Talents is 2,679,596.80
5 Talents is $6,698,992.00
Photo by matthileo
What God Entrusts to us is very valuable to Him
A Roman Talent was equal to 71 pounds of gold
Which at today's prices is as of Friday's price....
1 Talent is 1,339,794.40
2 Talents is 2,679,596.80
5 Talents is $6,698,992.00
What God gives to us is very valuable to Him
Our uniqueness is an illustration of the value God places on his money, talents, resources
Which at today's prices is as of Friday's price....
1 Talent is 1,339,794.40
2 Talents is 2,679,596.80
5 Talents is $6,698,992.00
What God gives to us is very valuable to Him
Our uniqueness is an illustration of the value God places on his money, talents, resources
Photo by matthileo
Allocation
God has given us a certain amount
The principle of allocation
God has given me a gift mix, an amount of resources to manage for his glory
Read Romans 12:3-6
1 talent
2 talents
5 talents
everyone gets a different amount
we are not all equally wealthy
But.......everybody gets something
vs. 16
immediately went to work with what he had
put it to work....and gained 5 more talents
same with two talents
God has given me a gift mix, an amount of resources to manage for his glory
Read Romans 12:3-6
1 talent
2 talents
5 talents
everyone gets a different amount
we are not all equally wealthy
But.......everybody gets something
vs. 16
immediately went to work with what he had
put it to work....and gained 5 more talents
same with two talents
Photo by Smitten with Kittens
Money is a tool
designed to be put to work
But...... When you use money and love people
Things get turned around
if you start loving money you will use people
remember it says that the love of money is the root of all evil, not that money is a rood of all evil
money is neutral - can be used for good and bad, it is what you do with it....
here we are reminded to put your money to work
if you are constantly in debt, it is probably because you are working for your money instead of having your money work for you....
point is what you choose to do with what you are given, we are all given different talents, resources......we are not held responsible for what someone else is given, but we are held responsible for what we are given.....
over the next few weeks we are going to examine how to have your money work for you....
money is a wonderful servant and a terrible master....you know that money is your master when it is causing stress in your life.....
Ultimately. You get to choose what to do with what you are given
Things get turned around
if you start loving money you will use people
remember it says that the love of money is the root of all evil, not that money is a rood of all evil
money is neutral - can be used for good and bad, it is what you do with it....
here we are reminded to put your money to work
if you are constantly in debt, it is probably because you are working for your money instead of having your money work for you....
point is what you choose to do with what you are given, we are all given different talents, resources......we are not held responsible for what someone else is given, but we are held responsible for what we are given.....
over the next few weeks we are going to examine how to have your money work for you....
money is a wonderful servant and a terrible master....you know that money is your master when it is causing stress in your life.....
Ultimately. You get to choose what to do with what you are given
Photo by Noel C. Hankamer
Money is a wonderful servant but
a
terrible master
What can you do....?
- Waste it
- Spend it
- Use it
- Invest it
- Hoard it
You get to choose what you do with the money God gives you.......
But you will be held responsible ....
which leads us to the next point
The principle of accountability
But you will be held responsible ....
which leads us to the next point
The principle of accountability
Accountability
One day God will audit me....
Life audit will occur ...vs. 19
Master returned to settle accounts....
We will go through a life audit.....not by the IRS, but by the GOD......
recently finished a year long training process that better equipped me to help people live the life God created for them to live......
Do you think that God would go through all the trouble of creating you, putting you on this planet, giving you talents and abilities unique to you.....
and not ask you....what did you do with your life?
God did not put us on earth to live simply for ourselves....to simply stockpile things and then die?
Master returned to settle accounts....
We will go through a life audit.....not by the IRS, but by the GOD......
recently finished a year long training process that better equipped me to help people live the life God created for them to live......
Do you think that God would go through all the trouble of creating you, putting you on this planet, giving you talents and abilities unique to you.....
and not ask you....what did you do with your life?
God did not put us on earth to live simply for ourselves....to simply stockpile things and then die?
Photo by paola.bazurto4
Romans 14:12
- Each of us will give an account of himself to God....
Irresponsibility always catches up with us ....
you cannot be irresponsible forever without paying a high price
at some point we stop sleeping in, eating junk food all day and playing video games for 20 hours at a time.....the time comes hopefully when we get up and say ...I got to get a life....
you cannot be irresponsible forever without paying a high price
at some point we stop sleeping in, eating junk food all day and playing video games for 20 hours at a time.....the time comes hopefully when we get up and say ...I got to get a life....
Proverbs 19:3
- People ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why does God always get blamed?
vs. 20-21
Guy with 5 talents100 % return doubled his investment
Guy with 2 talents - see I have have gained 2 more
Guy with 1 talent vs. 24
buries what he is given
he doesn't use what God has given him
blames his boss- claims that he is a victim
people do this today - mess up their lives and they blame the government, their parents, their boss, blame everybody else.....
Proverbs 19:3 quoted from the Message
Guy with 5 talents100 % return doubled his investment
Guy with 2 talents - see I have have gained 2 more
Guy with 1 talent vs. 24
buries what he is given
he doesn't use what God has given him
blames his boss- claims that he is a victim
people do this today - mess up their lives and they blame the government, their parents, their boss, blame everybody else.....
Proverbs 19:3 quoted from the Message
Photo by Wonderlane
Don't B-LAME
Every time I blame you for my problems
It is another way to be....lame
am I being lame....
Avoiding responsibility is quite popular
The whole field of neuroscience seems to be saying it is your brains fault. You cant help it....
Blame shifting happened when Adam blamed Eve....
Which leads to the next principle of utilization
It is another way to be....lame
am I being lame....
Avoiding responsibility is quite popular
The whole field of neuroscience seems to be saying it is your brains fault. You cant help it....
Blame shifting happened when Adam blamed Eve....
Which leads to the next principle of utilization
Photo by Neeta Lind
Utilization
"use the tools God provides us"
God expects me to use the tools he gives me
Yet this servant doesn't do anything with it......
calls him a wicked servant.....not a word we would usually associate with mismanaging money....
Seems kind of harsh at first glance
any time you misuse or abuse the resources God gave you...that is taken very seriously by the Lord
Yet this servant doesn't do anything with it......
calls him a wicked servant.....not a word we would usually associate with mismanaging money....
Seems kind of harsh at first glance
any time you misuse or abuse the resources God gave you...that is taken very seriously by the Lord
Photo by LadyDragonflyCC - >;<
Greatest use of our lives is to invest it in what will outlast it
You did nothing
You buried it....
He buried it to forget it
I don't want to face this
I know i am not making it
I will pretend my financial problems don't exist
You can't please God by doing nothing with your life....God considers that wickedness
Which of the three are most likely to bury his talent?
The one talent servant - when I only have one talent....I say look at all these 5 talent people, I can't keep up with them....they don't need me, I will just sit on the bench and watch....
I am not a superstar so I will just sit here and play it safe.......
and suddenly the joy of of life disappears and all you are doing is going through the motions.....
We are not designed to play it safe
Do not discount the talents that God has given you.......use them......
(Katie and the struggle with not being able to do everything........)
why do we hide talents?
Fear
You buried it....
He buried it to forget it
I don't want to face this
I know i am not making it
I will pretend my financial problems don't exist
You can't please God by doing nothing with your life....God considers that wickedness
Which of the three are most likely to bury his talent?
The one talent servant - when I only have one talent....I say look at all these 5 talent people, I can't keep up with them....they don't need me, I will just sit on the bench and watch....
I am not a superstar so I will just sit here and play it safe.......
and suddenly the joy of of life disappears and all you are doing is going through the motions.....
We are not designed to play it safe
Do not discount the talents that God has given you.......use them......
(Katie and the struggle with not being able to do everything........)
why do we hide talents?
Fear
Motivation
Move against your fears
I have to do the very thing I fear the most
For with every talent there is a corresponding fear that goes with it
singing - nobody will like my voice
business - I will never succeed
the what if's that keep you from investing our lives in God's plans for us.....
If you do these principles and you will be blessed....the problem is that some of these principles are counter cultural
like the investment literature says pay yourself first.......
God says pay me first.....put me first.....
Unwilling and afraid to do what the Bible says to do, they remain in debt, overspending and overstressed......
Servant says was afraid...so I buried your money....
what are you afraid of.....?
self doubt - I can't do that
failed in the past
God uses ordinary people who just keep on going
Judas and Peter denied Jesus
the difference was how they handled the failure
Judas had pity party and h8ng himself
Peter repented and returned to Jesus
Jesus chose Peter to build the church upon, to preach on Pentecost Sunday.....where 3000 got saved the first day
Yu can get out of debt .......it will take time but it an be done.....
For with every talent there is a corresponding fear that goes with it
singing - nobody will like my voice
business - I will never succeed
the what if's that keep you from investing our lives in God's plans for us.....
If you do these principles and you will be blessed....the problem is that some of these principles are counter cultural
like the investment literature says pay yourself first.......
God says pay me first.....put me first.....
Unwilling and afraid to do what the Bible says to do, they remain in debt, overspending and overstressed......
Servant says was afraid...so I buried your money....
what are you afraid of.....?
self doubt - I can't do that
failed in the past
God uses ordinary people who just keep on going
Judas and Peter denied Jesus
the difference was how they handled the failure
Judas had pity party and h8ng himself
Peter repented and returned to Jesus
Jesus chose Peter to build the church upon, to preach on Pentecost Sunday.....where 3000 got saved the first day
Yu can get out of debt .......it will take time but it an be done.....
Photo by PamLink
God uses ordinary people who just keep going
Recently been asked to consider teaching a class on Revelation........
Amazing how many times Believers are encouraged to hang on to the end.......
Amazing how many times Believers are encouraged to hang on to the end.......
Application
If you don't use it.....you lose it
Principle of application
vs. 28
Take away from the one talent and give it to the one who had more
no exercise - lose muscle
no thinking.....you grow dull
no practice - lose the proficiency
If you use it wisely God gives you more.....
Whatever you need more of, you give it to God
Time
Money
Energy
Thinking ability
Whatever you sow you reap
vs. 28
Take away from the one talent and give it to the one who had more
no exercise - lose muscle
no thinking.....you grow dull
no practice - lose the proficiency
If you use it wisely God gives you more.....
Whatever you need more of, you give it to God
Time
Money
Energy
Thinking ability
Whatever you sow you reap
Photo by widdowquinn
Compensation
- Affirmation
- Promotion
- Celebration
The principle of Compensation
God will reward me for good money management
Money is the acid test of your faithfulness
It is the thing we have the most difficutly with
The issue we think the most about
Well done - affirmation
Given more responsibility - promotion
Come on in and share God's happiness - party time
God will reward me for good money management
Money is the acid test of your faithfulness
It is the thing we have the most difficutly with
The issue we think the most about
Well done - affirmation
Given more responsibility - promotion
Come on in and share God's happiness - party time
So.....
- You cannot serve two masters....
- Goal is to help you make the right choices about money
7 Principles
- Possession - Allocation
- Accountability - Utilization
- Motivation - Application
- Compensation
poor money management is a symptom of a poor life management -
you need to get a new life manager
and his name is Jesus....
or submit to the Scriptural principles as we go through them over the next few weeks......
you need to get a new life manager
and his name is Jesus....
or submit to the Scriptural principles as we go through them over the next few weeks......
