How to get rich quick

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How to get rich quick!
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• Money, most common of temporal things, involves
  uncommon and eternal consequences. Even though
  it may be done quite unconsciously, money molds
  men in the process of getting it, saving it,
  spending it and giving itEither the person
  becomes master of the money or the money becomes
  the master of the person. Our Lord takes money,
  as essential as it is to our common lifeand
  makes it a touchstone to test our lives and an
  instrument to mold people into the likeness of
  Himself.
• David McConaugh, Money, the Acid Test

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• Contentment is the conviction that I dont need
  anything more than or different from what God has
  given me to enjoy a great life.

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We learn contentment through

• 1. Seeing our resources through Gods eyes

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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.
  
• Psalm 5010-12
• Cp. Dt. 1014 Haggai 28 Ps. 241 Leviticus
  2523

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We learn contentment through

• 1. Seeing our resources through Gods eyes
• Whats ours is His
• We are His
• We are His stewards

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• Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants
  of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
  In this case, moreover,
• it is required of stewards that
• one be found trustworthy.
• 1 Corinthians 41-2

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We learn contentment through

• 1. Seeing our resources through Gods eyes
• Whats ours is His
• We are His
• We are His stewards
• 2. Seeing the opportunities money buys us
• To grow in wisdom

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• But those who want to get rich fall into
  temptation and a snare and many foolish and
  harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and
  destruction. For the love of money is a root of
  all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it
  have wandered away from the faith and pierced
  themselves with many griefs. But flee from these
  things, you man of God, and pursue righteousness,
  godliness, faith, love, perseverance and
  gentleness. 1 Timothy 69-11

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• Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from
  your consideration of it. When you set your eyes
  on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes
  itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the
  heavens. Proverbs 234-5

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We learn contentment through

• 1. Seeing our resources through Gods eyes
• Whats ours is His
• We are His stewards
• We are His
• 2. Seeing the opportunities money buys us
• To grow in wisdom
• To build our ERA

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• I place no value on anything I have or may
  possess, except in relation to the kingdom of
  God. If anything will advance the interests of
  the kingdom, it shall be given away or kept, only
  as by giving or keeping it I shall most promote
  the glory of Him to whom I owe all my hopes in
  time or eternity.
• David Livingstone

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Where do we begin?

• Remember every financial decision is a
  spiritual decision
• Distinguish wants from needs
• Dont get legalistic
• Give a little
• Give habitually
• Learn to give generously

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• I do not believe one can settle how much we ought
  to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to
  give more than we can spare.
• C.S. Lewis

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To whom should we give?

• Family
• Local church
• Missions
• Poor

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• I have now disposed of all my property to my
  family. There is one thing more I wish I could
  give them and that is faith in Jesus Christ. If
  they had that faith in Christ and I had not
  given them a single shilling, they would have
  been rich and if they had not that faith in
  Christ, and I had given them all the world, they
  would be poor indeed.
• Patrick Henry