DEAL OR NO DEAL COUNTING THE COST OF WHAT YOU PAY VS' WHAT YOU GET

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DEAL OR NO DEAL COUNTING THE COST OF WHAT YOU
PAY VS. WHAT YOU GET

• MIN. SANDRA BROOKS, FACILITATOR
• FRANCIENE PARHAM, CURRICULUM TEAM LEADER
• BEVERLY BUTLER, DIRECTOR OF DCET
• DR. SAM DAVIS, PASTOR

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Hey there! All who are thirsty, come to the
water! Are you penniless? Come anyway buy and
eat! Come buy your drinks, buy wine and milk.
Buy without money everythings free! Why do
you spend money on junk food, your hard-earned
cash on cotton candy? Listen to me, listen well
Eat only the best, fill yourself only with the
finest. Isaiah 551-2 (The Message)
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What is your attitude about money?
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Money Is the Answer

• Ecclesiastes 1019 A feast is made for
  laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is
  the answer for everything.
• 1 Timothy 610 For the love of money is a root
  of all kinds of evil

• Provides options
• Provides freedom of movement
• Provides ease and convenience
• Provides possibilities of positioning
• Provides security

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Implications of Money

• How did you get here this morning?
• Do you own your home or do you rent?
• Do you have a savings account?
• Do you have a retirement account?

The more you have the more options you have!
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Gratitude? Priceless

• Human nature seems to cause us to always look
  over the fence
• Even when we know that money cannot provide our
  happiness or our contentment, we still strive to
  make more money!

Whoever loves money never has money
enough Whoever loves wealth is never satisfied
with his income. Ecclesiastes 510
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What Can We Do?

• To avoid the trap always be mindful of what you
  have!
• Philippians 411-13 I am not saying this
  because I am in need, and I know what it is to be
  in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I
  have learned the secret of being content in any
  and every situation, whether well fed or hungry,
  whether living in plenty or in want. I can do
  everything through him who gives me strength.

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Thanksgiving Day

• Can you see the sun rise?
• Can you get up and go the bathroom unassisted?
• Does water come out of your faucet?
• What are you grateful for?

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Capital Gains

• Gratitude is one of the greatest antidotes to
  complacency and mediocrity.
• Contentment does not mean you resign yourself and
  dont look ahead and strive for so much more.

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1 Timothy 66

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• But godliness with contentment is great gain.
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• Cultivate gratitude and learn to be content.
• Realize what we cannot buy with money!
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The Best Things in Life are Free!