Getting isWorth it

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Getting isWorth it
GETTING BACK TO THE ONE WHO IS FIRST
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Getting isWorth it
GETTING BACK TO THE ONE WHO IS FIRST
me
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Three Stages of Human Life . . .
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Three Stages of Human Life . . .
ME Its about Me! Self-centered Immature Low life
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Three Stages of Human Life . . .
ME Its about Me! Self-centered Immature Low
life US Its about Us! Community Growing Goo
d life
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Three Stages of Human Life . . .
ME Its about Me! Self-centered Immature Low
life US Its about Us! Community Growing Goo
d life YOU Its about You! Other-centered
Mature High life
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Godliest Stage of Human Life . . .
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Godliest Stage of Human Life . . .
YOU Its about You! Other-centered
Mature High life
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Godliest Stage of Human Life . . .
YOU Its about You! Other-centered
Mature High life
has answered one of lifes key questions . . .
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Who owns it all?
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Q Whos owns it all?
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Q Whos owns it all?
Everything under heaven belongs to Me, Job
4110
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Q Whos owns it all?
The earth is the Lords and everything in
it, Psalm 241
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Q Whos owns it all?
The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine
declares the Lord God Almighty, Haggai 28
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Treasure Principle You cant take it with
you, but you can send it on ahead.
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Treasure Principles

• God owns everything.
• We are the managers of the
• assets God has entrusted to us.

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Treasure Principles
2. My heart always goes where I put Gods money.
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Treasure Principles
3. Heaven, not Earth is my home.
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Treasure Principles
4. I should live with eternal perspective.
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Treasure Principles
5. Giving is the antidote to materialism.
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Treasure Principles
6. God prospers me not to raise my standard of
living but to raise my standard of giving.
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Godliest Stage of Human Life . . .
YOU Its about You! Other-centered
Mature High life
has answered one of lifes key questions . . .
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God owns it all.
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Giving Is Spiritual . . .
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Giving Is Spiritual . . .

• Not just attached to God
• More about detatching from World

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Giving Is Spiritual . . .

• Not just attached to God
• More about detatching from World
• God doesnt need my money
• God does want my heart

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Giving Is Spiritual . . .

• Not just attached to God
• More about detatching from World
• God doesnt need my money
• God does want my heart
• If He has my heart He has it all

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Giving Is Spiritual . . .

• My Money My Power Prestige
• Gods Money His Power Prestige

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Giving Is Spiritual . . .

• My Money My Power Prestige
• Gods Money His Power Prestige
• Spending Money Spiritual Maturity

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Giving Is Spiritual . . .
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Giving Is Spiritual . . .
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Giving Is Spiritual . . .
IQ (logic/math/language)
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Giving Is Spiritual . . .
IQ (logic/math/language) Multiple Intelligences
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Giving Is Spiritual . . .
IQ (logic/math/language) Multiple
Intelligences VQ visual/spacial intelligence MQ
musical intellegence BQ body intelligence EQ
emotional intelligence
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Giving Is Spiritual . . .
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Giving Is Spiritual . . .
SQ Spiritual Intelligence
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Giving Is Spiritual . . .
SQ Spiritual Intelligence
Giving Money Spiritul Intelligence
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Guillens SQ TEST 20 Money Questions
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Guillens SQ TEST 20 Money Questions

• If something really unlikely but good
• happens to me, my first reaction is to
• Shake my head over the coincidence.
• Try to figure out how it happened.
• Thank God.
• d. Thank Lady Luck.
• e. Try analyzing odds.

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Guillens SQ TEST 20 Money Questions
gt 90 Spiritual Genius 80-90
Very Spiritual 65-79 Spiritual 50-64
Marginally Spiritual lt 50 Secular
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Guillens SQ TEST 20 Money Questions
gt 90 Spiritual Genius 80-90
Very Spiritual 65-79 Spiritual 50-64
Marginally Spiritual lt 50 Secular
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Giving Is Biblical . . .
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Giving Is Biblical . . .

• Bible says more about Money than
• Heaven
• Prayer
• Miracles . . . put together

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Giving Is Revealing of our
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Giving Is Revealing of our 1. Obedience
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Giving Is Revealing of our 1. Obedience
God expects us to give to the . . .
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Giving Is Revealing of our 1. Obedience

• God expects us to give to the . . .
• Needy Romans 1526

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Giving Is Revealing of our 1. Obedience

• God expects us to give to the . . .
• Needy Romans 1526
• Ministry 1 Corinthians 914

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Giving Is Revealing of our 1. Obedience

• God expects us to give to the . . .
• Needy Romans 1526
• Ministry 1 Corinthians 914
• Unreached Luke 16

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Giving Is Revealing of our 1. Obedience
2 Corinthians 97 Each man should give what he
has decided in his heart to give, not
reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a
cheerful giver.
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Giving Is Revealing of our 2. Citizenship
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Giving Is Revealing of our 2. Citizenship
Matthew 619 "Do not store up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy,
and where thieves break in and steal.
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Giving Is Revealing of our 2. Citizenship
Matthew 620 But store up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not
destroy, and where thieves do not break in and
steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.  
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Giving Is Revealing of our 3. Worship
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Giving Is Revealing of our 3. Worship
God expects our devotion
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Giving Is Revealing of our 3. Worship

• God expects our devotion
• Giving is Worship Mark 1241

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Giving Is Revealing of our 3. Worship

• God expects our devotion
• Giving is Worship Mark 1241
• Giving is to God Phil. 418

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Giving Is Revealing of our 3. Worship

• God expects our devotion
• Giving is Worship Mark 1241
• Giving is to God Phil. 418
• Giving is to be Regular 1 Cor. 162

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Giving Is Revealing of our 3. Worship
Philippians 418 I have received full payment
and even more I am amply supplied, now that I
have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you
sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable
sacrifice, pleasing to God.
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Giving Is Revealing of our 3. Worship
Philippians 419 And my God will meet all your
needs according to his glorious riches in Christ
Jesus.
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Giving Is Revealing of our 4. Trust
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Giving Is Revealing of our 4. Trust
Mark 1241-44 Jesus sat down opposite the place
where the offerings were put and watched the
crowd putting their money into the temple
treasury. Many rich people threw in large
amounts. . .
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Giving Is Revealing of our 4. Trust
42 But a poor widow came and put in two very
small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a
penny.
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Giving Is Revealing of our 4. Trust
43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I
tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more
into the treasury than all the others. 44 They
all gave out of their wealth but she, out of her
poverty, put in everything-all she had to live
on."   
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Giving Is Revealing of our 5.
Trustworthiness
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Giving Is Revealing of our 5.
Trustworthiness
Luke 1610-13 "Whoever can be trusted with very
little can also be trusted with much, and whoever
is dishonest with very little will also be
dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been
trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will
trust you with true riches?
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Giving Is Revealing of our 5.
Trustworthiness
12 And if you have not been trustworthy with
someone else's property, who will give you
property of your own?
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Giving Is Revealing of our 5.
Trustworthiness
13 "No servant can serve two masters. Either he
will hate the one and love the other, or he will
be devoted to the one and despise the other. You
cannot serve both God and Money."  
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Giving Is Revealing of our 6. Blessing
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Giving Is Revealing of our 6. Blessing
2 Corinthians 96-8 Remember this Whoever sows
sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever
sows generously will also reap generously.
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Giving Is Revealing of our 6. Blessing
8 And God is able to make all grace abound to
you, so that in all things at all times, having
all that you need, you will abound in every good
work.  
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Giving Is Revealing of our 7. Faith
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Giving Is Revealing of our 7. Faith
Very Poor Great Faith Large Giving
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Giving Is Revealing of our 7. Faith
Very Poor Great Faith Large Giving Very
Rich Little Faith Small Giving
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Giving Is Revealing of our 7. Faith
Very Poor Great Faith Large Giving Very
Rich Little Faith Small Giving
Gods Daily Faith Healthy Giving
Wealth
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• Once we undestand that . . .
• God owns it all!
• Treasure Principle Send it on
• Giving is Biblical
• Giving is Spiritual
• Need eternal perspective . . .

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Giving is Living
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Giving is Living
Living is God