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God’s Secret Principles For Financial Freedom Brian Kluth – Sermon #4 in a 5 Part Series
Did you
know…
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There
has been a 30+ year decline in the percentage of income Christians
give to churches and ministries. Currently, Christians give 1% to
3 1/2%, of their income. The lowest %’s since the Great
Depression.
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According to George Barna’s research and Larry Burkett, only 5-8%
of Christians actually give 10% or more of their annual income to
churches and ministries.
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Man's Ways |
God's Ways |
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1 – RATIONALIZE
why you can’t afford to give |
Give to God
FIRST
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I Kg 17:13-16
Elijah said to (the starving widow), "Don't be afraid...
first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have
and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and
your son. For this is what the LORD says: 'The jar of flour
will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry...".
She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food
every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family.
Gen 28:20-22
Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will watch
over me...then the LORD will be my God...and of all that You
give me I will give you a tenth."
Deut 14:23
The purpose of tithing is to teach you always to put God first
in your lives.
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2 – GIVE
sporadically |
Give FAITHFULLY |
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Hag 1:5-12
"Give careful thought to your ways...You expected much, but see,
it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away.
Why?" declares the LORD Almighty. "Because of my house, which
remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house."
Mal 3:10
The Lord says: "Bring all the tithes into the storehouse...if
you do, I will open up the windows of heaven for you and pour
out a blessing... "Try it! Let me prove it to you!"
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3 – Give
RELUCTANTLY |
GIVE
cheerfully/hilariously |
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2 Cor 9:7
Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give,
not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful
giver.
2 Cor 8:12
If you are really eager to give, then it isn't important how
much you have to give. God wants you to give what you have, not
what you haven't.
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4 – Give
LEFTOVERS |
Give
PROPORTIONATELY |
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2 Cor 8:7
See that you...excel in this grace of giving.
Deut 16:16-17
No man should appear before the LORD empty-handed: Each of you
must bring a gift in proportion to the way the LORD your God has
blessed you.
1 Cor 16:2
On the first day of the week let every one of you lay something
aside, as God has prospered you.
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5 – Live for
TODAY |
Give for ETERNITY |
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Luke 12:16-21
A rich man's...barns were full to overflowing... He thought
about his problem, and finally exclaimed, 'I'll tear down my
barns and build bigger ones! Then I'll have room enough'...But
God said to him, 'Fool! Tonight you die. Then who will get it
all?' "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things
for himself but is not rich toward God."
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