Month: January 2016

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Join us today as Pastor CJ shares a message titled Taking the Stew Out of Stewardship part 4

Key Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

• Money and possessions are a very effective tool that God uses in our lives
• Money and possessions are very effective tests
• money and possessions are a very effective testimony that God uses
• Stewardship requires Action
• 5 Biblical reasons why everyone should be a tither
  1. Obedience
  2. Honesty
     • Malachi 3:8
  3. Love
     • John 14:15
  4. Gratitude
     • Psalms 116:12-14
  5. Faith
     • Malachi 3
     • Proverbs 3
     • Matthew 6

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Join us today as Pastor CJ shares a message titled Taking the Stew Out of Stewardship part 3

Key Scripture: Luke 12:42-48

6 Keys to wise money management

1. Use a budget
   • Proverbs 21:5
2. Have a savings plan
   • Proverbs 21:20
3. Don’t Co-Sign for someone else’s loan
   • Proverbs 17:18
   • Proverbs 22:26-27
   • Proverbs 6:1-5
4. Stay out of debt
   • Proverbs 22:7
   • Hebrews 13:5
5. Avoid get rich quick schemes
   • Proverbs 28:19-20
6. Don’t buy on impulse
   • Proverbs 21:5

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Join us today as Pastor CJ shares a message titled Taking the Stew Out of Stewardship part 2

Key Scripture: Philippians 4: 10-14

Financial Contentment…

1. is the ability to be content in plenty or poverty
2. is possible
3. is a secret to be learned
4. is accompanied by a grateful spirit
5. is required by God
6. is achieved by God’s power

If you would like Christ to give you financial contentment…

1. confess our sin of discontentment
2. submit to Christ’s will for our financials
3. ask Him in faith for his power to be content with money

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Join us today as Pastor CJ shares a message titled Taking the Stew Out of Stewardship

Key Scripture: Genesis 39:1-6

There approx. 2,350 verses in the bible related to finance. Second only to Love.

“Steward”: A steward is someone who manages the resources of another to accomplish the goals of the owner.

Three biblical financial stewardship realities:
1. God owns all your money,
2. God enables you to earn all your money
3. You have a responsibility to manage God’s money to accomplish his purposes.

There are three truths good stewards live by:
1. Owners have rights; stewards have responsibilities.
2. Second, every spending decision is a spiritual decision.
3. The primary requirement for a steward is faithfulness.

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Join us today as Pastor CJ shares a message titled Better Together: Worshiping Together

* God wants a love relationship with us
* Worship = expressing love to God

6 was to tell God that we love Him

1. Singing to Him (Worship)
   • It’s a heart thing
   • Psalms 147:6
   • Make a joyful noise (not necessary in tune)
   • Psalms 137
   • If you feel like you have lost your song, it is probably time to push in and worship that much harder
   • You can worship God wherever you are
2. Talking to Him (Prayer)
   • One of the key ingredient in a relationship is communication
   • It is something you you have to work at all the time
   • It is not a take/duty…he wants a relationship
   • Psalms 116
3. Listening to Him (Prayer too)
   • Prayer shouldn’t be one sided
   • When you listen to someone you are saying
     • “You matter to me”
     • “You are important to me”
     • “I value what you have to say”
   • Prayer should be 50/50 talking/listening
   • At any given time there are several radio station that are bouncing through a room, but without a the right equipment you won’t be able to hear them
   • God is always speaking but we aren’t always listening
   • The devices that we need to use are
     • His word (Bible)
     • Experiences
     • Trials
     • Other people
     • impressions/inspirations
   • John 10
   • when you think that God is speaking to you say “Speak, for your servant is listening” (1 Samuel 3:10)
4. Publicly Identifying with Him
   • Do you hide your Christianity at home, at work, at the store, or anywhere?
   • If Christianity were to become illegal, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
   • It is like a guy proposed to his fiance that they keep their marriage a secret from everyone forever
   • If you trust God he will prove himself over and over
5. Committed to Him
   • How much you are present at church, small groups, etc can be an indication of your commitment
   • It’s not that you can’t ever miss……….but what is your priority
   • Are you committed even when it is not convenient
   • Roman 12
6. Giving to Him (Stewardship)
   • Money is the nearest thing to most peoples hearts
   • Your ability to let it go can reveal what is in your heart
   • Are you willing to let lose what is most important to you and give it to God
   • Giving test your sincerity