February 10, 2024 It's Not About The Money

Part 1 | It’s About the Opportunity

From Luke 19

📖 Luke 19:8 ESV And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.”

📖 Luke 19:11 ESV As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

1. God wants me to financial .

📖 Luke 19:12-13 ESV He said therefore, “A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return. 13 Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Engage in business until I come.’”

How do I money?

Four key ideas:

1. What can I do that ?

📖 John 15:26 ESV “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.”

📖 1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you…?

2. What do I notice that ?

3. What do I ?

4. What are me right now?

Bonus Question:

Am I getting in the “ ” of what ?

2. God wants me to in my .

📖 Luke 19:15 ESV When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business.

A. Make a .

📖 Proverbs 21:5 ESV “The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.”

B. Think .

📖 Proverbs 13:11 ESV “Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.”

C. Work .

📖 Proverbs 10:4 ESV “A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.”

D. Live .

📖 Proverbs 19:17 ESV “Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.”

3. God wants to those who in their .

📖 Luke 19:16 ESV The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’

📖 Luke 19:17 ESV And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

📖 Hebrews 11:6 ESV And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.

📖 Romans 8:31-32 ESV What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?

📖 Philippians 4:19 ESV And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

The Father wants me to take the before me, strategically use the He gives me, and expect His generous to come to me.