Learning To Live For God                             LFG010
How Does God Want Us To Think Of Money?
IntimacyBuilder: Tell how you made money, or an allowance, when you were young.

Luke 6: 38If you give to others, you will be given a full amount in return. It will be packed down, shaken together, and spilling over into your lap. The way you treat others is the way you will be treated. Proverbs 19: 17Caring for the poor is lending to the LORD, and you will be well repaid. (CEV)
1. How can we be good stewards or managers of what we own?

Luke 16: 9My disciples, I tell you to use wicked wealth to make friends for yourselves. Then when it is gone, you will be welcomed into an eternal home. 10Anyone who can be trusted in little matters can also be trusted in important matters. But anyone who is dishonest in little matters will be dishonest in important matters. Acts 4:34.... no one went in need of anything. Everyone who owned land or houses would sell them and bring the money 35to the apostles. Then they would give the money to anyone who needed it. 36-37Joseph was one of the followers who had sold a piece of property and brought the money to the apostles. He was a Levite from Cyprus, and the apostles called him Barnabas, which means "one who encourages others." (CEV)
2. How can we be honest and real with ourselves, and how does this encourage others?

Acts 20: 33I have never wanted anyone's money or clothes. 34You know how I have worked with my own hands to make a living for myself and my friends. 35By everything I did, I showed how you should work to help everyone who is weak. Remember that our Lord Jesus said, "More blessings come from giving than from receiving." (CEV)
3. Why could Paul be able to write such letters of encouragement while in jail?

Matthew 19: 24In fact, it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God's kingdom." .... 27Peter replied, "Remember, we have left everything to be your followers! What will we get?".... 29All who have given up home or brothers and sisters or father and mother or children or land for me will be given a hundred times as much. They will also have eternal life. (CEV)
4. What can rich people do to know that they have eternal life?

Luke 16: 14The Pharisees really loved money. So when they heard what Jesus said, they made fun of him. 15But Jesus told them: You are always making yourselves look good, but God sees what is in your heart. The things that most people think are important are worthless as far as God is concerned. Matthew 16: 26What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul? (CEV)
5. When is it too late to gain your soul's salvation?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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