I SURRENDER MY GOODS

TODAY WE WILL EXAMINE OUR 2013 THEME, “I SURRENDER ALL”

THE QUESTION WE MUST ASK AND ANSWER IS, “AM I ALL IN?”

THIS MUST INCLUDE EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES

I SURRENDER MY GOODS

WE OFTEN THINK OF WHAT WE HAVE MATERIALLY AS “OUR STUFF”

SURRENDERING OUR ALL TO GOD BEGINS WITH HAVING THE MINDSET THAT IT ALL BELONGS TO GOD

WE ARE MERELY STEWARDS OF GOD’S THINGS

I SURRENDER MY GOODS

PS. 24:1 – “THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S, AND ALL ITS FULLNESS, THE WORLD AND THOSE WHO DWELL THEREIN”

HAG. 2:8 – “’THE SILVER IS MINE, AND THE GOLD IS MINE’, SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS.”

I SURRENDER MY GOODS

WHAT IS OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS WHAT WE HAVE MATERIALLY?

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT THESE THINGS?

AM I WILLING TO SURRENDER ALL WHEN IT COMES TO THE “TEMPORARY THINGS”?

THE BIBLE SAYS...THE BIBLE HAS SO MUCH TO SAY ON THE TOPIC OF MONEY AND GIVING

OBVIOUSLY, WE RECALL THE OT TEACHING OF TITHING (GEN. 14:20; NUM. 18:21; LEV. 27:30)

GIVING HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO GOD

THE BIBLE SAYS...THE NEW TESTAMENT COMMANDS US TO GIVE AS WELL

I COR. 16:1-2

ACTS 20:35 – JESUS HAD SAID, “IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE”

THE BIBLE SAYS...LK. 6:38 – “GIVE, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER WILL BE PUT INTO YOUR BOSOM. FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU.”

THE BIBLE SAYS...WE SEE A COMMON COLLECTION BEING TAKEN BY THE CHURCH IN ACTS 2:45; 4:34-37

THE EVIDENCE IS THERE

GOD WANTS US TO GIVE AND LAYS OUT THE EXAMPLE OF IT IN THE NT

POWER OF ATTITUDEWHAT IS YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS GIVING?

DO YOU HATE TO PART WITH YOUR MONEY?

OUR ATTITUDE IS OUR OUTLOOK ON THINGS, AND IT WILL DETERMINE HOW WE RESPOND

POWER OF ATTITUDEI COR. 16:2 – GIVE AS WE PROSPER

ARE WE THANKFUL FOR WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US?

THOSE MOST AWARE OF BLESSINGS AND ARE THANKFUL FOR THEM ARE THE BEST GIVERS (DEUT. 8:18)

POWER OF ATTITUDEII COR. 8:2 – LIBERALITY IN GIVING

HOW LIBERAL ARE YOU IN YOUR GIVING?

II COR. 8:12 – THERE MUST FIRST BE A WILLING MIND

POWER OF ATTITUDEII COR. 9:7 – NOT GRUDGINGLY OR OF NECESSITY; BUT RATHER CHEERFULLY

WHAT ABOUT THE POOR WIDOW IN MARK 12:41-44

WHO IN THAT STORY HAD THE ATTITUDE OF “I SURRENDER ALL”?

HEART PROBLEMHOW DO WE VIEW WHAT WE HAVE?

DO WE VIEW IT AS A BLESSING FROM GOD?

DO WE HOLD ON TO THE TEMPORARY AS IF IT IS ETERNAL?

I JOHN 2:15-17

HEART PROBLEMMATT. 6:19-21 – JESUS SAID NOT TO LAY UP TREASURES ON EARTH

REMEMBER THAT WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO

ASK THE RYR WHERE HIS HEART WAS

HEART PROBLEMWHAT ABOUT THE RICH FOOL IN LUKE 12:13-21?

HIS PROBLEM WAS NOT A MONEY PROBLEM, BUT A HEART PROBLEM

I TIM. 6:10 – “...LOVE OF MONEY IS A ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL”

HEART PROBLEMLUKE 16:10-15 – YOUR HEART CANNOT BE IN TWO PLACES

WHEN WE SURRENDER ALL, IT MUST INCLUDE OUR THINGS

ARE WE WILLING TO LET GO OF OUR “STUFF”?

TRUST ISSUESNOT SURRENDERING EARTHLY THINGS COULD REVOLVE AROUND TRUST ISSUES

DO WE TRUST IN THE PROMISES OF GOD?

MATT. 6:25-34 – GOD PROMISES TO TAKE CARE OF US

TRUST ISSUESLK. 6:38 – GOD PROMISES TO BLESS US BEYOND BELIEF IF WE WILL GIVE

GOD CHALLENGED THE ISRAELITES TO TEST HIM ON GIVING – MAL. 3:10

DO YOU BELIEVE THE PROMISES OF GOD?

OUR GIVINGALL IN ALL, THE ISSUE OF GIVING IS A PERSONAL ONE

SO WE ALL MUST TAKE A LOOK INTO OUR HEARTS TO SEE IF WE ARE MEASURING UP TO GOD’S STANDARDS ON GIVING

OUR GIVINGWE DO NOT GIVE SIMPLY TO MEET A BUDGET

WE ARE GIVING BACK TO GOD TO SHOW OUR LOVE, SUPPORT, AND APPRECIATION FOR HIM AND HIS WORK

GOD DOES CARE ABOUT OUR GIVING

OUR GIVINGDO WE GIVE GOD OUR “FIRSTS” OR OUR “LEFTOVERS”?

OUR LOVE IS REFLECTED IN OUR GIVING (I JN. 3:16-18)

WHAT DOES YOUR GIVING SAY ABOUT YOU?