Open-Handed – Trust Fund

• Marry someone rich
• Learn compounding interest
• Be an extravagant giver

2 Corinthians 9:6-8 // Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

• Hilaron
• Hilaron - joyous, cheerful, not grudging
• Hilaron - won over, already decided
• Money tells the story of our hearts

Matthew 6:24 // “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

• Do we have money or does money have us?
• Money is the chief competitor of my heart with God.
• Dangerously discontent
• Greed: The assumption it’s all for my consumption.
• Mastered by Money:
  • Live
  • Save
  • Give
• Mastering your Money
  • Give
  • Save
  • Live

Matthew 6:31-33 // So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

• ACTION STEP: Put God First

Isaiah 29:13  //  The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught."

Matthew 6:21 // For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

• We live by faith, not fear
• Faith is knowing and not knowing at the same time
• A heart touched by God is generous and generous starts with the tithe.
• We’re not stingy, we’re scared.
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• A heart touched by God passes the test.
• Generosity is not a money issue. It’s a lordship issue.
• What is my next step?
  • Pray
  • Automate the Important
  • Rest