If Money Talked | Week 4
Money Says: What you do with me speaks volumes about who and whose you are.
Read Luke 12:16-21
16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
Discussion:
What was the mistake the rich man-made?
What’s your tendency when it comes to extra stuff you no longer need?
I hang on to everything because you never know when you might need it again.
I hang on to it for a while, but I eventually take inventory and give the extra away.
I give it away right away. If I haven’t used it recently, it’s out the door.
Money is a tool that can add meaning to your life.
When is a time you saw someone leveraging their money to make their life meaningful?
What do you want people to celebrate about you when you’re gone?
What do you want people to line up and thank you for in the end?
Where your treasure is there your heart will be also is a principle that works both ways.
To change where your heart is, change where your money is going.
You can give from a grateful heart or give from a broken heart.
What are some things you are grateful for?
What are some things that break your heart?
What may be keeping you or has kept you in the past from giving to organizations and causes you are passionate about?
Let’s put a twist on it and ask “What do you want your money to celebrate about you when you are gone?
What are the steps you can take today to allow that celebration to occur in the future?
We have looked at four pieces of advice money might give us if our money talked.
I can add meaning to your life, but I am not the meaning of life. Rethink the consumption assumption that may be hurting more than helping
The moment you think you own me I actually own you. Figure out where the money your managing for God is being sent and spent
My direction reveals your affection. Make God and others your priority by giving first saving second and spending the rest
What you choose to do with me speaks volumes about who and whose you are. Leverage your money to do something meaningful.
Which one resonated with you most? Where will you begin- what change (big or small) will you make in how you view or manage your money?
Remember:
No one who applies what Jesus taught about money to their personal finances ever regrets it.