Sermons About Offering
Philippians 4:15-23 - Getting the Best Return on Your Investment
An Abundance mentality is a frame of mind in which a person believes there is "enough for everyone". It is contrasted with the scarcity mentality, which is founded on the idea that there is a lack in life, that opportunities are few and far between and given a finite amount of resources a person must protect what they have from others, This is, of course, useful for marketing because if you can convince people they are lacking something, then you can get them to buy that something. Clearly this is what our society is built upon. And Christians who have fallen prey to this mentality - to put it bluntly - are pathetic-lousy givers - not only in how much they give but in how they give. On the contrary, those Christians who have an abundance mentality have a contentment and a joy about giving that is alien to our society. It is this type of mentality that Paul had and also the type of mentality the Philippians had and it is they type of mentality we are to have as well. When we have an abundance mentality we rise above our circumstances - whether we have little or plenty. We are able to give sacrificially and faithfully and experience immense joy as we do it because we understand what we're really doing - we're investing wisely. We're giving as joint owners in the mission of Jesus.
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11-09-08 ALL PRO GIVING - Calling Audibles
We should give a sum of money in relation to our income each week to the church.
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God Wants Your Money (II Corinthians 8:1-5) 9-7-08
When Paul in II Corinthians 8 shares news of the generosity of the poverty-stricken Macedonian churches, we, along with the original Corinthian readers, are challenged to consider if God has our money and, more importantly, our hearts.
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Do Good: Neighbor
So often it is easy for us to get distracted in the many forms our religion takes, but Amos reminds us that God does not care as much about our "festivals" and loud thanksgivings, but that we do justice and show mercy toward one another.
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Stewarding Your Treasures
Week 4 in the Mind Your Own Business series. Preached by Lead Pastor Paul Vroom on May 11, 2008 at Missio Dei Church in Mokena, Illinois (www.mdchurch.us). Scripture from Mark 12:41-44.
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Nehemiah #10 - Keeping Worship Pure
When Ezra reads the Law to the people of Jerusalem they see how far they have strayed from God's commands. Nehemiah records how true worship was restored through the reading and study of the Word of God.
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True Religion
What does true religion consist of? What does it look like lived out? As we have studied Mark 12 during Advent, we've seen Jesus refute the religion of the Pharisees, Herodians, and scribes. In this final section of Mark 12, Jesus points to the sacrificial offering of a poor widow to paint a picture of the kind of religion that is pleasing to God.
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