Sermons About Treasure
FLN News / A Cross Country Treasure Hunt with Kids
When was the last time you piled your kids into the car and drove 2,500 miles across the U.S.?
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Enjoy Your Things, But Don't Make Things Your Joy
Lead Pastor Jeff Lawrence's son, Mike, had an accident while they were vacationing in La Jolla, California. On Sunday morning, October 5th, he fell out a window onto a concrete walkway nearly three stories below. Amazingly, Mike's life was spared, and in time he should see a full recovery. Jeff and family remained with Mike in California while he was recovering. This traumatic experience combined with several weeks in a beautiful place created space for some intense reflection. Jeff will be sharing some of what he's been learning in a new sermon series called "Living in La Jolla: Field Notes from Heaven-on-Earth."
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Matthew 13:44-46 Treasure!
Jesus talks about two kinds of people here. Those searching for treasure and those who found it, although not searching. The two types of men. What is the treasure? What about the desire? Do you have joy?
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Stewardship Pt. 1
The Bible has a lot to say about the topic of money and stewardship. Jesus believed and taught that there was a relationship between a person's heart and what he or she believed about money.
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Sowing Like Theres No Tomorrow but Forever
Where your treasure is, there your future will be also. Where you spend yourself, you leave yourself - it'll either be in a tomorrow that fades away as quickly as yesterday did; or it'll be in a tomorrow that last's forever.
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In God We Trust: Owners or Managers?
This teaching asks the question: are you an owner or manager of your stuff?
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Love, Mercy, Justice Part 9 - a message on giving
One of the lessons that should be learned from the economic crisis of 2008 is that the line between those in financial need and those that are not is pretty blurry. As home after home are foreclosed on, it is time to be honest with ourselves. Just because a person can afford to live in $300,000 home, does not mean that they are either doing well financially or that they have made good financial decisions. In fact, the person living in a $500 a month apartment struggling to make ends meet might actually be better off financially than many in upscale suburban neighborhoods. The main difference is that the folks in the nice communities get to walk the fine line of financial ruin in nicer accommodations. Unfortunately, it is easy to dismiss folks who file for bankruptcy or are mired in credit card debt because the temptation is to think they are just getting what they deserved. The thought, "If they had made smart decisions with their money, they wouldn't be in this mess," is easy to think. There is a sense of justice in many people's thoughts and speech that says, "Well, that's what you get if you aren't smart with your money." Now, our temptation if we are no where close to losing our house and if we don't have any credit card debt (or if we are even some where in between) is to look down on folks who make poor financial decisions. And I would say if that is the case, we need to be very careful of falling into the sin of self-righteousness. Yes, we need to obey and be fiscally responsible, but God always judges us on the heart behind our obedience. So, even though we are doing fine financially, we need to ask the question, "What is the heart motive?" Are you financially conservative and responsible because you want to be generous towards God and His kingdom or is financial conservatism just the smartest way to live the lifestyle that you want to live and the added bonus is getting to feel spiritually AND financially superior?
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