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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 ATTITUDE
WHAT 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 ATTITUDE
I 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 ATTITUDE
II 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 ATTITUDE
II 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 PROBLEM
HOW 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 PROBLEM
MATT. 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 PROBLEM
WHAT 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 PROBLEM
LUKE 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 ISSUES
NOT 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 ISSUES
LK. 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 GIVING
ALL 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 GIVING
WE 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 GIVING
DO 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?