Robbing Peter to Pay Paul | One Life | Pastor Nate Brown

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A Candid Conversation About God & Money Week 1 (November 8): One Life Matthew 6:1–4, 19–24; Luke 16:10–11; James 1:5–8; Haggai 1:1–14 In one sermon, Jesus says “when you give,” “when you pray,” and “when you fast.” Then He says wherever your treasure is, the desires of your heart will follow, and that no one can serve two masters. Jesus never treated our giving, our praying, and our trust as separate subjects. Haggai’s people did. They came home from exile to rebuild God’s house, let the work stall, and spent sixteen years finishing their own homes while their wages disappeared “as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes.” They thought the drought, the thin harvest, and the unfinished temple were separate problems. God told them to look at what was happening to them, because it was all one problem. Jesus said it again in Luke 16: if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? James says the person whose loyalty is divided between God and the world is unstable in everything they do. Sometimes our prayers go unanswered, not because God can’t move, but because we’re telling Him two different things. Stewardship starts with ownership. Everything we have has come from God, and He has always claimed the first. This week we open a candid conversation about God and money and ask the question that runs through the whole series: what is my money telling God about me, and telling what I think about God?

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