What is Your Most Prized Possession?

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What is Your Most Prized Possession?

• Psalm 11824 This is the day the Lord has made
  We will rejoice and be glad in it.

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Materialism Contentment

• A little more personal What one possession gets
  in the way of your spiritual life and spiritual
  growth?
• Is there one that causes you to stumble?
• For example TV, computer, job, non-Christian
  family members.

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Do not love the world

• I John 215-17 Do not love the world or the
  things in the world. If anyone loves the world,
  the love of the Father is not in him. For all
  that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the
  lust of the eyes and the pride of the life--is
  not of the Father but is of the world. And the
  world is passing away, and the lust of it but he
  who does the will of God abides forever.

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Where do you lay up your treasures?

• Matthew 619-21 Do not lay up for yourselves
  treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy
  and where thieves break in and steal but lay up
  for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
  moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not
  break in and steal. For where your treasure is,
  there your heart will be also.

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Where do you lay up your treasures?

• On the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is talking
  about priorities. What ranks where on your list.
• Put your treasures in heaven, live faithfully and
  keep His commandments, God will provide.
• Matthew 1028 And do not fear those who kill
  the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather
  fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and
  body in hell.

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Keeping up with the Joneses

• Parable of the rich fool (Luke 1216-21).
• No question he was rich, but also a fool.
• Put his trust in riches and himself.
• See I six times in three verses.
• Job 121 Naked I came from my mothers womb,
  and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave,
  and the Lord has taken away Blessed be the name
  of the Lord.

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Everything is Gods

• Psalm 10424 O Lord, how manifold are Your
  works! In wisdom You have made them all. The
  earth is full of Your possessions.
• Proverbs 39 Honor the Lord with your
  possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your
  increase.

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What the unbeliever seeks

• Proverbs 113 We shall find all kinds of
  precious possessions, We shall fill our houses
  with spoil.
• Proverbs 119 So are the ways of everyone who
  is greedy for gain.
• Sinners are enticed by what worldly possessions
  have to offer.

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What does contentment have to do with all this?

• Feeling or showing satisfaction with ones
  possessions, status or situation.
• Paul speaks of contentment in I Timothy 66-11
  Job 121.
• A godly life plus contentment equals true
  richness.
• Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love,
  patience, gentleness.

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Where do your treasures lie?

• Nice vacation 3,000
• New car 20,000
• New house 150,000
• Your soul Priceless
• Cant put a price tag on your soul. Unlike a car,
  house or your favorite outfit, your soul is
  irreplaceable.