How God Takes Our

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How God Takes Our
little
and Makes it
MUCH
Having Your Cake and Eating it Too
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Let me assert my firm belief that the one thing
we have to fear is fear itselfnameless,
unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes
needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
In every dark hour of our national life a
leadership of frankness and vigor has met with
that understanding and support of the people
themselves which is essential to victory.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Inaugural Speech, 1933
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The American Dream for most people is the
opportunity to pursue more than what we have, to
gain more than what we have, to meet success and
success is measured by the success of the stuff
we possess.
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Affluenza 1. The bloated, sluggish and
unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to
keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of
stress, overwork, waste on indebtedness caused by
the pursuit of the American dream 3. An
unsuitable addiction to economic growth.
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How to Liberate Yourself from The Things of This
World

• Enjoy things, but
• DONT CHERISH THEM.

Set your affections on things above, not only
earthly things Colossians 32
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How to Liberate Yourself from The Things of This
World
2. Share things JOYFULLY, not RELUCTANTLY.
Each one of us must give what we have decided in
our heart to give, not reluctantly or under
compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 97 (NIV)
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How to Liberate Yourself from The Things of This
World
3. Think like a PILGRIM, Not a settler.
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Do not store up for yourselves treasures on
earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where
thieves break in and steal. But store up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and
rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not
break in and steal. For where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also. Matthew
619-21 (NIV)
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The Widows generosity had a lasting effect,
because
She remembered to use things and LOVE PEOPLE (not
vice versa).
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Someone in the crowd said to him, Teacher, tell
my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
Jesus replied, Man, who appointed me an judge or
an arbiter between you? Then he said to them,
Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of
greed a mans life does not consist in the
abundance of his possessions. Luke 1213-15
(NIV)
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The Widows generosity had a lasting effect,
because
She remembered little things can MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
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The Widows generosity had a lasting effect,
because
She remembered giving all she had would BE AN
INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE.
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I place no value on anything I have or may
possess, except in relation to the kingdom of
God. If anything will advance the interests of
the kingdom, it shall be given away or kept, only
as by giving or keeping it I shall most promote
the glory of Him to whom I owe all my hopes in
time or eternity. David Livingstone
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The Widows generosity had a lasting effect,
because
She remembered the way to MULTIPLY her trust was
by trusting the MULTIPLIER.
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For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel
says The jar of flour will not be used up and
the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the
Lord gives rain on the land. 1 Kings 1714
(NIV)
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She went away and did as Elijah told her. So
there was food every day for Elijah and for the
woman and her family. For the jar of flour was
not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry,
in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by
Elijah. 1 Kings 1715-16 (NIV)
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How God Takes Our
little
and Makes it
MUCH
Having Your Cake and Eating it Too