Be On Your Guard

We're going through Andy Stanley's book Enemies of the Heart, and yesterday's message I preached was dealing with Greed and it's antidote - Generosity.  In Luke 12 Jesus said, "Watch out!  Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." (vs. 15 - NIV)  At the end of the parable of the rich fool, Jesus warns us that those who store up things for themselves but are not rich towards God will lose everything.

In his book, Stanley recommends that we ask 2 very important questions of God and ourselves: "Why do I have so much?"; and "Lord, what do you want me to do with the extra that I do have?"  The answer to both is to be generous.  If we are willing to look into our hearts and deal with our selfishness, we can really be generous and do some good Kingdom work with our finances!  Be rich towards God and those in need (see Matthew 25:31-46)!  Be generous with the time, talents, and treasure He's given you and don't use it all on yourself!

Post your response below with how you answer the question, "why do I have so much?"

We had another great day of service this last Saturday working on 40 different projects for Serve Sunnyslope.  We tried moving the projects into our neighborhoods where we live and meet, and from everything I've heard it was a great success.  Thanks to everyone who came out to serve and help us accomplish our mission to connect, grow, and serve.

It was so great to see 3 more baptisms this last Sunday!  God is on the move and we continue to have increasing numbers of baptisms over these last 2 years.  As Perry Noble says, seeing people get baptized "never gets old!"