Notes from Lance Shumake's sermon on Sunday, November 5, 2023.
Sermon text: Matthew 6:19-21
Our treasure only lasts when we store it in heaven
“You can’t take it with you, but you can send it on ahead.”
—Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle
Our hearts are directly connected to our treasure
God wants your heart. He isn’t looking just for “donors” for His kingdom, those who stand outside the cause and dispassionately consider acts of philanthropy. He’s looking for disciples immersed in the causes they give to. He wants people so filled with a vision for eternity that they wouldn’t dream of not investing their money, time, and prayers where they will matter most.”
—Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle
His kingdom is the ultimate treasure
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
“We don’t have a budget problem; we have a treasure problem. We don’t have a financial problem; we have a kingship problem. We don’t have a things problem; we have a heart problem.”
–-Paul Tripp, Redeeming Money
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
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