I SURRENDER MY GOODS

TODAY WE WILL EXAMINE OUR 2013

THEME, “I SURRENDER ALL”

THE QUESTION WE MUST ASK AND

ANSWER IS, “AM I ALL IN?”

THIS MUST INCLUDE EVERY ASPECT

OF OUR LIVES

I SURRENDER MY GOODS

WE OFTEN THINK OF WHAT WE HAVE

MATERIALLY AS “OUR STUFF”

SURRENDERING OUR ALL TO GOD

BEGINS WITH HAVING THE MINDSET

THAT IT ALL BELONGS TO GOD

WE ARE MERELY STEWARDS OF GOD’S

THINGS

I SURRENDER MY GOODS

PS. 24:1 – “THE EARTH IS THE

LORD’S, AND ALL ITS FULLNESS, THE

WORLD AND THOSE WHO DWELL

THEREIN”

HAG. 2:8 – “’THE SILVER IS MINE, AND

THE GOLD IS MINE’, SAYS THE LORD

OF HOSTS.”

I SURRENDER MY GOODS

WHAT IS OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS

WHAT WE HAVE MATERIALLY?

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT

THESE THINGS?

AM I WILLING TO SURRENDER ALL

WHEN IT COMES TO THE “TEMPORARY

THINGS”?

THE BIBLE SAYS...

THE BIBLE HAS SO MUCH TO SAY ON

THE TOPIC OF MONEY AND GIVING

OBVIOUSLY, WE RECALL THE OT

TEACHING OF TITHING

(GEN. 14:20; NUM. 18:21; LEV. 27:30)

GIVING HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT

TO GOD

THE BIBLE SAYS...

THE NEW TESTAMENT COMMANDS US

TO GIVE AS WELL

I COR. 16:1-2

ACTS 20:35 – JESUS HAD SAID, “IT IS

MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO

RECEIVE”

THE BIBLE SAYS...

LK. 6:38 – “GIVE, AND IT WILL BE

GIVEN TO YOU; GOOD MEASURE,

PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER,

AND RUNNING OVER WILL BE PUT INTO

YOUR BOSOM. FOR WITH THE SAME

MEASURE THAT YOU USE, IT WILL BE

MEASURED BACK TO YOU.”

THE BIBLE SAYS...

WE SEE A COMMON COLLECTION

BEING TAKEN BY THE CHURCH IN ACTS

2:45; 4:34-37

THE EVIDENCE IS THERE

GOD WANTS US TO GIVE AND LAYS

OUT THE EXAMPLE OF IT IN THE NT

POWER OF ATTITUDE

WHAT IS YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS

GIVING?

DO YOU HATE TO PART WITH YOUR

MONEY?

OUR ATTITUDE IS OUR OUTLOOK ON

THINGS, AND IT WILL DETERMINE HOW

WE RESPOND

POWER OF ATTITUDE

I COR. 16:2 – GIVE AS WE PROSPER

ARE WE THANKFUL FOR WHAT GOD

HAS DONE FOR US?

THOSE MOST AWARE OF BLESSINGS

AND ARE THANKFUL FOR THEM ARE

THE BEST GIVERS (DEUT. 8:18)

POWER OF ATTITUDE

II COR. 8:2 – LIBERALITY IN GIVING

HOW LIBERAL ARE YOU IN YOUR

GIVING?

II COR. 8:12 – THERE MUST FIRST BE

A WILLING MIND

POWER OF ATTITUDE

II COR. 9:7 – NOT GRUDGINGLY OR OF

NECESSITY; BUT RATHER CHEERFULLY

WHAT ABOUT THE POOR WIDOW IN

MARK 12:41-44

WHO IN THAT STORY HAD THE

ATTITUDE OF “I SURRENDER ALL”?

HEART PROBLEM

HOW DO WE VIEW WHAT WE HAVE?

DO WE VIEW IT AS A BLESSING FROM

GOD?

DO WE HOLD ON TO THE TEMPORARY

AS IF IT IS ETERNAL?

I JOHN 2:15-17

HEART PROBLEM

MATT. 6:19-21 – JESUS SAID NOT TO

LAY UP TREASURES ON EARTH

REMEMBER THAT WHERE YOUR

TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART

WILL BE ALSO

ASK THE RYR WHERE HIS HEART WAS

HEART PROBLEM

WHAT ABOUT THE RICH FOOL IN

LUKE 12:13-21?

HIS PROBLEM WAS NOT A MONEY

PROBLEM, BUT A HEART PROBLEM

I TIM. 6:10 – “...LOVE OF MONEY IS A

ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL”

HEART PROBLEM

LUKE 16:10-15 – YOUR HEART

CANNOT BE IN TWO PLACES

WHEN WE SURRENDER ALL, IT MUST

INCLUDE OUR THINGS

ARE WE WILLING TO LET GO OF OUR

“STUFF”?

TRUST ISSUES

NOT SURRENDERING EARTHLY THINGS

COULD REVOLVE AROUND TRUST

ISSUES

DO WE TRUST IN THE PROMISES OF

GOD?

MATT. 6:25-34 – GOD PROMISES TO

TAKE CARE OF US

TRUST ISSUES

LK. 6:38 – GOD PROMISES TO BLESS

US BEYOND BELIEF IF WE WILL GIVE

GOD CHALLENGED THE ISRAELITES

TO TEST HIM ON GIVING – MAL. 3:10

DO YOU BELIEVE THE PROMISES OF

GOD?

OUR GIVING

ALL IN ALL, THE ISSUE OF GIVING IS A

PERSONAL ONE

SO WE ALL MUST TAKE A LOOK INTO

OUR HEARTS TO SEE IF WE ARE

MEASURING UP TO GOD’S STANDARDS

ON GIVING

OUR GIVING

WE DO NOT GIVE SIMPLY TO MEET A

BUDGET

WE ARE GIVING BACK TO GOD TO

SHOW OUR LOVE, SUPPORT, AND

APPRECIATION FOR HIM AND HIS WORK

GOD DOES CARE ABOUT OUR GIVING

OUR GIVING

DO WE GIVE GOD OUR “FIRSTS” OR

OUR “LEFTOVERS”?

OUR LOVE IS REFLECTED IN OUR

GIVING (I JN. 3:16-18)

WHAT DOES YOUR GIVING SAY ABOUT

YOU?