Financial Disentanglement

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Financial Disentanglement

June 5, 2022 • Pastor Rob Thomas • Romans 12:2–3, 1 Chronicles 29:2–20

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Each generation observes the last generation and uses a phrase where they say, "I don't want to make the same mistakes my parent's generation made." That, of course, depends on each generation's reason for doing what they do. But in reality, the smartest people on earth are the ones who have made mistakes, and they learned from them.

The Apostle Paul wanted his readers to know in the book of Romans that it has to do with conformation and transformation. Evidently, it's possible to conform to the world's way of thinking or be transformed to the mind of Christ.

This is very applicable to the deeply held beliefs we have about our finances. And those beliefs drive the outcomes we have with our money. An Old Testament King by the name of David learned about this in I Chronicles 29.

Financial Disentanglement Pt. 2

June 12, 2022 • Pastor Rob Thomas • Romans 12:2, Joshua 1:8, Psalm 1:1–3, Psalm 33:8–11, Jeremiah 1:4–10

Last week we talked about the renewing of our thinking. The Apostle Paul said that renewing our mind has to do with transformation and conformation. We talked specifically about transforming our thinking about tithing and our finances... that everything we own, belongs to God, not us. We’re simply stewards and managers for God. We have a term for that today: Kingdomnomics. Economics is the study of production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Therefore, kingdomnomics is how relative (all we manage) is to God’s Kingdom plan. We said this: Every decision we make is the outcome or overflow of what we strongly believe about something in life. From money, to marriage, to morality, as Christians we need to know what drives our decision. In the end, it better be God’s Word.