Winning With Money
1. Be a generous person.
Psalm 20:7, “Some trust in chariots and horses, but we will trust in the name of the Lord
our God.” Psalm 20:7
2. Be content with what you have.
“I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the
circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have
learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or
hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me
strength.” Philippians 4:11-13
3. Develop an investment plan.
a. The way you plan is to have a budget.
“Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly
off to the sky like an eagle.” Proverbs 23:5
b. Don’t spend everything you make.
“The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.” Proverbs 21:20
c. Have an emergency fund.
4. Make war with debt.
“The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.” Proverbs 22:7
“The wicked borrow and do not repay.” Psalm 37:21
a. Instead of going to sales, sale stuff.
b. Sit down and set up a debt retirement plan.
“The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.” Proverbs 21:5
c Refuse to go into debt.
Winning With Money
August 12, 2018 • Pastor Allen Bonnell
What will you be remembered for?
September 2, 2018 • Pastor Allen Bonnell
What will you be remembered for? Nehemiah 13:23-31 1. You are remembered for the convictions you hold. 2. You are remembered for the decisions you make/risks you take. “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” Theodore Roosevelt 3. You are remembered for the people you influence. Be loving “Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiples kisses.” Proverbs 27:6 Be an encourager Be generous "No man can become rich without himself enriching others. The man who dies rich dies disgraced" -- Andrew Carnegie
Rhythm of Work and Rest
August 26, 2018 • Pastor Brett Martin
Rhythm of Work and Rest Nehemiah 13:15-22 You’re responsible when people follow your example. The world says keep busy and stay nervous. God says work hard, then go to bed. Set rhythms and have others help you keep them. Resting provides fine tuning for hearing God’s voice in the midst of the static of life. Opportunities for rest: Time: Listen: Sleep: Life Together: The sabbath is not about resting perfectly but resting in the One who is perfect. Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Reform
August 19, 2018 • Pastor Allen Bonnell
REFORM Nehemiah 13:1-14 Knowledge is knowing what to do; wisdom is doing it. I need to _________________________________. Nehemiah 13:1 On that day the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people and there it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be admitted into the assembly of God, 2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam to call a curse down on them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.) 3 When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent. 1. Do what you know to do. Transformation doesn’t happen without reformation. 2. Stop doing what you know not to do. Nehemiah 13:4 Before this, Eliashib the priest had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God. He was closely associated with Tobiah, 5 and he had provided him with a large room formerly used to store the grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes of grain, new wine and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers and gatekeepers, as well as the contributions for the priests. 6 But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later I asked his permission 7 and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib had done in providing Tobiah a room in the courts of the house of God. 8 I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah's household goods out of the room. 9 I gave orders to purify the rooms, and then I put back into them the equipment of the house of God, with the grain offerings and the incense. “It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it 'a den of robbers.'" Matthew 21:13 3. Surround yourself with the right people. Nehemiah 13:10I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them, and that all the Levites and singers responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields. 11So I rebuked the officials and asked them, "Why is the house of God neglected?" Then I called them together and stationed them at their posts. 12All Judah brought the tithes of grain, new wine and oil into the storerooms. 13I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a Levite named Pedaiah in charge of the storerooms and made Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, their assistant, because these men were considered trustworthy. They were made responsible for distributing the supplies to their brothers. 14Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services. “The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.” Proverbs 4:7