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?