Managing Your Treasure
Ray of Hope Christian Church
Decatur, GA
October 4, 2011
Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the Lord from your
wealth, and from the first of all
your produce. So your barns
will be filled with plenty, and
your vats will overflow with new
wine….
Malachi 3:10
“Bring the whole tithe into the
storehouse, so that there may be
food in My house, and test Me now
in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I
will not open for you the windows
of heaven, and pour out for you a
blessing until overflows.”
Purpose: God entrusts money
and material resources to our
care. He richly blesses those who
take seriously their responsibility
to be trustworthy stewards of
their God-given resources.
Strategy always precedes
success!!!
Mature Christians understand
the importance of managing
their God-given treasure in a
manner that honors God and
helps meet the needs of
others.
Stewardship of finances shows
who in the Kingdom of God has
strength, courage, and loyalty
and who does not. More
professing Christians stumble in
this area of managing their
money and resources than any
other area.
When you talk about money
some people get defensive,
almost defiant. They’re
offended when pastors
preach about giving money
to God’s work.
That is a terrible
shortsighted!
Truth: God wants us to
prosper! All we must do is
prove ourselves trustworthy
through faith and obedience.
Managing finances is an
inescapable fact of life.
Money can be a blessing
or a curse, a tool that can
be used for great good or
great evil.
Blessing or Curse?
I Timothy 6:3-10
Blessing or Curse?
There are more scriptures on the
subject of money, finances and
stewardship than on the subjects of
heaven and hell! If Jesus focused
on finances that much, money
management must be important to
God.
We must give an account to God
for the use of our finances and
material resources.
Luke 16:1-13 and Luke 19:11-27
Faithful money management
springs from the heart. When it
comes to managing our treasure,
our heart determines our
behavior. We manage money
according to the way we perceive
the purpose of money.
Three Types of Financial
Givers
II Corinthians 9:6-7
Three Types of Financial
Givers
1. Sad Givers-They mourn when they let
go of money. Their personal philosophy
of giving is based on what they perceive
they have to give up, not what they can
give to.
Three Types of Financial
Givers
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Sad givers must squeeze (Sponges)
in order to get anything out of
them. Sad givers are bereaved and
grieved regarding the opportunity
to give.
Three Types of Financial
Givers
2. Mad Givers-They give grudgingly
(Hammer) because they feel they have to.
They don’t give because they want to,
they give out our of a sense of obligation
and duty, not delight.
Three Types of Financial
Givers
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Mad givers experience an emotional tug
of war in their hearts when it comes to
giving their finances. They question
why they have to give.
Mad givers are hateful and spiteful
towards the opportunity to give.
Three Types of Financial
Givers
3. Glad Givers-Joy marks the glad giver’s
style. They give because they want to .
They give cheerfully.
Glad givers are grateful for the opportunity
to give!
God loves a_________
Giver!!
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Cheerful means hilarious.
Unrestrained joy and happiness
flow from the heart of Glad
givers when they have an
opportunity to give.
Remember your money is not your
money! It is God’s!!! He owns the cattle
(that means the cash too) we manage
the ranch. Our maker entrusts us to
manage money and material resources
wisely and accordingly to biblical
principles.
Proverbs 3:9-10
“Honor the Lord from your wealth,
and from the first of all your
produce. So your barns will be filled
with plenty, and you vats will
overflow with new wine”…
Proverbs 3:9-10
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Honor-Recognize, treat with
dereference and respect
Wealth-Money
Produce-Material Resources
Barnes-Homes, Bank Account
Vats-Business Enterprises
Plenty and Overflow-Words of blessing
God honors and provides to
people who honor Him with
their wealth!
The Tithe: God’s Foundation
for Financial Success
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Genesis 14:20
Deuteronomy 14:22-28
Deuteronomy 26:1
Nehemiah 12:44
Hebrews 7:1-10
Leviticus 27:30-32
Nehemiah 10:28-38
The Tithe: God’s Foundation
for Financial Success
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Nehemiah 13:12
Luke 11:42
Matthew 23:23
Deuteronomy 12:17
II Chronicles 31:5-12
Malachi 3:7-12
Luke 18:12
Biblical Truths About Tithing
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The Tithe is Holy – Leviticus 27:30
Set apart; Holy things are not common; not
to be taken lightly
Biblical Truths About Tithing
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The Tithe Belongs to God – Leviticus
27:30
God’s Property; Always given unto God
Biblical Truths About Tithing
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The Tithe is Commanded by GodDeuteronomy 12:22
Tithing is not a suggestion or a good idea. It
is the law!
Biblical Truths About Tithing
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The Tithe Is the First Tenth of Our
Income – Genesis 28:10-22
God’s tithe is “the” tenth and not “a” tenth
First Fruits (Gross)
Biblical Truths About Tithing
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The Tithe is the Minimum, Not the
Maximum – Malachi 3:8
Tithe is the baseline!
Biblical Truths About Tithing
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Tithing is a Matter of ObedienceMalachi 3:10
Commands are given to be obeyed
God always bless obedience
Biblical Truths About Tithing
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Tithing is Trust – I Corinthians 4:12
Cornerstone of Stewardship
Trust God as our Partner
Biblical Truths About Tithing
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Tithing Puts God to the Test
- Malachi 3:10