1. How does this advert want to make you feel?

2. How do people in our society measure success
How do people in our society measure success? (who do your friends think is successful/want to be like?)
Adverts tell us life will be better if we have X. When is this true?
How does this desire for stuff affect our friendships/the way we see others?
Are you content with what you have?
Is there something that will make your life better?

3. “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
MATT 6:19-21
What’s the problem with seeking satisfaction in stuff? (Jesus has picked three of them feel free to add more)
Why doesn’t having stuff satisfy us?
What’s the appeal of having treasure in heaven?

4. TREASURE IN HEAVEN
How do we store up treasures in heaven?
Italian Proverb: ‘The last coat a man wears has no pockets in it.’
What can we do that has an impact in eternity?
Think about:
Personal relationship with God
Holiness
Money
Time
Evangelism

5. “So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
MATT 6:31-34
How can knowing God help us to be content?
What can knowing God set us free from?
How can we balance having what we need without loving stuff?

6. MATT 6:31-34
What has God given you?
Thank him for that!
What do you need to love less/worry less about?
Ask him for help with that!
What can you be doing to store up treasures in heaven?