1. Committing: Time, Talent, &Tithe To God
1/17/2018
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Stewardship Principles from The Bible

2. Review 1. What should we not do on an impulse?
1/17/2018
1. What should we not do on an impulse?
Spend
2. What is the mind state that comes from impulse spending?
Cognitive Dissonance
3. What should we not idolize?
Our Resources
4. When we idolize our resources what gets out of order?
Relationship
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3. Seeking Joy vs. Happiness1
a : the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires : delight
b : the expression or exhibition of such emotion : gaiety
2: a state of happiness or felicity : bliss
3: a source or cause of delight
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4. Seeking Joy vs. Happiness
1/9/2018
Happiness:
1 obsolete : good fortune : prosperity 2
a : a state of well-being and contentment : joy
b : a pleasurable or satisfying experience I wish you every happiness in life.
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5. Seeking Joy vs. Happiness
1/17/2018
One you can’t ever have enough of and the other is impulsive “I call it Joy, which is here a technical term and must be sharply distinguished both from Happiness and Pleasure. Joy (in my sense) has indeed one characteristic, and one only, in common with them; the fact that anyone who has experienced it will want it again... I doubt whether anyone who has tasted it would ever, if both were in his power, exchange it for all the pleasures in the world. But then Joy is never in our power and Pleasure often is.” ― C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
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6. Seeking Joy vs. Happiness
1/17/2018
One you can’t ever have enough of and the other is impulsive “But what could I do?” he said. “A man has a right to happiness. I had to take my one chance when it came.”
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7. Seeking Joy vs. Happiness
1/9/2018
Be Content
1 Timothy 6:6-8 6 Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; 7 for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; 8 but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
Philippians 4:12-13 12 I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
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8. Question &Answers 1. What should we look for in Life?
1/17/2018
1. What should we look for in Life?
Joy
2. What is better than happiness?
3. What do we seek through impulsive behaviors?
Happiness
4. What will maintain my Joy?
Contentment
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9. Resources Holy Bible NRSV
The New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary Vol. IX
Good Steward Ministry Barnabas Foundation.com
Counseling and Family Services
the-shape-of-my-early-life
no-right-to-happiness.html
The Joy Of Giving More Than Enough, Bishop Gregory Ingram
1/17/2018
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10. Next Week Bible Study… Wise Usage
1/9/2018
Read verses:
John 6:12
Proverbs 30:8-9
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