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1 Taking Steps of Stewardship: Greedy or Generous? Luke 12:13-21, 33-34

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3 Whether you are Greedy or Generous is defined by what you do with your _____ extra

4 We need to ask – “Why do I have _____?” extra

5 Luke 12:13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

6 Luke 12:15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

7 Luke 12:16-17 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

8 Luke 12:18-19 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’

9 Greed is the __________ that extra is for my ____________ consumption assumption

10 Luke 12:20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’”

11 Like this rich man, we will likely run out of ____ before we run out of ______ money time

12 Generosity views extra as ____ ____ ___ ____ to be managed for ____ the Lord more from Him

13 Luke 12:21 “This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.”

14 Luke 12:33 “Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.”

15 How do you become rich toward God? Become a _____! giver

16 We often think money is for us to ____, ____, and then ____ what’s left over give livesave

17 To overcome greed and become generous… We must first ____, then ____, and then choose to ____ on what is left over live give save

18 To overcome greed and become generous… We need to be __________ ______ percentage givers

19 Luke 12:34 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

20 Want to overcome greed and become generous? Re-direct your _____ through the _______ in your _____. hand heart dollars

21 The issue is not about your ______, it is really all about your _____! money heart

22 If you want to live free from greed, free to be generous, free from your possessions and their tendency to control you… then give the Lord _______ of your _____! controlheart


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