Sermon - 18 August 2013 by Bruce McCallum

2. Key words in the Bible
'Believed' is used 272 times.
'Pray' ... 371 times.
'Love' ... 714 times.
'Give' ... 2162 times.

3. “We get what we can,
can what we get
and sit on the can”
(Tony Fitzgerald)

4. Financial Freedom Seminar
13 to 14
September 2013
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5. Money Matters #1:
What you are called into matters more to God
than what you are called out of
• Out of punishment and into forgiveness
• Out of wounding and into healing
• Out of sin and into righteousness
• Out of death and into life
• Out of cursing and into blessing
• Out of rejection and into acceptance
• Out of hopelessness and into joy
• Out of poverty and into abundance

6. Money Matters # 2:
God’s blessing is commanded.

7. Psalm 133:1-3 (ESV)
1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers
dwell in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil on the head,
running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron,
running down on the collar of his robes! 3 It is like the
dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life
forevermore.

8. Matthew 6:33 (NIV)
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you as well.

9. Money Matters # 3:
First learn to be a receiver before you
can be giver.

10. Money Matters # 4:
God gives you the ability to create
wealth!
Deut 8 v 7 – 18.
‘7 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good
land—a land with streams and pools of water, with
springs flowing in the valleys and hills; 8 a land with
wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates,
olive oil and honey; 9 a land where bread will not be
scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the
rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.

11. • 10 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise
the LORD your God for the good land he has given
you. 11 Be careful that you do not forget the LORD
your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws
and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 12
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when
you build fine houses and settle down, 13 and when
your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and
gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14 then
your heart will become proud and you will forget
the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt,
out of the land of slavery. 15 He led you through the
vast and dreadful desert, that thirsty and waterless

12. land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He
brought you water out of hard rock. 16 He gave you
manna to eat in the desert, something your fathers
had never known, to humble and to test you so that in
the end it might go well with you. 17 You may say to
yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands
have produced this wealth for me." 18 But remember
the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the
ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his
covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is
today.

13. Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you
build fine houses and settle down, 13 and when your
herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold
increase and all you have is multiplied, 14 then your
heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD
your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the
land of slavery.

14. 17 …. "My power and the strength of my hands have
produced this wealth for me."

15. 18 But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who
gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so
confirms his covenant, which he swore to your
forefathers, as it is today.

16. Money Matters # 5:
Money is not evil, it is neutral.
1 Timothy 6:10 (NIV)
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
Some people, eager for money, have wandered from
the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Men can make counterfeit money but money can also
make counterfeit men

17. Money Matters # 6:
There is NO virtue in poverty.

18. Money Matters # 7:
Prosperity is a lifestyle.
3 John 1 v 1-8
‘1The elder, to my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in
the truth. 2Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy
good health and that all may go well with you, even as
your soul is getting along well.

19. Proverbs 28:20 (MSG)
20 Committed and persistent work pays off; get-rich-
quick schemes are ripoffs.
Proverbs 13:11 (NLT)
11 Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly
disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time.

20. Money Matters # 8
We should not be embarrassed
talking about money.

21. "Jesus doesn't want to take your money, He just
doesn't want your money to take you"