Crazy Thoughts: We're Not in Control

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Pastor Paul Piraino

Message Notes

The Question…

What would somebody in your circumstances do if they were absolutely confident God was with them?

The Concern…

Prosperity, more than poverty and need, has the potential to pull us away from faith in God.

⁹People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰For 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. 1 Timothy 6:9,10 NIV

So what does the person do in opportunity and prosperity if they want to live every day as if God was with them?

In…

Opportunity - Integrity

Prosperity - Faith

Wealth - Provision

Greatness - Humility

¹⁰When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. ¹¹Be 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. ¹²Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, ¹³and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, ¹⁴then 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.

¹⁷You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." ¹⁸But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth…” Deuteronomy 8:10-14, 17-18a NIV

Credit:

“Joseph-A Model of Faithfulness” by Bob Russell

“The Legend of Joe Jacobson” by Andy Stanley

“Biblical Heroes” by John Ortberg

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