Vineyard Church North Phoenix | Wrong Ways of Thinking About Money

1. Introduction
2. Wrong ways of thinking about money
1. “All I need is a little bit more !”
1. I Tim. 6:6-8 ⁶But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. ⁷For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. ⁸If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.
2. “It will all work out some how!”
1. Prov. 21:5 (NLT) Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
2. A Christian Financial Plan ( 10 - 10 - 80 )
1. The first 10% goes to God .
1. Mal. 3:10 “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.”
2. Deut. 14:23c (LB) The purpose of tithing is to teach you always to put God first in your lives.
2. The second 10% goes to pay yourself .
1. Prov. 13:11 (NLT) Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows.
3. The final 80% goes to pay for everything else .
3. “I have plenty of time to do this.”
1. Luke 12:20-21 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’²¹“So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
3. Conclusion

(Unless otherwise indicated all Scripture verses are in the New American Standard Version.)