Common Cents: Part 1 - God's Financial Plan
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October 6, 2024
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
OneLife Students Corn Maze, October 20th
On Sunday, October 20th, from 4pm to 7pm the Middle and High School students from both campuses will be headed to Oaks Farm Corn maze. This is a family event so parents make sure you plan on being there too! The cost is $16 per person. Please make sure to bring money for concessions or a pumpkin if you want one. Registration is open at onelifeknox.com/cornmaze. We can’t wait to see you there!
Halloween On Mission - October 20-31
Halloween is right around the corner, and it’s an incredible time for you to live on mission in your neighborhood. From neighborhood pumpkin carvings, to reverse trick-or-treating, to making your house the best stop in the neighborhood on Halloween night, and more - there are tons of ways for you to engage your neighborhoods this Halloween. Let us know how you’re going to live on mission this Halloween! Visit onelifeknox.com/halloween.
College and Young Adults Micro Church
This fall OneLife has launched a micro church specifically for adults ages 18 to 25. If that is you and you aren’t currently connected with a micro church then now is the time! For more information simply mark the Micro Church box on your Connection Card and we will get you connected!
Baptism
If you’ve given your life to Jesus but haven’t gone public with your story through baptism then it’s time to take that step! Mark the baptism box on your Connection Card and we’ll help you get started.
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GIVE BACK
Give Jesus your best! Make a one-time tithe or offering or to set up a recurring tithe or offering: Click Here To Give Online.
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Bottom Line:
God's financial plan is bigger than dollars and cents.
Matthew 6:19 NIV
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
1. Identify what is temporary.
Matthew 6:20 NIV
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
2. Invest in what is eternal.
Matthew 6:21 NIV
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 7:22-23 NIV
22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
3. The result will be a changed heart.
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START TALKING
When have you had something happen to you financially, whether it was positive or negative, but the impact was about a lot more than just the dollars and cents? What was the true impact that you felt and why?
START THINKING
Read Genesis 41:35-36, Malachi 3:10, and Deuteronomy 28:10. How do these verses help you better understand the concept of storing and of the "storehouse" that we see in scripture? How does this help you better understand what we are told not to do and to do in Matthew 6:19-20.
What are some examples that prove Matthew 6:21 true in every day life? Where have you seen people's hearts follow their treasure and vice versa?
START SHARING
How does Matthew 6:19 give some guidelines to help us determine was is temporary? How does this align with Mark 8:36? If you are honest, what are some temporary things that you may spend more time storing up than you realize? How do you balance the tension between what is necessary to have in life, even if it is temporary, versus working hard to store those things up, which Jesus said not to do!
What are some ways that you have found you can store up treasure in heaven as Matthew 6:20 says to do. What changes did you notice happen in your life and in your relationship with Jesus when you follow this command?
When have you seen your heart follow your treasure and your treasure follow your heart like Jesus said in Matthew 6:21? If someone didn't know you and they looked at your bank account to see how you spend money and they looked at your calendar to see how you spend time, what would they be able to tell about what is most important to you? Would what they find illustrate that your faith and relationship with Jesus is most important to you?
START DOING
What do you sense the Holy Spirit is telling you to do so that you can obey these two commands from this passage:
1. Don't store up temporary treasures.
2. Do store up eternal treasures.
How will you know when this is happening? What markers will you see present in your life?
How will doing this help you to live on mission where you live, work, and play? How will this open up opportunities for your to share your story and have spiritual conversations?
START PRAYING
Pray for the steps that each person in the micro church committed to take in the section above. Commit to holding each other accountable to doing what Jesus said to do in this passage. Pray that it opens up opportunity for each person to experience Jesus more deeply while allowing each of us more opportunity to share our faith stories with those far from God.
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CONNECTION CARDS
Be sure to fill out the online Connection Card to let us know next steps, prayer requests, or other information you'd like to share, click here.
_____________________
MULTIPLICATION
Share spiritual/missional conversations you've had where you live, work, and play:
- Who did you have a conversation with that took a spiritual/missional turn this week?
- What questions did you ask to discover where God is at work in their life, even if they are not aware?
- How were you able to share your story of life change or how you have experienced Jesus?
- How can you be intentional this week with people where you live, work, and play to have spiritual/missional conversations if the opportunity arises?
- Who in your life do you think could be disciple-able or open to spiritual/missional conversations?
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WHAT'S NEXT?
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?/giveback/giveback
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?
October 6, 2024
Sermon Page
YouVersion
_____________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OneLife Students Corn Maze, October 20th
On Sunday, October 20th, from 4pm to 7pm the Middle and High School students from both campuses will be headed to Oaks Farm Corn maze. This is a family event so parents make sure you plan on being there too! The cost is $16 per person. Please make sure to bring money for concessions or a pumpkin if you want one. Registration is open at onelifeknox.com/cornmaze. We can’t wait to see you there!
Halloween On Mission - October 20-31
Halloween is right around the corner, and it’s an incredible time for you to live on mission in your neighborhood. From neighborhood pumpkin carvings, to reverse trick-or-treating, to making your house the best stop in the neighborhood on Halloween night, and more - there are tons of ways for you to engage your neighborhoods this Halloween. Let us know how you’re going to live on mission this Halloween! Visit onelifeknox.com/halloween.
College and Young Adults Micro Church
This fall OneLife has launched a micro church specifically for adults ages 18 to 25. If that is you and you aren’t currently connected with a micro church then now is the time! For more information simply mark the Micro Church box on your Connection Card and we will get you connected!
Baptism
If you’ve given your life to Jesus but haven’t gone public with your story through baptism then it’s time to take that step! Mark the baptism box on your Connection Card and we’ll help you get started.
_____________________
GIVE BACK
Give Jesus your best! Make a one-time tithe or offering or to set up a recurring tithe or offering: Click Here To Give Online.
_____________________
Bottom Line:
God's financial plan is bigger than dollars and cents.
Matthew 6:19 NIV
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
1. Identify what is temporary.
Matthew 6:20 NIV
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
2. Invest in what is eternal.
Matthew 6:21 NIV
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 7:22-23 NIV
22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
3. The result will be a changed heart.
___________________
START TALKING
When have you had something happen to you financially, whether it was positive or negative, but the impact was about a lot more than just the dollars and cents? What was the true impact that you felt and why?
START THINKING
Read Genesis 41:35-36, Malachi 3:10, and Deuteronomy 28:10. How do these verses help you better understand the concept of storing and of the "storehouse" that we see in scripture? How does this help you better understand what we are told not to do and to do in Matthew 6:19-20.
What are some examples that prove Matthew 6:21 true in every day life? Where have you seen people's hearts follow their treasure and vice versa?
START SHARING
How does Matthew 6:19 give some guidelines to help us determine was is temporary? How does this align with Mark 8:36? If you are honest, what are some temporary things that you may spend more time storing up than you realize? How do you balance the tension between what is necessary to have in life, even if it is temporary, versus working hard to store those things up, which Jesus said not to do!
What are some ways that you have found you can store up treasure in heaven as Matthew 6:20 says to do. What changes did you notice happen in your life and in your relationship with Jesus when you follow this command?
When have you seen your heart follow your treasure and your treasure follow your heart like Jesus said in Matthew 6:21? If someone didn't know you and they looked at your bank account to see how you spend money and they looked at your calendar to see how you spend time, what would they be able to tell about what is most important to you? Would what they find illustrate that your faith and relationship with Jesus is most important to you?
START DOING
What do you sense the Holy Spirit is telling you to do so that you can obey these two commands from this passage:
1. Don't store up temporary treasures.
2. Do store up eternal treasures.
How will you know when this is happening? What markers will you see present in your life?
How will doing this help you to live on mission where you live, work, and play? How will this open up opportunities for your to share your story and have spiritual conversations?
START PRAYING
Pray for the steps that each person in the micro church committed to take in the section above. Commit to holding each other accountable to doing what Jesus said to do in this passage. Pray that it opens up opportunity for each person to experience Jesus more deeply while allowing each of us more opportunity to share our faith stories with those far from God.
___________________
CONNECTION CARDS
Be sure to fill out the online Connection Card to let us know next steps, prayer requests, or other information you'd like to share, click here.
_____________________
MULTIPLICATION
Share spiritual/missional conversations you've had where you live, work, and play:
- Who did you have a conversation with that took a spiritual/missional turn this week?
- What questions did you ask to discover where God is at work in their life, even if they are not aware?
- How were you able to share your story of life change or how you have experienced Jesus?
- How can you be intentional this week with people where you live, work, and play to have spiritual/missional conversations if the opportunity arises?
- Who in your life do you think could be disciple-able or open to spiritual/missional conversations?
_____________________
WHAT'S NEXT?
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?/giveback/giveback
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?
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