Topic: Priorities

It is possible to be in church regularly, a good moral person and still be wicked in God’s eyes because you are not using your time, talents and treasures for the reasons God gave them to you? The question is not how religiously active you are, or how much you give, but have you surrendered everything to God?

The warning is, if you’re not putting Jesus in the 1st place, you are destroying your own faith & the faith of your children. Jesus knew that no matter what else you say, until your commitment to Christ is a priority, it was all a sham. This is Paul’s goal.

JESUS does not deserve your leftovers! He deserves the 1st place in everything. He is FIRST; He went first, and He should be first in our lives.

How do you make it personal? You have to make your spiritual growth a priority. Realize that your relationship with God will become more passionate as you become more passionate about how you connect with Him.

In the New Testament “make disciples” applies to both helping someone with the initial act of conversion as well as helping them grow the rest of their life. You are supposed to be involved in all of that.

Generosity is the visible evidence of love. As we take steps of faith in our journey of generosity, God shapes our hearts. So, How is generosity shaping your heart?

We live in a world where the world treats poison—sin—as sweetener. And God’s perspective is: it’s poison.

It’s not always the bad things that destroy marriages. It’s often good things that are out of place in the relationship.