Fool Proof – Week Seven
Pastor Alan Hannah
9Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. [Proverbs 3:9-10 NIV]
9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. 10Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine. [Proverbs 3:9-10 NLT]
9Honor the LORD with your wealth…
Wealth is for worship.
HOW TO WORSHIP WITH WEALTH
1. Worship God in gaining wealth.
2. Worship God in giving wealth.
9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce (firstfruits). [Proverbs 3:9 NLT]
7You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” [2 Corinthians 9:7]
Give in proportion to what you have. 12Whatever you give is acceptable if you give it eagerly. And give according to what you have, not what you don’t have. [2 Corinthians 8:11b-12]
3. Worship God in gathering wealth.
9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. 10Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine. [Proverbs 3:9-10 NLT]
11Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time. [Proverbs 13:11]