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Week 4 - TREASURE IN HEAVEN

"Giving is the only antidote to materialism"
Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle

Fighting materialism takes more than staying out of debt. The world offers us all kinds of treasure if we will simply give up heavenly treasure. As disciples, we hunted for treasure and we found God! Now we store up treasure in heaven through giving this treasure to every soul in every way� "Abundance isn't God's provision for me to live in luxury. It is God's provision for me to help others" - Randy Alcorn

2 Corinthians 9:11
You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous onevery occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

Day 28 : Reward!

Matthew 6:20
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

- Does God want us to seek a reward?

Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

- God has a reward in store for you?

John 14:1
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God ; trust also in me.

Don't let this throw you. You trust God, don't you? Trust me. There is plenty of room foryou in my Father's home. If that weren't so, would I have told you that I'm on my way to get a room ready for you? And if I'm on my way to get your room ready, I'll come back and get you so you can live where I live. And you already know the road I'm taking.

Think about Jesus "getting your room ready" - How does that inspire you?

Genesis 15:1
After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."

God is our "very great reward." What does that mean to you?

Heaven Described: What will our treasure look like?

Revelation 21:18-26

The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.

Describe the treasure of heaven�

Recap

- Treasure is central to Jesus' message

- God wants us to seek true treasure rather than being tricked into pursuing worldly treasure

- We were created to be like the ultimate giver

- Giving is the secret to receiving treasure in heaven and the cure for materialism

- God gives abundance� and plans a life of abundance for us through giving!

- God's reward is eternal, indescribable, something he has been getting ready for us, and something he wants us to seek and to find�

- Our treasure in heaven is�HIM!

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