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Published: March 6, 2016, 4:24 p.m.

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Those who want to get rich\\xa0fall into temptation and a trap\\xa0and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.\\xa01 Timothy 6:9-10 (NIV)\\xa0

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For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith\\xa0and pierced themselves with many griefs. 1 Timothy 6:9-10 (NIV)

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Earning (Avg. household income = $52,000 / TOP 1% in the world!)

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Spending (More than 70% of Americans don\\u2019t have a monthly written budget.)

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Saving (Emergency Fund / 3-6 months\\u2026 The avg. American spends 136% of their income.)

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Investing (Instead of working for your money\\u2026 your money is starting to work for you.)

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Giving (Non-Christians 3% - Christians 3.8%)

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Now this is what the\\xa0Lord\\xa0Almighty says: \\u201cGive careful thought\\xa0to your ways. \\xa0You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.\\u201d Haggai 1:5-7 (NIV)

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This is what the\\xa0Lord\\xa0Almighty says: \\u201cGive careful thought to your ways. Haggai 1:5-7 (NIV)

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Message Title: \\u201cBeyond the Numbers\\u201d

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Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?\\xa0Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 1 Corinthians 1:20 (NIV)

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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 (NIV)

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5 Principals that go BEYOND THE NUMBERS:

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CALLING vs. COMPENSATION

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The secret to the life you want is to discover why you were put on this planet.

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However, I consider my life worth nothing to me;\\xa0my only aim is to finish the race\\xa0and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me\\u2014the task of testifying to the good news of God\\u2019s grace. \\xa0Acts 20:24 (NIV)

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CONTENTMENT vs. CONSUMERISM

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Beware! Don\\u2019t always be wishing for what you don\\u2019t have. For real life and real living are not related to how rich we are.\\u201d Luke 12:15 (TLB)

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But godliness with contentment\\xa0is great gain. \\xa0For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 1 Timothy 6:6-7 (NIV)

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Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of what you have.

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GOD DEPENDENT vs. INDEPENDENT

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The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. Proverbs 18:11 (NIV)

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As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. \\xa0He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.\\xa0 \\u201cTruly I tell you,\\u201d\\xa0he said,\\xa0\\u201cthis poor widow has put in more than all the others.\\xa0Luke 21:1-4 (NIV)

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All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.\\u201d Luke 21:1-4 (NIV)

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Staying God dependent in your finances is not about the amount you trust Him with\\u2026 but the amount in comparison to what you have.

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(Tithing = 10% / the average Christian = 3.8%)

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Command those who are rich\\xa0in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 1 Timothy 6:17 (NIV)

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STEWARDSHIP vs. OWNERSHIP

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Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.\\xa0Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV)

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But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV)

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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV)

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It ALL belongs to Him. We are just managing what He has allowed us to oversee.\\xa0

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GENEROSITY vs. MISERY

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In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said:\\xa0\\u2018It is more blessed to give than to receive.\\u2019\\xa0 Acts 20:35 (NIV)

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Generosity is a demonstration of God\\u2019s love in a practical way.

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The value of my life is not determined by how much I achieve or accumulate, but how much I give away.

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Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds,\\xa0and to be generous and willing to share.\\xa01 Timothy 6:18-19 (NIV)

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In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age\\u2026 1 Timothy 6:18-19 (NIV)

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\\u2026so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life. 1 Timothy 6:18-19 (NIV)

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