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Matthew 6:19 NIV • Read this chapter
[ Treasures in Heaven ] "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.


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



James 1:5 NIV

5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.


John 3:29 NIV
John 2 • View this Chapter • John 4

29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.



James 1:1 NIV • Read this chapter
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.


American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source ser·vant (sûrvnt) Pronunciation Key
n.
One who is privately employed to perform domestic services.
One who is publicly employed to perform services, as for a government.
One who expresses submission, recognizance, or debt to another: your obedient servant.



Mark 10:45 NIV • Read this chapter
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."



Hebrews 9:15 NIV

15For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.





Luke 19:23 NIV • Read this chapter
Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?'

Matthew 25:27 NIV • Read this chapter
Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

Ephesians 1:14 NIV • Read this chapter
who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory.



Oil = the Holy Spirit
Oil = joy (Psalm 45:7)
Oil = consecration ( the devoting or setting apart of anything to the worship or service of God.)

Jars of Clay


Acts 2:38 NIV

38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.




Luke 12:51 NIV

51Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.



Matthew 22:14 NIV • Read this chapter
"For many are invited, but few are chosen."


GIVING - the solution

Give what?

What the Holy Spirit provides.

Matthew 3:8 NIV
Matthew 2 • View this Chapter • Matthew 4

8Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.


1 Thessalonians 5:19 NIV • Read this chapter
Do not put out the Spirit's fire;



Galatians 5:22 NIV
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

John 15:16 NIV • Read this chapter
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last.



Giving rather than getting is the guiding principle!