This Week’s Experience – 7/17/2022

Message

Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.

-Matthew 11:28-30

Don't store up treasures on earth! Moths and rust can destroy them, and thieves can break in and steal them. Instead, store up your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy them, and thieves cannot break in and steal them. Your heart will always be where your treasure is.

-Matthew 6:19-21

1. I can’t .

You cannot be the slave of two masters! You will like one more than the other or be more loyal to one than the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

-Matthew 6:24

2. I must trust that Jesus will all I .

I tell you not to worry about your life. Don't worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn't life more than food or clothing? Look at the birds in the sky! They don't plant or harvest. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth much more than birds? Can worry make you live longer? Why worry about clothes? Look how the lilies grow. They don't work hard to make their clothes. But I tell you that Solomon with all his wealth wasn't as well clothed as one of them. God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. God will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith?

-Matthew 6:25-30

Jesus said to them, “Watch out!  Be on guard against every kind of greed.  Life isn’t measured by how much you own”.

-Luke 12:15

Don't worry and ask yourselves, "Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?" Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows you need all of these. But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well

-Matthew 6:31-33

 

1. What do I need to of so it’s no longer in my circle?

2. What’s in my circle that I need to be a  of?

3. What’s in my circle that me from building God’s Kingdom?

LIFE APPLICATION
To discuss during the week with your family or Life Group

1. How have you seen the pursuit of “stuff” either wear you out or keep you from the things of God?

2. Which scripture, point or phrase spoke most to you today? Why?

3. What is your next step as a result of this message?