Scripture: Matthew 6:19-34

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all you soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30)

How You Love Money Reveals Your Heart

 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (v21)

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils” (1 Timothy 6:10)

“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (1 John 2:15)

How You View Money Reveals Your Mind

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.” (v22)

“We have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. . . as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.” (2 Corinthians 4:7-18)

How You Serve Money Reveals Your Soul

“You cannot serve both God and money.” (v24)

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” (Matthew 13:44)

How You Use Money Reveals Your Strength

“Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. . . But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” (v25; v33)

“If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come follow me.” (Matthew 19:21)