Review of last lesson

• Attitudes toward money

  • Matthew 6:24

  • Luke 18:24

  • We should be actively seeking God - not riches.

Attitudes toward giving

• Five basic elements:

  • Need

    • Communicated to giver – Acts 11:22-30

    • Recognized – Luke 7:12-15; 10:33

    • Results – Exodus 36:2-6

  • Desire

    • To follow the example of Jesus

    • To be like God – Acts 14:15-17

    • To join into the fellowship of giving – II Corinthians 8:3-5

  • Prosperity

    • Our giving comes from this – I Corinthians 16:2

    • Recognize when you’ve prospered.

      • It is sufficiently.

      • It is not necessarily riches.

      • Part of sufficiency is “sufficient to give.”

    • Don’t make yourself needy by your giving – II Corinthians 8:12-13

    • As much attitude as amount

      • We should desire excellence.

      • II Corinthians 8:7