Recession-Proof
Your Life
Experiencing God as Your Provider – Part 3 of 3
June 14, 2009 – Dr. Brian Kluth -
bk@kluth.org
(Jesus said) “If you give, you
will receive. Your gift will return to you in full measure, pressed down,
shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you
use in giving--large or small--it will be used to measure what is given back to
you." Lu 6:38
Provision
#8 – Stored up resources
Investments,
Insurance, Pension, Equity, Savings, Rentals, Assets
Prov 21:20 The wise man saves for the future, but the foolish man spends whatever he gets.
Ps 112:1-3 Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands. His children will be mighty in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
1 Chron 29:2-3 With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God…Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple.
Provision
#9 – External resources
Inheritance,
Scholarships, Government, Family, Insurance, Church, Grants, Investors, Donors
Prov 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
Neh 2:4-5
(Nehemiah said) The king said to me, "What is it you want?" Then I
prayed to the God of heaven, and I answered the king, "If it pleases the
king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the
city in
Provision
#10 – Miraculous Provisions
John 6:5-11
Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip,
"Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this
only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. Philip
answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one
to have a bite!" Another of his
disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up, "Here is a boy with
five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so
many?" Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty
of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them. Jesus
then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as
much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
2 Kings 4:1-7 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves." Elisha replied to her, "How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" "Your servant has nothing there at all," she said, "except a little oil." Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few. Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side." She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. When all the jars were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another one." But he replied, "There is not a jar left." Then the oil stopped flowing. She went and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left."
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