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Catch up on Week 2

Catch up on Week 2

Week 2 · Resources

Resource Manager

Pastor Steven Vaggalis · Sunday, October 11

Scripture talks about money more than two thousand times. Pastor Steven Vaggalis walks through why, and makes a plain case: money is a tool. It can build something good or break something good, and the difference is what is going on inside the person holding it.

Resource Manager moves through three things. A mindset toward money shaped by God rather than by fear or by wanting more. Margins with money, which is the practical work of budgeting, saving and staying out of debt, and includes the 10/20/70 principle. And money on mission, which is what the resources were given for in the first place.

Galatians 5 ends its list of the fruit of the Spirit on self-control, and that is where this lands. You do not need a bigger income to begin. Pick the one of the three you already know is yours.

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

Galatians 5:22-23

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Three moves for your money

1. Mindset toward money. Money is a tool. What it builds depends on what is going on in you.
2. Margins with money. Budget, save, give, and stay out of debt. The 10/20/70 principle is a place to start.
3. Money on mission. Your resources are for blessing people and advancing what God is doing.

For your lock screen

Save the one you need.

Six reminders from Week 1, Time Manager, made for your phone. Tap one to open it, press and hold to save it, then set it as your lock screen.

The four departments

God entrusts it. We care for it.

One department a week. Miss one and you can pick it up here any time.

• Week 1

  Time

  Time Manager · Sunday, October 4 · Pastor Mo Huggins

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  Watch TimeSermon notes for Time

• Week 2

  Resources

  Resource Manager · Sunday, October 11 · Pastor Steven Vaggalis

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  Watch ResourcesSermon notes for ResourcesGroup questions for Resources

• Week 3

  Body

  Body Manager · Sunday, October 18

  Scheduled

• Week 4

  Relationships

  Relationship Manager · Sunday, October 25

  Scheduled

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Take it to your group

Four questions for week 2.

Use these at your table, in your group, or over dinner.

1. Pastor Steven called money a tool. When you think about your own money right now, does it feel more like a tool in your hand or a weight on your shoulders, and what is behind that?

2. Where is there no margin in your finances at the moment? What is one small step toward building some this month?

3. The 10/20/70 principle puts giving first, before saving and before living. What makes giving first difficult, and what would need to change for it to get easier?

4. If your money is meant to go on mission, who is one person or one need God keeps bringing to your mind?

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