Extra Stuff From Sunday

My sermon on Sunday was on idolatry and money.   The series is Little Gods and it has been difficult or me to keep my sermons under thirty minutes because this topic is where God is teaching me right now and I am rather passionate about it.  The money topic is one that is rather touchy and I thought that the message was received well — although it was rather quiet.   Sometimes it is hard to tell if they are just bored or if the Holy Spirit is working.

After church as I was taking a trailer back to the lot I listened to Dave Ramsey like I usually do on the radio.   That guy continues to amaze me in terms of his wisdom and depth.   He said something that really made a lot of sense and he said it so easily and quickly that I imagine a lot of people missed it.  I have taken his Financial Peace University course and I did not hear him say it in that.   Here it is.   Ready?   He said that money makes more of a person, either good or bad.   His called was asking if she should help a son who was in his twenties who had a lot of problems — drugs and other stuff.   To her, Dave gave that response.   Money makes more of  person.   So if a person is wasting money, money makes more of that and money won’t help them at all.   They will waste it.   If they are generous, then money will make them more generous.   Do you understand?  

I am convinced that he is correct and that the sentence should be repeated to others many times.   Money makes more of a person — either good or bad.   Think about that.  I have never known a time in my life when that was not true.

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