Evangel Church

Simplifying Money
Simplify Simplifying Money February 2, 2025 Montgomery Campus: Pastor Mike Rippy Prattville Campus: Pastor Devon LeMaster
Locations & Times
Montgomery Campus
3975 Vaughn Rd, Montgomery, AL 36106, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
IT’S COMPLICATED
“If a person gets their attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area of their life.” ~ Billy Graham
• Why is money so complicated?
“If a person gets their attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area of their life.” ~ Billy Graham
• Why is money so complicated?
• Having more money will make me more secure.
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. Proverbs 18:11 NIV)
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. Proverbs 18:11 NIV)

• The things I own define who I am.
Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.” Luke 12:15 (NLT)
• My stuff belongs to me.
Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.” Luke 12:15 (NLT)
• My stuff belongs to me.
SIMPLYIFYING MONEY
A tenth of all you produce… is the Lord’s, and it is holy. Lev. 27:30 (TLB)
A tenth of all you produce… is the Lord’s, and it is holy. Lev. 27:30 (TLB)
1. “Isn’t tithing an Old Testament law?”
a. Tithing communicates that God is first.
In the beginning God… (Genesis 1:1 (NIV)
The purpose of tithing is to teach you to always put God in first place in your life. Deuteronomy 14:23 (LB)
2. “I can’t afford to tithe.”
a. Tithing is a test of our faith.
3. “The church doesn’t need my money.”
a. Tithing allows the church to do the work of the Lord.
➢ Tithing Breaks the spirit of mammon.
a. Tithing communicates that God is first.
In the beginning God… (Genesis 1:1 (NIV)
The purpose of tithing is to teach you to always put God in first place in your life. Deuteronomy 14:23 (LB)
2. “I can’t afford to tithe.”
a. Tithing is a test of our faith.
3. “The church doesn’t need my money.”
a. Tithing allows the church to do the work of the Lord.
➢ Tithing Breaks the spirit of mammon.
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