Glenview Alliance Church

Two Questions:

How do we not worry?

How do we put the Kingdom of Heaven first?

Pursuing the Kingdom of Heaven

•Love God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind
•Love your neighbor as yourself

What story are you believing?

Story of Babylon
•Masters of Our Fates (Radical Independence)
•Scarcity
•Life should be easy
•Owners

Story of Scripture
•Dependence on God and Others
•Servants of the Abundant God
•Hard is good
•Stewards

So what do we do?

•Reorganize our lives around the values of the Kingdom of Heaven
•“Where your treasures are, there your heart will be also.”
•“How does X align with the values of the Kingdom of Heaven?

Story of Abundance

•We have an abundance, but how are we using it?
•Practices of frugality
• Not one size fits all
• How do I want to express the values of the Kingdom?
•Small and Big

Stewarding our resources well...

•Time

•Talents

•Our Bodies

•Treasures