Notes for class on The Treasure Principle

The treasure principle: “You can’t take it with you, but you can send it on ahead.”

Treasure principle keys

1 “God owns everything. I’m His money manager.” 

What difference does it make to live like we are stewards not owners/?

2 “My heart always goes where I put God’s money.”

What do you think happens when you reallocate your money from temporal things? 

3 “Heaven, not earth, is my home.”

How does our citizenship in the eternal kingdom help us around roadblocks to giving?
         Heb 11:13-16

4 “I should live not for the dot [life on earth] but for the line [eternity in heaven].”
         How does an eternal perspective motivate us to give?

5 “Giving is the only antidote to materialism.”

Have you seen giving improve the life of someone who struggled with materialism?

6 “God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.”