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Stress: Fearful concern experienced when life’s demands seem greater than my ability to meet them

THE BIG QUESTION: Why are we so stressed about money?

1 Timothy 6:6-11,17-19

FOUR REASONS WE STRESS ABOUT MONEY:

1. We have a lack of contentment
   (1 Timothy 6:6-8)
   
   There is nothing wrong with pursuing a good living; but, if you are not content with what you have, you will not be content when you get what you don’t have!
   
2. We have a love of money
   (1 Timothy 6:9-10)
   
3. We don’t manage our money by God’s design
   (1 Timothy 6:11, 17-19)
   
4. We are in the middle of circumstances beyond our control

Matthew 6:25-34

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ‘HONOR GOD WITH MY RESOURCES’?

1. Give to the Lord.
   “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is not more need.”—Malachi 3:9
   
2. Save for the future.
   
3. Budget to Live
   The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. – Proverbs 21:5
   
   10% God
   10% Save
   80% Live
   
   “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”—Philippians 4:19