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Bulletin announcements for February 8, 2015:

A Night of Comedy with Michael Jr.! Make plans and invite your non-church friends to hear Christian Comedian Michael Jr. on February 14.  We will be hosting Michael Jr. after service on Valentine’s Day.  This event is for adults only and is FREE to attend, but tickets are required.  Childcare will be provided for those who attend the normal Saturday evening service. For more information, visit .  Pick up tickets at the Welcome Center in the foyer.

Sanctuary Volunteer Opportunity: We’re putting together teams of volunteers to serve one Sunday a month for 15-30 minutes after the 10:30 service straightening and restocking the sanctuary. If interested, please email cheryl.keller@ or visit the sign-up table in the foyer on February 18, 21, or 22.

Maxwell Valentin Braudt was born January 28 to Steven and Mayte Braudt. He weighed 7 lbs 1 oz. Congratulations to the family, including big brother Ian.

Birdie Evelyn England was born January 30. The happy parents are Anthony and Chelsea England. Birdie weighed 7 lbs 12 oz.

Ryker Gage Bennett was born to Phillip and Tiffany Bennett on February 2, weighing 7 lbs 9.5 oz. Those welcoming him into the family include grandparents, Anthony and Melanie Sereno.

How to Mess Up Your Life

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Job 31:24-25, 28

If I have made gold my hope, or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’; 25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gained much; 28This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, for I would have denied God who is above.

The speed with which we can get off track is really amazing. What I’m trying to do is identify areas where we mess up. Here is an obvious one: Make it all about money.

▪ _____________ for money

• Wisdom for finance will have the ___________ turnout.

• Money vices are ____________.

1 Timothy 6:9 (PHILLIPS) For loving money leads to all kinds of evil, and some men in the struggle to be rich have lost their faith and caused themselves untold agonies of mind.

➢ Money distorts ______________.

Proverbs 11:1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight.

❖ Lesson: small amounts of money create _____ character issues.

Proverbs 16:11 (TLB) The Lord demands fairness in every business deal. He established this principle.

➢ Money subtly distorts _______________.

Proverbs 23:4 (GNT) Be wise enough not to wear yourself out trying to get rich.

1. ______________________ are strained.

2. Our ________ starves.

Matthew 16:26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

➢ Money magnifies us and ___________________ others.

2 Corinthians 10:12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

❖ Morals we grade ___________.

❖ Money we grade _____.

➢ Money misplaces our ____________.

Proverbs 18:11 (TLB) The rich man thinks of his wealth as an impregnable defense, a high wall of safety. What a dreamer!

❖ We _______________ where we trust for our own security, safety, and significance.

• Financial wisdom is at the heart of _______________________.

Luke 16:11 (NCV) If you cannot be trusted with worldly riches, then who will trust you with true riches?

➢ God’s ______________ apply.

Malachi 3:9-10 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

➢ God is trying to ________.

1. __________: here

2. __________: available

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