HAPPINESS: TAKING CHARGE OF OUR MONEY

Message by Josh Mutter - January 26, 2025

HAPPINESS REMINDER:  Happiness is more about "who" than "what."

BIG IDEA:  Money can contribute to our happiness IF we manage it well.

Matthew 6:19-24 NIV  “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money..

1. Our money competes for our devotion.

Matthew 6:24 NIV No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

2. What we are devoted to will shape us.

Matthew 6:21 NIV For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

• How does this happen?
  • ensures that I am never satisfied with what I have
  • is the assumption that everything is for our consumption
  • is often the result of discontentment and greed

APPLICATION:

1. Happy people are generous and wise with their money.

2. Financial freedom results in peace.

About Josh Mutter: Josh Mutter has been our lead pastor since 2018 and is passionate about helping people discover what it means to follow Jesus in our daily lives. Josh is married to Michelle and together they have two boys and a dog named Zeke. When not engaged in ministry, Josh can be found puttering around the house (summer time outdoors is his favourite), playing with his kids or out on a run.