Yesterday, Sunday morning 10am, Brother Sudha Niles was in our church to share sermon.

And he was talking about money......!!!! (mouth open big big ok) i cant wait to post this one , cuz it was so-so-so-the-super-related-and-connected to my previous post, which was posted the midnight before this Sunday sermon...!!!

ok i'll keep this post short& simple, cuz ppl tell me i've always write too long.. OOoow...

He said, when it comes to money, we tend to follow cultural norm.
Example: Huuuuugeee diamond ring for proposal, latest phone with 3G etc etc

Luke 18:18-30 (parable of a rich man)
of all area of living, this particular man finds it hard to part with his money..

Luke 3:7-14
This passage does not say give everything we have. but when u have more than enough, share with someone who doesnt have enough (oh yea, we have tendency to have more than enough, dont we???)
We buy the latest video game for our kids when the kids already have more than enough, but for the same amount of money we can sponsor a child already!
We need to be generous to needy ppl.
also, be content with what you have. contentment is not equal to lazyness or iddylic mode.
but contentment means do not greed, because greed can lead to a host of other sins!
He quote example of nowadays kids who change phone every 6months.. >___<'''
but again, that doesnt mean we can stop working towards excellence in our respective job field. JUST do not greed.

Luke 12:16-21 (parable of fool rich man)
He has everything, more than enough.
He tore down his current house and build a bigger better house for himself, just because he has no place to store his money.
Bro Sudha said, we work work work and plan and save up for retirement. But some studies shows that many ppl after retirement, feel that life is empty.. Bro.Sudha asked "How many golf balls can u hit after retirement anyway??"
It is not wrong to improve our living standard, but do not be obsessed with storing wealth on earth, we might not even have enough days to spend all the money. Instead, invest in His kingdom. that's eternal investment that we can make with our money.

show financial intergrity with what we have received.
be honest..
Bro Sudha quote a funny example, hahah.. he asked if we know of the magic trick of placing a coin in one of three cups turned upside down.. then the magician will move the three cups around and eventually the coin is gone.. in the accountancy firm that he's working with, accountants are good at tranfering money from this acc to that acc.. transfer again to another acc and another acc.. eventually the money is gone.. HAHAHA...
(i am guessing this funny example is related to Financial Integrity lor..)

Luke 16:10-11
If we can be faithful in small matters, then we will be trusted in big things.
( i was thinking , if we cant stand small temptations, what makes us think we can stand big temptation in the future?? so take small temptations as practise lor..)

1 Timothy 6:6-12 (talks about love of money)
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. 11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
- rlly lor, we bring nothing to the world, and we can take nothing from the world when we die. just like playing monopoly, we build houses, invest in hotels, collects money from other players.. but in the end of the day, it all goes back into the monopoly box.

so, be good manager of your money. Be wise. Be trifty but generous.
Do not greed. And use it for the expansion of His kingdom. Invest in eternal treassures.
Deposit in God's bank, which we can have highest rate of interest ever..!!!!