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Introduction : Happy New Year!  As we begin this year, I get to start the year off with a sermon that all of you are excited about when pastors preach on it.  Money.  So, I am going to play The Apprentice TV Theme Song.  “Money, Money, Money” and allow you to think about you personally view money. Treasures vs. 19-21 ·          Vs. 19-Do not lay up treasures on earth o    Lay up-store up, or save up for future use; the activity of stockpiling for reserve or later use [1] o    Treasures-accumulated wealth in the form of (money, jewels, valuables) o    Same root word-Do not treasure treasures ·          Vs. 19-Why? Moth and Rust destroy, thieves break in and steal o    Wealth in the ancient world, as often still today, regularly consisted of precious metals and cloth. Owners thus worried about attacks of moth and rust. [2] o  ...

My Aunt Kay Jean suggested I start sharing a verse of the day.  I liked her suggestion but decided instead of a verse of the day, I would share a verse of the week.  Be reminded of who God is from His Word. 6  “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2  “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3  But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4  so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Prayer 5  “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell yo...