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You cannot serve both God& Mammon!

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"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. "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink …” Mat 6:19-34

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What is mammon? Matt6v24

• 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. NIV

• No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ASV

• “…. You cannot serve God and mammon [that is deceitful riches, money possessions or what is trusted in]. Amp

You cannot serve/worship both God and the deity that operates behind money and riches - Mammon

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Spirit of mammon - How does he operate?

1. Getting us to put our trust in money for life

2. Suckered into believing that money itself has power

3. Works with our emotions, love, fear

4. Blackmails us to act outside of Gods principles

5. Elevates money out of all proportion to its purchasing power

6. Salivates over breaking relationships

7. Provides things that have limited enjoyment

Who are you serving? - You cannot serve both God and Mammon

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Application areas

1. Accepting God as our source – Brutal frontal attack

Deal with the direct frontal attack re trust - You cannot serve both God and Mammon

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Application areas

2. Linking of iniquity with mammon – Twisting our behaviour

* Judgement & bitterness – Forgiveness and mercy

* Self-elevation, purchase of transient pleasure, debt – Godly contentment

* Independence, failing to take responsibility – Stewardship

* Deception, lying & cheating & stealing – Transparency, honesty, our yes being yes

Deal with these mates of mammon - You cannot serve both God and Mammon

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The call to arms …

We will either serve our God or will we serve the spirit of mammon

1. Placing our trust in Father God as our source, not our means – a radical shift in our thinking

2. Dealing with all the areas where he teams up with his mates – judgement, pride – aligning with His financial principles

3. Not fighting on our own, we need to march together as an army – help each other, pray with each other …

4. Collectively we will start to shift the stronghold over Durbanville!