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This Is All Temporary

One Life Church • Oct 21, 2025 • 28 min

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Summary

Everything we possess in this life is temporary, and God calls us to manage His resources as faithful stewards rather than owners. Generosity serves as the vital spiritual antidote to a selfish relationship with money, shifting our focus from scarcity to God's kingdom abundance. By establishing intentional habits like tithing and living with open hands, believers position themselves to honor God first and step into bold faith for the future.

Themes

Biblical Stewardship & OwnershipKingdom Generosity & TithingScarcity Mindset vs. AbundanceHeart Worship in GivingBold Faith & Church Growth

Key Points

1.
Worldly wealth is temporary, and Jesus instructs believers to leverage current earthly resources to serve others and store up eternal treasure.
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Generosity acts as the ultimate spiritual antidote to an unhealthy, self-centered relationship with money and possessions.
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True biblical stewardship begins with acknowledging that God owns everything, while humans serve as temporary managers.
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Moving to the next level spiritually and financially requires replacing a scarcity mindset with a kingdom blessing mindset that receives in order to bless others.
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Malachi 3 teaches that God's promised blessing for faithful giving is not guaranteed earthly wealth, but heavenly provision opened in unexpected ways.
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Tithing functions as the initial step or "training wheels" of generosity, instilling financial discipline and intentional budgeting into a believer's life.
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Giving is meant to be a premeditated, intentional act of heart worship rather than an impulsive reaction or legalistic obligation.
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God calls His people to live open-handedly as a fearless church, stepping forward with bold faith and sacrifice so He can build His kingdom.

Sermon Moments

“Use your worldly resources, your temporary resources, to benefit others and to make friends.”

“42 years from now every account that I have... it's not mine. This is just a season that I get to have it, and you can't take it with you.”

“It is a mindset problem, not a money problem. If you have a scarcity mindset like 'I'm never going to have enough,' then you're always going to struggle with money.”

“Generosity is the antidote. God actually wants you to use your money to benefit others and to make friends.”

“The tithe is like the training wheels of generosity—it builds that discipline into your life.”

“We are a movement for all people, not an institution.”

“A fearful world needs a fearless church.”

“The world needs people that are willing to sacrifice, willing to take bold steps of faith and declare, 'God, we want you to build this church and would you use us to do that.'”

This Week

Audit your financial mindset this week to identify whether you are operating out of fear and scarcity or trusting in God's abundance.

Set up automated or premeditated giving to ensure your first-fruits giving is an intentional, disciplined act of heart worship rather than an afterthought.

If you do not currently tithe, take a step of faith by committing a consistent percentage of your income to God's work as a starting point for generosity.

Review your household budget using the 10-10-80 principle—giving 10%, saving 10%, and living on 80%—to build healthy stewardship habits.

Pray together with your spouse or family about how God wants you to grow in open-handed generosity during the upcoming season.

Identify one specific, practical way you can leverage your temporary financial resources this week to benefit someone else or serve a friend.

Ask God to give you courage and fearlessness to participate sacrificially in bold steps of faith for church outreach and ministry expansion.

Remember This

God owns everything and our earthly wealth is temporary, so we are called to live open-handedly and use worldly resources for eternal kingdom impact.

A Challenge for You

Start thinking, dreaming, and praying about what bold steps of faith God would have you take, sacrificing fearlessly so He can build His church and reach one more life for Jesus.

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