This Week at Osprey!

OSPREY E-NEWS
October 23, 2009

Why do we come to church? I have several reasons. Obviously, it’s my job, but I would be in church even if it wasn’t. So here are a few:

• To hear from God through His Word
• To praise God in music
• To praise God with His people
• To be obedient to Scripture
• To show to my neighbors that church is important

The main thing is that coming to church is not about me. It is about God. It is about giving Him one day out of seven.

I hope to see you here this Sunday!

Here’s what’s going on:

THIS WEEK:

• Sunday Morning – “Wisdom for the Ages” Series
• Sunday Evening – 1 Peter Series Begins
• Monday – Prayer Walk – 9:00 am
• Tuesday Night – Student Ministry @ 6:30 pm
• Wednesday – Going through Genesis
• Saturday - “Trunk or Treat” 6:30-7:30 PM

FUTURE STUFF: TIME CHANGE SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 1! FALL BACK

FROM MY HEART:

Who isn’t thinking about finances now?

Over the past 2 years, people here in our church and throughout the United States, have suffered through some of the worst times financially I can remember… and please, don’t let anyone ask if I can remember the Great Depression?

Jobs have been lost. Homes have been foreclosed. People have moved. Much of this is because we as a nation and even sometimes, we as believers have not followed God’s wisdom concerning finances.

We are looking at finances as we continue our series on “God’s Wisdom for the Ages” on Sunday. You will be amazed at how many verses refer to money and other financial matters throughout Proverbs.

I was once taught that money is far from being a satisfier. It is, in reality, a dis-satisfier. I have discovered that is true. Money only buys things. It cannot buy happiness and often the more money we have the more unhappy we are. To be blunt, God doesn’t care whether we are rich, well off, comfortable or poor. His purpose for us is to find our contentment in Him. And that includes how we find ourselves financially.

Together, let’s discover God’s wisdom for our finances!

I’ll see you in church this Sunday.
In Jesus Grip,
Pastor Tom

WISDOM FOR THE AGES
PROVERBS 10:15-16
MONEY!
Proverbs 10:15-16 - The rich man's wealth is his fortress, the ruin of the poor is their poverty. 16 The wages of the righteous is life, the income of the wicked, punishment.

GREAT MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT MONEY:

1. HAVING MORE THINGS WILL MAKE ME ______________

• Proverbs 10:22 –
• 1 Timothy 6:10

2. HAVING MORE THINGS WILL MAKE ME _____________________________

• Proverbs 22:1 –
• Proverbs 1:18-19 –

3. HAVING MORE THINGS WILL MAKE ME __________________________

• Proverbs 22:4 –
• Matthew 6:19 –

FINANCIAL TRUTHS
1. GIVE _________________________ –

• Proverbs 3:9-10 –

2. WATCH YOUR _____________________ –

• Proverbs 27:24 –
• Proverbs 21:5 -

3. AVOID _______________

• Proverbs 22:7 -

4. MAKE A COMMITMENT TO _______________________________________

• Romans 13:8 –

5. BE ___________________ TO THE POOR

• Proverbs 19:17 -

MEDICATION IN TIMES OF FINANCIAL TROUBLE:
1. FIND MY ___________________ IN KNOWING GOD.

• Philippians 3:10 –
• John 17:3 –

2. FIND MY _____________________ IN HELPING PEOPLE

• 1 Timothy 6:17-19 –
• 2 Corinthians 9:10-11 –

3. FIND MY __________________ IN TRUSTING CHRIST

• Matthew 6:19-21 –
• 1 Timothy 6:17-19 –