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Head: Know God’s Word | Heart: Love God | Hands: Follow God’s Way

Read Luke 16

“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.” Luke 16:13

Head

Today’s passage teaches us about money. It's never too early to talk about money. It's important to talk as a family about the value of money and where money comes from. Money helps provide for your needs and wants, but we need to understand that money is never more important than God. Luke 16:13 tells us that God should be our #1 priority. God is our Father, and we are His children, and He will always give us exactly what we need. When we forget that, we get out of balance in many areas, especially money.

It’s easy to think money can give us popularity, peace, and security. That couldn’t be further from the truth, because money has a limit. With God, there is no limit! When we keep God #1, we begin to see money for what it is - a resource. We can use it not only to provide for our needs, but also to help others who need help.

Heart 

Money is just one way to be generous. The other two areas are our time and talents. When we begin to see that all we have comes from God, we can then see our time and talents as ways to help people and to work for God. How awesome it is that the God of the Universe wants us to help others come to know, love, and follow HIM!

Hands

Spend time this week talking about God first and everything else second. Talk about how we can make God first in our lives, and how He then helps us manage our time, talents, and treasures.

Prayer: Lord, thank You for all that You have done. We want to be generous with everything you have given us – our time, talents, and money. Help us to make You first in our lives. In Jesus’ name, Amen.