We are going through a mini-sermon series on

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We are going through a mini-sermon series on Money. In this series, we are looking at four aspects that together complete our finances — Earning, Saving, Spending and Giving. Over the past few weeks, we have covered Earning and Saving. This week we are going to be looking at Jesus's teaching about Spending our Money. If I were to describe this sermon in one word it would be OUCH! Yes, this sermon is going to hurt. When it comes to spending, I think there are generally two kinds of people: The first kind spend their money irresponsibly, and with a sense of present entitlement I deserve it.... Cannot exercise restraint to our Indulgence - our heart desires something we must have it Bags - 5 The second kind of people spend their money very responsibly, but they also spend it with a sense of future entitlement. This is for my future or for my children's future. Fear and lack of joy and freedom So If the first spend with an abandonment, the second spend with fear. The third kind of people are extremely rare. They are who I call unselfishly extravagant spenders. They are extravagant spenders alright, but they are not selfish....extravagance is not on themselves, it’s on others Jesus is calling us to be unselfishly extravagant spenders. And that is what we are doing to be looking at today.... Why we should all be unselfishly extravagant spenders and how we can become unselfishly extravagant spenders. ———- What I have for us this morning is perhaps the most difficult of parables Jesus has taught...Many of us may have read this before, some of us may never have read it... But I am sure we will all find it equally perplexing.... ——- Lets read the parable first... 1Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’ 3“The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg— 4I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’ 5“So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He