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Are we investing in Kingdom Treasure? or Are we investing in Tulips?

Are we investing in Kingdom Treasure? or Are we investing in Tulips?. Luke 12:13-21 The Parable of the Rich Fool. Tulip Mania. Bitcoin. 1 Samuel 16:7b. “…man looks on the outward appearance,  but the  Lord  looks on the heart.”. “My Way” by Frank Sinatra. Deuteronomy 8:11-14, 18-19.

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Are we investing in Kingdom Treasure? or Are we investing in Tulips?

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  1. Are we investing in Kingdom Treasure? orAre we investing in Tulips? Luke 12:13-21 The Parable of the Rich Fool

  2. Tulip Mania

  3. Bitcoin

  4. 1 Samuel 16:7b “…man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

  5. “My Way” by Frank Sinatra

  6. Deuteronomy 8:11-14, 18-19 11 “Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today, 12 lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, 13 and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied,14 then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,…..18 You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day. 19 And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish

  7. Fool • Greek aphrÕn (Strong’s 878) • Meaning “without reason”

  8. C.S. Lewis “Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in': aim at Earth and you will get neither.”

  9. 1 Chronicles 29:14 “For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.”

  10. Facts about poverty in Singapore • Singapore has one of the largest income gaps in the world • Between 2012 and 2015, the number of families receiving financial assistance in Singapore jumped 43.45 percent • Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong are joint leaders on the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2019 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey. • The bottom 20% of households spend a monthly average of $2,231. However, this same group only earns an average of $2,022 • Poverty in Singapore disproportionately affects the elderly

  11. Jim Elliot and friends 1956

  12. He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose Jim Elliot 1927-1956

  13. Jeremiah 9:23-24 Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

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