Reference

Proverbs 24:30-34; 27:23-27; 30:7-9 NIV
A Word to the Wise - Lessons from Proverbs

Our Work and Stuff (Week 5)

Sermon Outline

  1. Introduction: If I were..., if I had...
  2. Proverbs on our work and our stuff
    • Honesty
    • Generosity versus greed
    • Sourcers of prosperity and loss
    • Diligence versus laziness
    • Better righteousness and peace than wealth
    • God first
  3. What makes Proverbs special?
    • The "why?" question
    • Work and possessions in Genesis?
    • Work and possessions in the Bible
  4. So what?
    • God wants us to be wise about our work and wealth, so we can live well
    • God wants us to remember His definition of "living well"
    • God wants us to live well by imagining Him well

Proverbs 24:30-34

30 I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

Proverbs 27:23-27

23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from
the hills is gathered in,
26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
27 You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.

 

Proverbs 30:7-9

7 “Two things I ask of you, Lord; do not refuse me before I die:
8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’
Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.