Henry Williams

Here last weekend’s sermon in 10 tweets:

1/ Jesus told stories to help us see we are part of a bigger story.

2/ Our lives are shaped by the story we believe we are in.

3/ When I got up thinking I had slept an extra hour, I felt refreshed. When I discovered I hadn’t, I was drained.

4/ Have you ever become the villain in someone else’s story?

5/ This passage about what life really consists of. It doesn’t consist of the abundance of our possessions. Life is about God. Life is eternal.

6/ For someone to think the earth-bound Jesus should take time to settle financial disputes is to give $ way more importance than he should.

7/ “This coffee is cold.”

8/ The parable of the rich fool is about how foolish it is to live as if life consisted in the abundance of our possessions.

9/ When you give now in light of eternity and for the sake of Jesus’ mission, you can expect to find treasure in heaven.

10/ Greed is only a symptom of a poorer story.

Watch the sermon here.

Here last weekend’s sermon in 10 tweets:

1/ God’s providence calls for action, beginning with hard work.

2/ Hard work doesn't = good things coming our way. There were other faithful, poor hard working widows who didn't experience the same results.

3/ God’s providence calls for strategic planning. Faith isn’t about simply letting events unfold.

4/ Moses, Joshua, David, and Nehemiah were all strategic planners and thinkers in the Bible. Add to that list Naomi.

5/ Don’t make the mistake of calling what Naomi does “manipulative” and calling what the men in the Bible do “strategic.”

6/ God’s providence calls out compassionate generosity.

7/ Allowing gleaning was exceptional. It was on mission. Every farmer who allowed it tangibly saw how much $ they were leaving for the poor.

8/ “I already got five dollars.”

9/ When we’re not generous it’s because we fail to know what is enough and that our enough is a gift of God.

10/ When I fail to give generously, I’m dipping into what belongs to God & declaring that what he has given me is not enough.

Watch the sermon here.

10 Tweets on “What Life Consists Of” (Luke 12:13-34)