Introduction* Romans 12:10-13

Service to GodTime* Acts 24:25-27

Money* Matthew 15:4-6

Effort* Haggai 1:2-5

Prayer* Daniel 6:10 * I Thessalonians 5:17

Meditation* Joshua 1:8 * I Timothy 4:15 * Do we ever just sit an think about spiritual things?

Worship* Malachi 1:8, 13

Warning!If things are tight, is it spiritual things that we cut first? If so, we are making Satan’s work easy!

Strategies to help:Love God more!* II Corinthians 8:1-5 * Spend time thinking about what God has done for us (Psalms 77:11-15). * Read the Bible (Psalms 119:159-164).

Sacrifice self more!* Matthew 16:24-25; Acts 4:34-37 * Jesus must be our first priority!

Make spiritual things important and urgent in our lives.* Luke 12:17-23, 29-31 * The four quadrants of the important/urgent matrix. * Luke 9:57-62 – Move earthly things back to the important but not urgent category. * Luke 8:14; 10:40-42 – Limit not important, but urgent things as much as possible. * Make sure spiritual things don’t end up in the not important and not urgent category!