Sermon Series: Check Yourself
Life Lessons from the Grocery Store
July 24, 2022 – You Don’t have to Buy it all!
Have you ever noticed that any time really bad weather is predicted suddenly everyone goes to the store to buy bread and milk? Or maybe you still have toilet paper left over from those early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. We can all fall into the temptation of buying more than we really need- either out of fear, worry, or the sneaking thought that it will be gone when you really need it. What if the Bible told us that our life was more than just the stuff we buy?
Luke 12:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”