This series promotes biblical gratitude by calling out the things that keep us from being truly grateful and how those things prevent us from seeing all the blessings that are right in front of us.

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​​Sunday, October 18th

8:45am/11:15am

Sermon: Enemy of Gratitude: Greed

Rev. Dr. Ann Kovan​

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Synopsis:

What we have doesn’t belong to us. Our problem is not so much with the giving, but with remembering who this stuff really belongs to. Ask yourself, “What belongs to God?” Then, find a way to put it back in God’s hands.

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Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22

15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity, and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?” 18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” 21 “Caesar’s,” they replied.

Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” 22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.