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I bet Professor Arnold never would have imagined that skills I learned in his professional public speaking class would be used to preach in an African church. When asked to do a sermon to the businessmen and women of the church, I was excited and figured if I could survive public speaking in grad school I could speak to a group of African businessmen.
 
Pastor Victoria had suggested I give them advice on how to make their businesses more profitable but after praying about it I felt the Lord leading me in a completely different direction….
 
I have noticed that a lot of the congregation looks to God to make them more money or bless them with a car. Pastor Victoria has told us that many times after their prayers are answered they stop coming to church all together. 

Having a relationship with Christ is so much more than earthly blessings. He challenges us to live with a different perspective on money. 

SO I decided to challenge the congregation with three main questions, questions that continue to challenge me:
 

Are you successful from God’s point of view or the worlds?
 

   

 Do your possessions posses you?

Are you a slave to money? 
 

The bible gives us a lot of information to help ourselves answer these questions and each verse challenges everyone living in a society that is obsessed with consumption and wealth. 
 

Matthew 6:24 You cannot serve both God and money."
 
1 Timothy 6:10 "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many grief’s."
 
Hebrews 13:5 Keep your life free from love of money and be content with what you have
 
Matthew 19:16-22 (the story of the rich young man)
Go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me
 

On this black Friday weekend where so many people are focused on the consumption aspect of Christmas, I pray that people will begin to slow down and look at how Jesus would want us to celebrate.


The family we stayed with over the last 3 weeks here in South Africa


Pastor Victoria and I 


Me with Popo and Chianiza 

PS Today was our last day at Christ Amazing Love Ministries. Tomorrow we are moving to Ocean View township to teach in a local school from 8-3 each day for our last week. The organization we will be working with is Volunteer Mizansi Africa, I'm excited to see what God has in store for Team L.O.L for our last week here in South Africa.