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1. Spiritual Disciplines:Simplicity and Sharing
2. 1 Timothy 4:8-10For, “Bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.” This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance. In fact, this is why we labor and struggle, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.
3. Spiritual Disciplines Disciplines of Engagement
Worship and celebration
Prayer, study and meditation
Service and sharing
Fellowship
Disciplines of Abstinence
Solitude
Secrecy
Fasting
Simplicity
Submission
4. Simplicity and Sharing Purposes of material wealth
Meet our needs
Enjoyment
Meet the needs of others
Advance the Kingdom
Test our love for God
5. Simplicity and Sharing Purposes of material wealth
Pitfalls of material wealth
Greed
Idolatry
Anxiety
Enslavement
6. Simplicity and Sharing Solution #1: Simplify
Give away your surplus
14. Simplicity and Sharing Solution #1: Simplify
Give away your surplus
Live below your means
15. Simplicity and Sharing Solution #2: Share
Regularly/consistently
Wisely
Sacrificially
Joyfully