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Just like Jesus got ridiculed by His audience after the parable in Luke 16, the church often gets ridiculed when we talk about money, like that is all the church cares about. But that is definitely true at Crosswinds! One of the reasons why people object to the church preaching about money is because there are some churches that preach a false gospel of prosperity. It is true that you can’t outgive God. If you give to Him, he will give to you much more in return, not necessarily more money, that is prosperity teaching, but rather more eternal blessings.

The parable in Luke 16 about Shrewd Manager can be a confusing one. At first glance it may appear as though Jesus is approving of the manager's dishonest behavior. Jesus is not giving any approval here for dishonesty or corruption, instead He is trying to teach us something about how we should manage our lives with integrity.

He has risen! Celebrate the resurrection of Jesus!

When we cast darkness out of our lives we need to make sure to keep our hearts and lives full of love and our commitment in faith to Jesus Christ. Being full of the love He has for us keeps any evil from trying to come back into our lives.

Jesus died to make us new. When we follow Jesus we must commit to being new. Looking back is not fit for the glory of the kingdom of God. Repent and turn from your old life of death and sin and turn to follow Jesus and let him bring you new life and life to others.

Repent, get honest and know that our partial obedience means nothing. Let us turn from our wicked ways and live by faith. Only when we humble ourselves, we may receive the righteousness of God by faith.

Jesus is the word of God and the promise of God. Jesus has ultimate true authority because he is the only son of God. The question today is- does he have true authority over you?

There are times of great success or great trial that are the pinnacles of our lives. Both can cause temptations to fear and despair. In today's message we learn from Jesus how to stand firm in our identity as loved children of God during these slippery times of temptation.

It is easy to think this life is all about you. But today we learn about the greatest man who ever lived that made his life all about serving the one who is truly the greatest who came to humbly serve us!