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As we continue our sermon series on money we talk about how we go about giving to God. Our heart posture and approach to being faithful generous stewards of our finances is important.

We look at the story of Hannah and discuss how the Lord works in mysterious ways. It is ok if we don't understand it all. It's ok if we feel an assortment of emotions, we just need to bring them to the Lord and not run anywhere else. May we learn from Hannah's example, to be a people who pray and release our burdens to God, trusting in his faithfulness and unfailing love all the days of our lives.

As we take a look at Psalm 30, it’s clear David’s poem couldn’t be more relevant for us today. We tackle the question, “how do I find joy when I feel joyless?”. Six principles can be extracted from the Psalm, summarised with the acronym, “A.S.C.E.N.D.”. Tune in to this week’s sermon, “Joy”, to find out more!

Our hearts are not naturally inclined to trust God. We like to remain in control (or at least believe that we are in control) of everything. But God is calling us to trust him with all areas of our lives. As uncomfortable as this might be for us, this also includes our money. We need to be reminded though that God isn’t after our money. He’s after our heart.

As we begin this short series on God and money want to acknowledge that talking about money in church can sometimes be an awkward thing. But God tells us that wherever we store up our treasure. That is where our heart will be also. We need to be very aware of this in our lives and respect the fact that we cannot serve God and money.

We continue to look at this significant passage in Romans 8 to discover more about the adoption we have and the challenge inherent in that revelation to live like that is true and fulfil the true meaning of what it is to be a new creation.