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In the opening pages of our story we find that God created mankind to be his "image bearers" in the earth. By our very nature we will begin to reflect what we worship. So it's important that we are deliberate about our worship to Jesus as the Son of God who perfectly reveals the Father to us.

When we submit our finances to the Lord and are prepared to give generously we can expect God to bless us. We find though that those blessings often come, not in the form of bigger bank accounts (though that is possible) but in an overflow of good works, righteousness, and thanksgiving to God. We as a people should expect to be blessed when we partner with the work of God.

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.