Sunday, October 25, 2026
Redacted #7 - Bigger Barns Won't Save Your Soul

WELCOME   (15 minutes)
Ice Breaker: Ever found money (on the ground, in a drawer, etc)? Tell about it.

WORSHIP (10 minutes)
Use your favorite streaming service & sing, “All I Have is Christ” by Sovereign Grace Music.

WIN   (15 minutes)
Pray for people who live around you who are facing a Christless eternity.

WORD   (25 minutes)

1. A problem most of us have is that when we read commands in the Bible for the “rich” we automatically assume that isn’t meant for me. BUT, in chapter 7 Jake says that “To be in the richest 1% globally, you don’t need a mansion—you need an income around $34,000 a year.” So, that makes MOST of us RICH! Talk about this and what that means to us reading warnings and commandments to the “rich”
2. “Ecclesiastes 5 says that your wealth is a gift from God and 1 Timothy 6 says you should enjoy what God has given you.” How do YOU strive to walk the balance beam of having and enjoying money and what it provides and honoring God with our wealth and pursuing Kingdom advancing?
3. Read aloud Luke 12:15. In a world of materialistic pursuit it is so easy to wrap up our sense of worth and value in money and possessions. How do we fight to keep from doing that?
4. Discuss at length these powerful words from chapter 7 in Redacted, “I’m not saying saving is a sin or planning is evil. You can build wealth with the right heart. But Scripture doesn’t give one neat paragraph on money. It gives a pattern. Over and over, the Bible reveals that money tests three things: what you worship, what you trust, and who you love.”
5. Read aloud Luke 12:15. Discuss these words also from Redacted, chapter 7, “We need to stop thinking about how our income level compares to other people. We need to define rich this way: If God has given me more than I need, I’m rich.”
6. Read 1 Timothy 6:17. The issue is where is our HOPE! “Hope has weight. Hope shapes decisions. Hope is that thing you trust in when nobody’s watching. It’s the idol that fills this blank: ‘If I just had __________, I’d be happy (or safe, secure, set, etc.).’” How do we make sure our HOPE is in GOD alone and never in money or possessions?
7. Bonus Question if you have time: We’re stewards, not owners! “Owner mentality asks: ‘How do I protect what’s mine?’ Steward mentality asks: ‘How do I manage what’s His?’ Discuss this.”

 WORKS (25 minutes)

• Break down into 2’s or 3’s to pray.
• Share what part of this week’s message was hardest for you to hear or process?
• Pray for each other and unsaved people you love!