Luke 12:13-15

"Then someone called from the crowd, "Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father's estate with me." Jesus replied, "Friend, who made me...."

How much has your stuff become your owner? Patrick Odum challenges us with some real truths about luxury and greed and what it does to our walk with God and our genuine opportunities to be happy.

How much do you really need? What we have is not what determines how rich we are and our job is just a means to an end, not the real goal or end.

Can obsession claim you body and soul? We can get so caught up in wanting more that we kill ourselves.

"Dear Precious One, Yesterday, I spoke to you about fear. Today I want to talk to you about worry and sins that lie behind so many of your worries:..."

Sin is very misleading Sin is deceptive and offers shortcuts that ultimately enslave.

What's the real threat to our culture? Rubel Shelly writes about our greatest cultural enemy in spiritual warfare, consumerism or greed.

How are we going to define ourselves? Max Lucado reminds us that we shouldn't and we can't define who we are by what we have or don't have, but by our contentment in the Lord.

Isn't this an oxymoron? Mike Barres reminds us that God wants to bless us and he also wants to conform us to Jesus: so let's not use our Christianity for selfish motives.

So how is your retirement plan? Russ Lawson reminds us that what we pursue for security and to help us live longer really determines the quality of our lives in our older years, and God must be the center of all of that.

So what are we supposed to do about such days as this? Phil Ware shares Scriptures pertaining to the IRS deadline for taxes and other issues related to money.

Are you enslaved to the desire of always wanting more and better? Money really doesn’t grow on trees -- and some of us are growing more aware of this fact every day. Truthfully, most people deal with financial stress

How much stuff do you own and have in your garage? Stuff enslaves us rather than blesses us and people count most in our lives.

How much stuff makes us free? Paul Faulkner talks about how possessions seem to take over our lives and own us.

When questioned, most people questioned would give up many precious things for 10 million dollars. Would you? Max Lucado challenges us to think about how many of us give up our values and most precious life connections for far less than millions of dollars because we are greedy for something.

How can this bring me more joy? Patrick Odum tells about a boy who shared his winnings with his father rather than spending it only on himself and the joy that this attitude brought the father and Patrick compares this to the joy we give our Father, God, when we share.

Our prayers often treat God as if he is the free Amazon delivery service for our every whim and want. Phil Ware with Andy Johnson remind us that our prayer is for the bread we need today, not the extravagance we want for ourselves.