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Josh Moody

iTeach #12 - God and Money, Part 2

July 13, 2020

Trying to satisfy yourself with things on earth—cars, houses, money, ambition, career—is like trying to satisfy a dolphin in a bathtub. Just as dolphins were made to swim freely in an open ocean, people are made for God.

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This side of heaven there is no place of perpetual peace. Christians are always close to danger, but the Lord is on our side so this danger need never bring defeat. Learn how a man after God's own heart frames danger in Psalm 124.
July 12, 2020
Many of us have seen our earthly treasures go through some precarious times. But there is a treasure store that thieves cannot break into, and you can choose to invest there.
July 10, 2020
Modern life constantly plays a trick on us and tells us that we are going to live forever, and if we worship the right gods of money, power, and sex, we will gain fame and freedom and success. But fasting reminds us of our dependence on God for everything—we are not invincible, we're not unvunerable, and we need God.
July 9, 2020
The kind of fasting in this passage is not a diet or a way to get a handle on personal discipline or a way to clear the mind and body—it is for spiritual purposes. Here Jesus teaches us what fasting really is.
July 8, 2020
It is good to be reminded that God cares about our daily bread—our basic sustenance. We can go to Him and ask for help in that area of our lives. In this passage Jesus continues to teach us how to pray.
July 7, 2020
Sometimes we fall into a "works" mindset or a "magic" mindset about prayer, where we think if we get enough people praying, we can twist God's arm to do something. But Jesus says prayer's not like that. Join us for a deep dive into the Lord's Prayer.
July 6, 2020
We tend to want to take situations into our own hands and exact vengeance. We find it so hard to submit to letting God be God in those moments of trial and scorn. Here Pastor Josh looks at what Psalm 123 says about injustice.
July 5, 2020
If I really believe that God is real and that He rewards those who seek Him, and that His reward must be far greater than any reward I can get elsewhere, then I will not be tempted to do things to impress other people to get a reward from them. The more we know about God, the more we want to please Him, and the more everything else begins to fall into place.
July 3, 2020
"Therefore you must be perfect." That's a lot of pressure! We need to hear clearly what Jesus is saying here, and what he's not saying, and then we'll be better equipped to follow his moral advice as well as come to him for the forgiveness we need when we fail.
July 2, 2020
This series emphasizes that words matter, and we see that in these oaths that Jesus talks about. "Let your yes be yes, and your no be no." Don't varnish it, don't make it sound better than it is; let's be straightforward and clear with our words.
July 1, 2020
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About Josh Moody

Josh Moody (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) is the senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton, IL., president and founder of God Centered Life Ministries, and author of several books including How the Bible Can Change Your Life. He was an associate fellow of Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University (2007-2011), and his Cambridge University doctorate in Theology was published in 2005. Pastor Josh grew up south of London, became a follower of Jesus in the Church of England, was an undergraduate at Cambridge University where he was president of the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union. He is married to Rochelle, and they have four children.

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