The Treasure Test

All right, church. You ready for this? We practiced this last Sunday. Here we go. I say,

! And then you respond. Ready? God gives. We can do better. God gives. How do we give back?

There you go. All right. I hope that can take root in our hearts as we dive back into this series

called Jesus on Generosity. Listen, if we want to talk about something, we should probably see what

Jesus had to say about it first. So that's what we did in our series on his parables about stories

of the kingdom over the summer, and we are jumping right back into what Jesus had to teach us when we

consider this idea of generosity. Now, do y'all know what I have been watching a lot of the last

couple weekends? You're a really smart crowd. Yes, I have been. You know why? Because fall means football,

y'all. It's what it means. Whether it's the Bearcats here locally, or maybe you're from another school

district and you're cheering on your team. Maybe it's your college. I've been watching the Longhorns.

Yesterday was a whole lot better than the other Saturday. If you don't know what we're talking

about, don't worry about it. We're still going to win the national championship this year, all right?

And then NFL happened, and you know, I expected the Cowboys to get blown out Thursday night. They

actually stayed in it, had a chance to win. That was better than I expected, so standards are lower

these days, all right? But football's fun, and football is almost like a religion in Texas, but

look, it's not just Texas. It's all around the country. Everybody has their thing. For many,

it's football or some other sports, but the truth is people commit their time and their attention,

often their resources, to something that they just crave and love and they think will make them happy.

And I'll tell you, in my football cheering career, I've probably been sad more than I've been happy,

all right? That's just part of it, you know? And you could probably resonate with that.

Truth is, football's not it. People get excited about all kinds of things. They kind of get a little

obsessive about all kinds of things. Did y'all know that people camp out overnight to buy stuff

when it's released? It's crazy. The new iPhone, when the iPhone 15, when the iPhone 15 launched,

stores sold out of it in hours. Video games, you know, a new PlayStation comes out. In 2020,

the PlayStation 5 sold out in 12 minutes. Yeah. The latest great Nike or Jordan shoes,

sneakers that drop, they'll crash the websites. They'll sell out in seconds, literally seconds,

and then you can resell some of those sneakers for thousands of dollars. Some of you are thinking,

man, I got to get in the sneaker game. It sounds like you can flip those for a profit.

Avengers, maybe you're into movies, Avengers Endgame, when that came out,

people buying the tickets crashed the website in six hours, broke movie records.

The truth is, we all have our thing. Now, maybe here locally, some of you may not get into some of

that stuff as much. Maybe you've got your thing, but I bet you get a little bit excited the night

before hunting season officially starts, whatever it might be for you.

Maybe sitting out chairs the night before the Pioneer Union parade.

That's always fun to go see. That's right around the corner, isn't it?

The truth is, we all chase what matters to us. We will inconvenience ourselves.

We will pour money, time, and effort into what we think will make us happy.

Jesus has to teach us something in Matthew 6. Would you take your Bibles and turn there?

Matthew 6. We're going to read from verse 19 down through 24.

But as you're turning, I want to share with you Matthew 6, 21.

Jesus said, wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

I thought this quote was interesting.

She says, I don't know what I want, but I want it now.

Anybody ever resonate with that?

Maybe husband and wife are trying to decide what to eat, and wife just knows she wants something,

and the first six things the husband suggests, nope, I didn't want that.

I haven't figured out yet what I want, but I want it now.

Part of the marriage code is cracking what she wants, cracking that code.

Matthew 6, 21, Jesus said, what you want, the desires of your heart,

that is where your treasure will be.

And vice versa.

Where your treasure is, that reveals what you want, the desires of your heart.

So we're going to put ourselves to the test this morning.

We're going to put ourselves to the treasure test.

What is your treasure?

What are you treasuring?

Let's look at Matthew 6, verse 19.

Matthew 6:19

Jesus teaches us, don't store up for yourselves treasures on earth,

where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Well, that sounds smart, doesn't it?

Don't store your stuff up in a sketchy place.

How many of you would take your valuables and store them in an open cardboard box in front of your house?

That seems unwise, doesn't it?

And Jesus is kind of telling us, hey, listen,

investing your earthly treasure into the things of the earth will give you a similar return.

It is foolish, it's unsafe,

and it's not going to bring the treasure, the happiness that you think it will.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,

where neither moth nor rust destroys,

and where thieves don't break in and steal.

Sounds pretty obvious.

Okay, yeah, give me the one where they aren't going to steal it.

Give me the place where it's not going to fall apart and turn bad.

Verse 21, we read it a moment ago,

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

The eye is the lamp of the body.

If your eye is healthy,

your whole body will be full of light.

He didn't just change topics.

It might seem like he all of a sudden jumped into a different conversation.

It's all linked together.

So stick with it here.

But if your eye is bad,

your whole body will be full of darkness.

So if the light within you is darkness,

how deep is that darkness?

We'll get back to that in just a minute.

No one can serve two masters,

since either he will hate one

and love the other,

or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.

You cannot serve both God and money.

Let's pray together.

God, enlighten us from your word.

Let your spirit take your words

and the words of my mouth

and apply them,

personalize them for each one of us here.

Show us what we need to take away from this morning.

In Jesus' name we'll pray.

Amen.

Test number one.

Test number one from Matthew chapter 6 and verse 19

Matthew 6 · chapter mention

is how safe is your treasure?

How safe is your treasure?

So that's what we're going to be talking about today.

How safe is your treasure?

Earthly wealth is temporary.

Heavenly treasure is eternal.

Look back at what he said.

What did he say?

Look at verses 19 and 20.

Y'all talk back to me.

What did he say could happen

to your earthly treasure?

Could get stolen.

What else?

Rust and moths could destroy it, right?

So, this is a real danger.

How many of you have had something stolen before?

How many of you had something rusted or start to decay?

How many of you had pests or moths or some other kind of pest

get in and destroy something you held valuable?

Yeah.

So we can resonate with this, right?

We can understand what Jesus is talking about.

So, when he says these things could happen

to the things you value on this earth,

we understand it.

Well, they did too.

They lived in an era where they had less safeguards available to them

than we have today in 2025.

And so I'm sure it was even more common or more frequent

for things to happen to what they held dear.

That's why we're going back a little ways,

but that's why it's said for...

Many people would go and bury their valuables in the ground,

especially when they were going out of town.

Their house was really left unprotected,

and so they would go and find a hole

where they only knew the location of

and bury their valuables in the ground.

So, they understand what Jesus is saying,

that there is nothing sure on this earth.

You think you have a certain amount of money.

You think you have a certain amount of possessions,

but in reality, it's all unsafe.

It's all insecure.

And people will invest so much of their money

into security, security systems, insurance, etc.

But in reality, none of it is all that safe.

So Jesus is saying, listen,

recognize that nothing you have

is completely safe on this earth.

And at some point, it will all go away.

So it might go away in your lifetime,

or it might go away after you're dead.

But at some point, it's all going to go away.

John chapter 9 and verse 39.

John 9 · chapter mention

John chapter 9 and verse 39.

John 9 · chapter mention

Sorry, I didn't tell you to turn there,

but if you can, flip over a few books

to John chapter 39.

Chapter 9, verse 39.

Jesus told him,

I entered this world

to render judgment.

Sorry, y'all, I skipped ahead.

We're going to get there.

Hold a finger in John chapter 9

John 9 · chapter mention

and go to Luke 12.

So hold a finger in John 9.

We're going to get there.

But look at Luke 12.

Luke chapter 12 and verse 33.

Luke 12 · chapter mention

We're trying to hit

all these different teachings

that Jesus had to say on this topic.

So in Luke 12, he says, verse 33,

sell your possessions

and give to those in need.

Can we stop there for a second?

What if I came to your house

and said, sell everything you own

and give it to the people

who need things?

That'd be tough, right?

Excuse me?

You can't tell me what to do

with my possessions.

That's right, but that's kind of

what Jesus did here.

He said, sell your possessions

and give to those in need.

This will store up treasure

for you in heaven.

And the purses of heaven

will never get old

or develop holes.

Your treasure will be safe.

No thief can steal it.

No moth can destroy it.

It's kind of referencing back

to what he taught

back in Matthew chapter 6.

Matthew 6 · chapter mention

Wherever your treasure is,

the desires of your heart

will also be.

I love how the different

gospel records

give slightly different tweaks

or slightly different perspectives

on the same moments

of Jesus' teaching.

So I like to compare

what Luke had to say

with what Matthew had to say.

Of course, Luke was not

one of those disciples early on.

He spoke into it afterwards

based on accounts

that he was told.

And so this is fascinating

to see this different angle on it.

Sell your possessions,

give to those in need.

The purses of heaven

never get old

or develop holes.

God never runs out of resources.

We will.

We can.

So examine your daily investments,

your time,

your energy,

your money.

It's a good place to start.

Where are you storing

your treasure

right now?

There's a principle here.

You can't lose

what you give

to God.

You can't lose

what you give

to God.

Like that's what Jesus

is trying to teach us.

So parents,

some of us have a hard time

not being

helicopter parents

and constantly just

holding on to our kids

and we don't want

to let them go.

Give them to God.

You can't lose

what you give

to God.

There might be

a burden

on your heart

that you just

can't set free.

You have to keep

trying to fix it

and you're beating

your head against the wall

out of frustration

just trying to

figure out

how to solve

this problem

this burden

you're carrying

and I can promise you

if you give it

to God

you won't lose

that battle.

God will help

you win.

You can't lose

what you give

to God.

So if a tornado

hit

if a thief

broke in

the stock market

crashed

everything we have

materially speaking

on this earth

could be gone.

but treasures

invested

in God

and his kingdom

prayer

generosity

acts

of Christ

like love

those are safe

forever

and the results

of that

are safe

forever

so you can't lose

what you give

to God.

Test number two

test number two

is what you see

is what you get.

How do we know

what our treasure

is?

How do we know

if we're being

generous?

Listen to this

principle

what you see

is what you get.

John chapter nine

again

told you to turn

there I told you

we'd get there

John chapter nine

verse 39

Jesus told him

I entered this

world to render

judgment

to give sight

to the blind

and to show

those who think

they see

that they

are blind.

some Pharisees

who were standing

by near him

told him

and said

asked him

say are you

saying we're

blind?

If you were

blind Jesus

replied you

wouldn't be

guilty but you

remain guilty

because you

claim you

can see.

Did you hear

what they just

said?

Jesus has said

I didn't come

to give sight

to those who

think they can

see I gave

sight to those

who are blind

I'm here to

show those

who think

they can

see that

they're

actually

blind.

In the

Pharisees it

was no secret

that he was

talking about

them.

So they said

you're saying

we're blind?

How dare you?

You're saying

we're spiritually

blind?

We don't have

spiritual understanding

when we read the

scriptures?

Are you kidding

me?

This is our

life's work.

From early on

training up through

rabbi school

we've been

dedicating our

lives to this

we know what

we're talking

about.

It's kind of

the unwritten

words that

they're trying

to communicate

to Jesus.

He said if

you were blind

you wouldn't

be guilty

but you remain

guilty because

you claim you

can see.

Back in

Matthew chapter

Matthew 6 · chapter mention

6 our text

I told you we'd

get back to it

verse 22

the eye is the

lamp of the

body.

If your eye is

healthy you'll

be able to see.

Your whole body

will be full of

light.

But if your eye

is bad you'll

be blind.

Your whole body

will be full

of darkness.

So if the

light that you

think is inside

you is actually

darkness how deep

is that darkness?

It's the same

principle that he's

teaching the

Pharisees here.

It's not just that

you're spiritually

blind and you know

you're blind.

You think you can

see.

You have light.

light.

And I pray that

none of us in

this room are in

that boat where

we think we've got

it all figured

out.

We think we've

got Jesus figured

out.

We've got him in

our nice little

box.

We think that we

have spiritual

sight and Jesus

is way over there.

And he's telling

us you are blind.

You don't have the

sight you think you

have.

Once you realize

you're blind then

he can help you.

Then he can save

you.

Then he can give

you sight.

So spiritual

blindness happens

when you think

you're seeing

clearly but you're

actually walking

in darkness.

Like those

Pharisees you and

I are able fully

able to wander in

religion.

Wander in church

attendance.

Wander in acting

like a nice

person.

But inside our

hearts are far

away from Jesus.

There's a principle

here that I want to

share with you.

It's called bounded

set versus centered

set.

Now stick with me

here.

It's getting a little

analytical, a little

out there but stick

with me.

This bounded

set means I

will base

my religion

on who is

inside my

lines.

I will create

lines and I

will say this is

what it takes to

be a part of my

religion.

You've got to think

like I do.

You've got to look

like I do.

You've got to act

like I do.

and I'm going to

determine what the

lines are.

Then there's a

different type of

religion.

It's the centered

set thinking.

And it doesn't

judge people based

on whether they're

inside or outside

the lines.

It judges people

whether they're

moving toward

Jesus or away

from Jesus.

So there's two

different kinds of

thinking.

The Pharisees were

absolutely bounded

set.

they set the

lines.

Some of it they

took from Old

Testament teaching

and then they

took that and

they ran with it.

And they set

their own lines.

They created

their own

boundaries.

And they said

you're either in

or you're out

depending on how

well you live

inside our

boundaries.

Jesus came to

them and said

no.

You've got it

all wrong.

that's never

what it's been

about.

It's always

been about God.

It's always been

about your

relationship with

him.

It's always been

about whether

your heart is

toward him or

away from him.

So you can

live inside the

boundaries on the

bounded set

religion.

You can be

inside the fence.

You can make

your life look

like those around

you.

But your heart

is never moving

toward Jesus.

and Jesus

says that's

not my

religion.

That's not

what I came

to this earth

to bring.

And so many

people and so

many churches

will name

Jesus' name

but they're

living in

bounded set

religion not

centered set

religion.

And they're

actually doing

more harm to

the true

religion of

Jesus than

good.

So I don't

judge you and

you shouldn't

judge me based

on if we're

inside or

outside whatever

these lines are

because everybody's

lines are in

different places.

We should judge

one another

whether our

hearts are moving

toward Jesus or

away from Jesus.

How do you know

that?

The fruit of our

life will show

it.

Who was Jesus?

That's who we

should be like.

We should have

his true heart

for people.

We should have

his real

compassion.

We should have

his grace,

his mercy,

his kindness.

That should be

what our lives

should be showing

out.

Not this bounded

set but centered

on Christ.

So

Jesus said

it's like you're

spiritually blind.

It's like you're

spiritually asleep.

Imagine sleepwalking

through your house

at night.

In your dream

you're walking

through a field,

you're running

down a football

field,

whatever it is,

I don't know,

wherever you are

and you feel like

you're navigating

safely.

The truth is

you're bumping

into walls,

tripping over

furniture.

Hopefully you're

not walking

outside your

house and into

the street,

right?

Anybody have a

sleepwalking problem?

You don't have

to raise your

hand,

that's alright.

But that's what

life looks like

when you think

you're spiritually

awake and in

reality you've been

asleep for a long

time.

And you keep

bumping into

things and you

keep tripping

over things and

God puts things

in your path to

wake you up but

you don't want to

wake up because

you're just fine

where you are,

you think you

can see.

So my question

is are you really

following Jesus or

are you spiritually

sleepwalking?

Maybe the Holy

Spirit today through

His Word can

wake you up.

Now it's not fun to

wake up when you're

sleepwalking and it

can be a little

dangerous but God's

got you, alright?

And we've got you

and we're here to

help you.

If you're spiritually

sleepwalking, wake

up now and we'll

help you as a

church together be

more centered on

Jesus.

See the blindness

and let God

restore sight.

Are you following

Jesus or spiritually

sleepwalking?

Test number three

and we're almost

done.

One master, one

treasure.

One master, one

treasure.

Back in Matthew

chapter six, our

text, no one can

serve two masters.

He's either going to

hate one and love

the other or he'll

be devoted to one

and despise the

other.

You cannot serve

both God and

money.

There's a truth

here.

Who you serve

tells you what

you'll chase.

Who you serve

tells you what

you'll chase.

Why?

Because they

dictate everything

in your life.

your master tells

you what to be

interested in.

Your master tells

you what's valuable,

what's important.

Your master sets the

rules that you then

have to follow.

You say, well, I've

got no master.

I'm my own master.

You're deceiving

yourself.

You are mastered by

something.

Even if it's your

own pride, you're

mastered by

something.

If it's your desire

for money, if it's

your desire for

popularity, if it's

your desire for

importance or power

or control, if it's

your desire for

safety, comfort,

stability, whatever

it is, you are

mastered by something

and that determines

what you'll go after.

what you'll pursue,

what you'll chase.

And so you've

probably spent your

life chasing

whatever your

master told you

to chase.

Jesus wants to

be your master.

And he's going to

tell you to chase

something.

He's going to tell

you to chase him.

He's going to tell

you to spend time in

the gospels, reading

about who he was,

what he did, how

he did it, why he

did it, and chase

after becoming like

him.

The difference in

Christ being our

master and anything

else being our

master is he will

always lead us to

greener pastures.

He will always lead

us to still waters.

The path through

that might be the

valley of the shadow

of death.

It might be hard

and rocky mountains,

but we will always

arrive at a place

where we look back

and say, God worked

all that together

for good.

He told me to

chase after this.

I wasn't even sure

if I really wanted

it.

I wasn't sure if it

would bring me what

I thought it would

bring me.

But I followed my

shepherd, my good

shepherd.

I followed my

master.

I chased after it.

And look what he's

done in my life.

Anybody testify to

that?

Look what God has

done in my life.

Amen.

So, what is God

telling us to chase?

What is he telling

us to pursue and

focus our lives on?

Deuteronomy 10

gives it to us

plainly.

What does the

Lord your God

ask of you but

to fear him, to

live in obedience

to him, to love

him, to serve him

with all our hearts,

with all our souls,

and to obey his

commands and decrees

that he's giving us

today for our own

good?

It's for our own

good.

He works all things

together for our

good.

Yes, man, y'all are

right there.

I love it.

So,

our master determines

our treasure.

Who or what we

serve dictates what

we'll chase, what

we'll value, where

our hearts go.

Does money matter?

Does money matter?

It does.

Money matters.

Should money

master?

No.

Money cannot

master.

It's a cruel

master.

It can be a

useful tool, but

it is a cruel,

unfair master.

promises everything,

but it steals what's

truly important.

That's why people say

follow the money.

You ever heard of

that?

Follow the money, man.

Why?

Because so many people

are mastered by

money.

And so they'll

compromise their

ethics.

They'll do things that

they would never have

otherwise done because

their master told them

what to pursue.

Their master told them

what to chase.

You've got to get

this promotion.

You've got to keep

this out of the

press.

You've got to keep

this private.

You can't let this

get out.

You've got to go get

this.

And so they'll

pursue it at all

costs because they're

mastered by it.

things.

But when Jesus is your

master, you follow his

way, not your wallet.

When Jesus is your

master, your treasure

aligns with his

kingdom priorities.

You want to know what

his kingdom priorities

are?

Go back and listen to

the series on stories of

the kingdom.

He was very clear.

You don't even have to

listen to the series.

Just open up the

gospels and read the

parables where Jesus

told us all about the

kingdom of God.

What is important in

the kingdom of God?

It's opposite of what's

important in our little

kingdom.

So, Joshua 24 15 issues

us a challenge.

Choose today whom you

will serve.

Choose today whom you

will serve.

The wonderful truth is

you can choose a new

master.

Why?

Because Jesus died on

the cross.

That's why you can

choose a new master.

Before that, you were a

slave to sin.

Humanity was in

slavery.

We had no way out.

But then Jesus broke

the chains of sin.

When he died on the

cross laying himself

down as the punishment

for our sin and he

didn't stay dead

otherwise he just would

have been a man like

you and me.

But he rose from the

dead proving he's

different, he's

supernatural, he's

powerful, he's divine,

he's everything he said

he was.

He really is God.

So he broke those

chains and he said

you can stay a master

to everything else

or you can choose me

as your master.

I'm offering a different

way.

I'm offering a different

path.

I'm offering a different

life.

wealth.

So what have we

learned?

Heavenly wealth is

eternal.

Earthly wealth is not.

It's very temporary.

Open your eyes to what

God is doing.

You might think you're

spiritually seeing

everything.

You've got it all

figured out.

God wants to show you

you've been sleepwalking.

Maybe you're still

spiritually blind.

You're still a slave to

sin and Jesus wants to

open your eyes for the

first time.

Or maybe you're a child

of God but you've been

sleepwalking through this

life completely blind to

what God's doing around

you and he wants to open

up your eyes and say you

come over here and walk

with me now.

You'll be tripping over

less stuff.

And then number three

money matters but it

cannot master.

It cannot master.

So what do we do this

week?

Maybe you need to give

your life to Jesus for

the first time.

Say I don't want to be a

slave to sin anymore.

I want to choose my own

master and I want it to

be Jesus.

Because I trust him.

He's different than

everybody else.

He's different than I am.

He's different than all

of you.

He's the only one that I

can really get behind and

say yeah that's what my

life needs to look like

is who Jesus was.

And still is today.

So what do we do?

Give something away.

Stop holding on so

tightly to the things of

this earth where rust and

moth and thieves can get to

it.

hold it loosely.

Eyes up.

Hands open.

Hold it loosely.

Give something away.

And then pause to pray.

Pause to pray.

Stop.

Eyes up.

That first part was hands

open.

This part is eyes up.

Looking unto Jesus.

He's the one who started all

this.

And then you ask God where to

look right now.

Say God I don't want to be

sleepwalking through my day.

I don't want to be

spiritually blind or asleep.

Wake me up and open my eyes

to see what you see.

Maybe you're sending someone

across my path that I can be

generous to.

Maybe you're showing me

something about myself that I

need to see.

So pause wherever you are in

your day to pray.

Before you go to bed at night

when you wake up in the

morning.

Throughout your day when

life is just piling on.

It's always okay to stop.

It's always okay to take a

breath.

It's always okay to pause.

Look at Jesus and pray.

And then finally serve in one

small way.

Maybe you're already serving in

the church.

Maybe there's a way to serve

somebody in the community.

Maybe you're not serving in the

church.

Or maybe God wants you to take

another small step.

I'm not saying you've got to go

from zero to hero overnight.

But I'm saying you do have to

take a small step.

Why?

Because Jesus is always going to

be leading you forward.

He's going to be moving you

along toward those greener

pastures.

Toward those still waters like we

read about in Psalm 23.

Sometimes that path is going to

be rocky and difficult and

dangerous.

But keep taking small steps.

So what's a small step?

You can take today.

Maybe God wants to make you a

more generous person today.

What does God want to do with

you today?

Phil Wickham sings a song.

He's a Christian songwriter and

singer and he says,

Jesus is the treasure.

He is the answer.

I choose the Jesus way.

I love that line.

He is the treasure.

Too often through this life,

we're looking for the reward

to meet the effort.

We're saying this Christian thing,

what do I get out of it?

This church thing,

what do I get out of it?

And if that's your thought,

even if you wouldn't necessarily

put it to words,

you wouldn't necessarily voice it

that way,

but you know deep down,

you're thinking,

what can I really get out of it?

Then I don't think you've

encountered Jesus.

Because if you've really

experienced Jesus,

look at him in the Bible,

look at who he is.

It'll be pretty obvious to you,

he's the treasure.

He's the reward.

And if you need more than him,

you're out of luck.

Because there's nothing on this earth

that will satisfy like he will.

You can throw it all into family.

Because family never disappoints anybody, right?

You can throw it all into wealth.

Because that's always stable

and never goes up or down, right?

You can throw it all into anything else

that people are pursuing.

But I'm telling you,

Jesus is the treasure

that doesn't rust,

that they can't take away.

No one can touch it.

So our takeaway today

is what you treasure

tells your eyes where to look,

your hands what to do,

and when Jesus is your treasure,

it's hands open, eyes up.

God gives.

Let's try it again.

God gives.

How do we give back?

Amen.

Let's pray.

God, I pray that right now

you would teach us

to give freely,

to pause, to pray,

to serve your church,

this church,

in some small way.

Hands open, eyes up.

Jesus is my treasure today,

every day.

I pray that you would

remind us of that.

Jesus is our treasure.

You are our treasure.

You are the answer.

Let us choose the Jesus way.

You were so generous.

You held nothing back from us.

As we study

what you have to teach

about being generous,

not just writing checks

like we talked about last week,

but truly being a generous person

like you were,

teach us this treasure principle.

Help us pass this treasure test

that says you are my treasure.

Everything else is a means to an end.

Everything else can be useful

or unuseful tools

in our journey toward our Savior.

Teach us how to be like you, God.

Church, with our heads bowed

and our eyes closed,

I'm going to give you

just a moment to pray.

There's someone in the room

that says,

you talked a little bit ago

about Jesus' sacrifice

for our sin.

I need Him to save me today.

I need to turn from my sin

and turn to Jesus

for the first time.

Would you slip your hand up right now

and I'll pray for you.

Thank you.

Let me ask another question.

How many of you would say,

I need prayer

about this idea of the treasure?

Maybe I've been treasuring

the wrong thing.

Maybe I've been pursuing

the wrong thing.

Maybe I've been

spiritually sleepwalking.

Maybe God's put something

on my heart.

Maybe there's a way

that I can start serving

because I treasure Jesus.

Now, that's my goal.

I want to treasure Jesus.

There's something in there

that you say,

I'd love for you

to pray for me as well.

Would you slip your hand up

right now

and I'll pray for you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

God, you see the hands

all around the room,

but most importantly,

you know what's going on

in their hearts and minds.

You know what's going on

in my heart and mind?

I pray that you would

keep teaching me

and them

how to treasure you, God.

Wake us up

from our spiritual sleep.

Remind us what's truly valuable,

what truly gives heavenly return

on our investment.

And it's in Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.