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Retirement Planning Anush John Constantly planning to retire 1. Money • According to ability • 2 Corinthians 8:3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. • Galatians 6.6 Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor. • Matthew 4.7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test. • Malachi 3.10 • Giving is partnering with God in His global purpose. 2. Senses • Five senses • optic, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile. • (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.) • Eyes • Matthew 6.22,23 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. • Proverbs 20:12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both. • Ears • Mark 4.24 • Hearing is an intentional active process. • Ecclesiastes 1:8 The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. 3. Thoughts • Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts… • 1 Chronicles 28:9 the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts…. • Regulate the senses • Rationalize away a wrong thought • 2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. • Replace with the right thought • Philippians 4.8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. • Thoughts, like most things human, grow when they are fed. 4 Time • Ephesians 5:15-16 Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. (NASB) • Whatever keeps me from spending time with God, however good it appears, is my enemy if I am to be a disciple of God. • God Pie - Video • The primary way to tell the difference between wasting and investing is to evaluate it in the light of the ultimate purpose. • Don’t let the gifts distract you from the Giver. • We tend to worship the gifts more than the Giver. • Are spiritual things a negotiable? References • Picture #1: http://www.andrews.edu/services/career_servic es/au_career_resources/career_planning.html • Story read from: Lucy Maud Montgomery, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, open source book. • Picture #2 http://ramblingowl.blogspot.com/2012_09_01_a rchive.html • Video #1: http://www.worshiphousemedia.com/minimovies/7379/God-Pie