Are We Prioritizing The Root Or The Fruit? | 12Stone Church

Ever feel like you keep fighting the same money problems and nothing changes? In the final week of our Seek First: Our Biblical Priorities series, we learn that our finances are often a root issue, not a fruit issue. A lot of the stress in our marriages, our anxiety, and our sense of hopelessness grows out of how we relate to money.

This message covers six biblical foundations for money:

God owns it all, and we are stewards

Seek first the kingdom, because money follows priorities

Contentment instead of greed

Work diligently, plan wisely, save smartly

Debt is bondage

Give God your first and best

From there, it gets practical: delayed gratification, why get-rich-quick doesn’t work, and how to build a budget around God’s priorities instead of the world’s.

📖 Scriptures: 1 Timothy 6:6–10, 17 • Matthew 6:19–24 • Psalm 24:1 • Proverbs 21:20 • Proverbs 22:7 • Hebrews 13:5 • Ecclesiastes 5:10

💡 Want help getting started? Text FPU to 37748 to get a reminder when Financial Peace University groups open in January.