Remember that old commercial: “When EF Hutton talks, people listen.” And everyone would stop whatever they were doing, just to hear what ol’ EF had to say.

What if Jesus offered investment advice? Would you want to listen? This week we’ll look at part of the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus gives us three key money management principles.

(Incidentally, they’re principles also endorsed by Steve Jobs, Ross Perot, and Madonna.)

Imagine this scenario:  You’ve just pulled in to the Wal-Mart parking lot, and you spot a choice parking space.  But there’s someone else, coming from the other direction, who has seen it too.

What do you think?  What do you do?  Wave them in?  Speed up so you’re sure to get the spot?

This sermon looks at a story Jesus told about how we should behave at a dinner party.  The story shows us how we can handle the Wal-Mart incident — and how to be more like God.

When we look around at how the world measures success — fame, wealth, picture-perfect shiny happiness — it’s easy to think of ourselves as failures.  We’re not worthy!

But what happens when we look at ourselves the way God does?  God measures in a vastly different way than we do, in a measure that’s based on what our God-given purpose in life is.

Listen for a message of great encouragement.