The Good Life: Direct Deposits - September 14, 2025

Join today’s sermon podcast exploring what the “good life” really is: a generous, faith-filled life rooted in the gift God placed within you. Drawing from 2 Timothy 1:1–7, the speaker invites listeners to recognize the breath of life, stir up their spiritual gifts, and surrender both their strengths and weaknesses to God.

The message emphasizes humility, stewardship, and the freedom that comes from offering your life back to God—so He can use you to bless others and fulfill His purposes. A clear call to salvation and wholehearted dedication closes the episode, encouraging listeners to give their lives and gifts to Christ.

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The Good Life: Direct Deposits

2 Timothy 1:1-7 NKJV

Main Idea: We are blessed to be channels for God's love and life to flow through us to others.

Introduction

• Our default nature is stinginess, not generosity.
• God has put a gift within us.

Our Foundation: Dirt - Genesis 2:7

• "God formed man out of dirt."
• God can use anyone or anything for His glory and purpose.

Our Gift: Stir It Up! - 2 Timothy 1:6-7

• Our most valuable asset is "borrowed breath" from God.
• "Stirring it up" means using the gift God has given us.

The Three Entities After Your Gift

1. God wants your gift.
2. The enemy wants your gift.
3. Other people want your gift.

• Freedom comes from putting both your gift and your dirt into God's

Conclusion: Whose Hands is the Gift In?

• • An object's value is determined by the hands it's in.

• The "good life" is giving both your gift and your dirt back to God to be used for His glory.

With Pastor Mike Curry.

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