Hey everyone, welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren.

We are so glad you've joined us today, and Rick is going to share part one of a special message called

Lessons from a Shrewd Money Manager, so let's get started.

If you have a Bible, I want you to turn to Luke 16.

Luke 16.

If you don't have your Bible with you, pull out the message notes and all of the verses

are there on the outline.

This is an amazing parable that I'm about the lessons from the shrewd money manager.

Now, a lot of people don't realize how much Jesus talked about money.

Half of all of the parables of Jesus,

50% of all the parables Jesus told have to do with money and possessions.

In fact, in the Bible, one out of every six verses in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, the Gospels

are about money. One out of every six. In fact, Jesus talked more about money than he did

either heaven or hell. Why? Because we think about money more than we think about heaven or hell. And we spend most of our

lives dealing with this issue of how to get it, how to save it, how to spend it, how to invest it,

how to keep accounting of it, how to share it, all of different things. Money has enormous

influence on our lives. You know, Gallup has done many, many polls that show

the number one cause of divorce. The number one cause of divorce is financial tension.

56% of all divorces come because of money problems. But regardless of that, God wants us to learn

even in tough, difficult times. And the Bible

tells us that money management is a test from God. Now, the parable we're going to look at today that

Jesus tells in Matthew, or excuse me, Luke 16, is actually one of the most misunderstood

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