What Money Can't Buy

SPEAKER: Josh Taylor

PASSAGE: Acts 20:35; 1 Timothy 6:6-10; Hebrews 13:5; Luke 12:13-21

We’ve all heard the phrase: “Money can’t buy happiness.” But maybe we believe it can just a little bit? In this teaching, we look at what Scripture says about money, contentment, and freedom. We discover that it is “more blessed to give than receive” (Acts 20:35). Paul warns that the love of money leads to temptation, restlessness, and grief (1 Timothy 6). Jesus warns us to “watch out for greed,” because life doesn’t consist in an abundance of possessions (Luke 12).

We explore how comparison and the belief that we don't have enough keep us from living content and free. The answer isn’t getting more—it’s learning the power of gratitude and simplicity. Generosity is God’s way of breaking greed’s grip. When we create margin and live in limits, it allows us to live joyfully and generously in God’s kingdom. The more we give, the more we reject the lie that money is life—and the more we discover the blessing Jesus promised.

Listen in and discover why the more we give, the more content and more free we become.