How to Prosper with a Clean Conscience | Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Everyone agrees stealing is wrong. But almost everyone also has an “unless.” Unless you count the streaming password you share with five people. Unless you count the self-checkout bags you don’t scan. Unless you count the borrowed thing you never returned. If you have to ask “does that count?” — you probably already know the answer.
In this message, Pastor Julie Hawkins unpacks what the eighth commandment is actually protecting, and what it looks like to prosper God’s way instead of the world’s.

1. Why “you shall not steal” covers far more ground than robbery — including negligence, hoarding, greed, and the hundred ways we quietly justify taking what isn’t ours
2. The original audience for this commandment: former slaves who had never owned anything, now being handed abundance, and what that means for how we hold what we have
3. The reframe that changes everything: from “can I get away with this?” to “am I honoring the Giver with what’s been entrusted to me?”
4. Three markers of true Kingdom prosperity: trusting God’s provision, stewarding God’s gifts, and giving radically — including the story of R.G. LeTourneau, who gave away 90% of his income and said “you can’t out give God”
5. The thief on the cross: a man who spent his life taking, receiving the most extravagant gift ever given, with nothing to offer but a prayer

Whether you’re generous or you’re gripping, this one will challenge you.
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