A partial set of notes and Scriptures used: 

Pro 30:8  Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me; 
Pro 30:9  Lest I be full and deny You, And say, "Who is the LORD?" Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God. 

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Mat 25:14  "For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 
Mat 25:15  And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. 
Mat 25:16  Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 
Mat 25:17  And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 
Mat 25:18  But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money. 

Mat 25:19  After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 
Mat 25:20  "So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.' 
Mat 25:21  His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' 
Mat 25:22  He also who had received two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.' 
Mat 25:23  His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' 
Mat 25:24  "Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 
Mat 25:25  And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.' 

Mat 25:26  "But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 
Mat 25:27  So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 
Mat 25:28  So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. 
Mat 25:29  'For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 
Mat 25:30  And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' 

Exo 31:3  And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 
Exo 31:4  to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, 
Exo 31:5  in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship. 

(Act 16:14)  Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.
(Act 16:15)  And when she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." So she persuaded us.

TAKE A LOOK AT what your talents are... TAKE a good hard look. What will you do with those talents... 

What would cause you to bury your talent?
FEAR OF LOSS... !!!

Earning a return on our talents by definition projects us outward - engages us with others.
THE ENEMY wants us to retreat into our little world and stay little... hidden... USELESS...................

MONEY, money, money
Blessings from God and His plan for us are much greater than anything in this physical world.

Some are overly focused on money and material possessions.
Others take statements in the Scriptures... as being better to be POOR, always struggling... 
(Mat 6:19)  "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
(Mat 6:20)  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
(Mat 6:21)  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

LIFE IS SHORT... IF your focus is on money... that is what you will have... 

At the same time, the Bible indicates that God's blessing can be reflected in multipying physical blessings.

Deu 28:1  "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 
Deu 28:2  And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God: 
Deu 28:3  "Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. 
(Deu 28:4)  "Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

(Deu 28:8)  "The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
(Deu 28:11)  And the LORD will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
(Deu 28:12)  The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
(Rom 12:6)  Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;
(Rom 12:8)  he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

KEY POINTS: 
Are we pursuing a goal of life-long education?

Matt 4:4... a LIVE LONG LEARNING plan to learn and live by the words of the BIBLE.
Better mental and physical health...  IF you learn on the job and do it better... you may progress there as well.

HOW do we become educated in being wise stewards of the money we are given?

Are you INTENTIONAL with your money? 

Are you faithfully tithing?
Deut 14:22  TRY me.... TEST GOD and HIS Faithfulness... in 2nd TITHE.
Tithing is about PUTTING GOD FIRST.
When we Tithe we HAVE TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY ISSSSSSSSS GOING.