Many financial problems people experience result from their failure to honor God’s name. As a result, they’re having problems in the housing sector, the banking sector, the investment sector, the personal finance sector, the family unit, and other areas of life. Many people believe they can do anything they want, fail to uphold moral standards, and choose to believe something other than what the Creator said is truth. Inevitably, they invite hardship and trouble into their lives. When you accept financial advice without measuring it by the Word of God you will misuse His name and bring negative consequences into your life.
Honoring God’s name requires living to please Him and dying to your will. When you believe and live in a way opposite His principles, you mis-use His name by communicating to other people that accepting Christ does not change a person for the better, nor produces a rewarding life. This is why you should be careful to reverence His name by learning and applying biblical principles in the financial realm and otherwise. You will reap enormous blessings and rewards as a result and will find that hard times for others are simply opportunities for you to serve and produce to an even greater degree.
By living out biblical principles by the power of the Holy Spirit, you will find immunity from economic calamity because you are securely abiding under the shadow of the Most High God and the greatness of His name. You won’t be swayed from doing right nor succumb to temptation because He helps you understand what is practical for you to invest time, energies, and money into. You will take worthwhile and wise risks throughout your life and, in very short order after you start, you will begin to reap the blessings and rewards that come to those who live Christ-like.
You cannot go wrong:
I. Working diligently at a moral trade
II. Serving in your local church and otherwise in a capacity that helps spread the gospel
III. Budgeting (planning by setting goals acceptable to God)
IV. Living within your means
V. Tithing and offering
VI. Eliminating debt
VII. Eliminating cosigning
VIII. Saving
IX. Investing
X. Diversifying your assets
XI. Teaching others to do the same when opportunities arise
These practical actions are spoken of in God’s word in numerous instances and form the foundation for how to build a financial future that is strong and solid. They help mature you to use wisdom so you’re not influenced to make stupid choices as some people encourage you to do, like pursuing get-rich-quick schemes or taking loans to fund desires. You will not be moved by emotion when making financial decisions, rather you’ll be moved by the Holy Spirit as He enlightens your understanding and use of practical information and tools. In this way, you will rightly use the name of the Lord and the results of your lifestyle will lead other people to Christ instead of repelling them by poor financial habits & conditions.
Please pray for this ministry and email me with any questions. May the LORD bless you richly as you follow His plan!
Exodus 20:7, Psalm 91:1-3, Luke 18:18-30, Galatians 3:1-14, Hebrews 6:4-6
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