In order to have a solid spiritual foundation, you must believe with all your heart that God loves you so much that He sent His only son Jesus Christ to die on the cross to eliminate the judgment due your sins in order that you, believing on Him, will have everlasting life.
He loves everyone equally in this same way and desires that everyone would choose to have relationship and fellowship with Him in Christ even though each one deserves eternal punishment for sins committed in this life. He already provided the blood sacrifice, mercy, and grace necessary to secure your salvation and eternal life. In addition, He provides every spiritual tool necessary to display faith in Christ and receive complete blessing & reward for your life so you can finish the race / journey prepared for you.
When you commit to Christ, the Holy Spirit lives in you and guides you to forsake sinful worldly ways of living by taking you through a continual maturity process (intimate worship / prayer time focused on Him followed by evangelism and disciple-making that incorporate good works). In order to obey His first and greatest commandment, you must love Him with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength. This love motivates you to obey the second commandment, which is to love your neighbor as yourself. Together, these are the foundation for all He made you to be and do.
This means His love must guide management of your life, including finances according to His will and way expressed in the bible. Engage a plan for giving, saving, and spending money on earth that (a) leads people to Him, (b) teaches them to obey His commandments, (c) keeps you and family spiritually and naturally healthy, and (d) allows you to increase income and assets to, in a greater way, serve His aim for you and others on earth. This must be a much higher priority than seeking to increase your material lifestyle and comfort.
His love and loving Him leads to daily prayer and bible study filling your heart with the Word. It also leads to regular weekly fellowship with other believers that encourage you to love and minister to others. These love-based disciplines faithfully and constantly aim you in the direction of engaging biblically based good stewardship of income, assets, and resources entrusted to you. When engaged, this ensures you fulfill God-given purpose and ministry calling to be blessed in order to be a blessing to many others.
Please pray for this ministry, email me with any questions, and contact me to speak at your business or ministry conference or workshop. May the LORD bless you richly as you follow His plan!
Deuteronomy 7:13, Proverbs 8:21, John 14:21, and Romans 13:8
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