Sunday, April 3, 2022

MoneyWalk 146a Godliness With Contentment

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

Your path to success is different than what your flesh (the carnal nature) craves. It will crave all manner of material things (homes, cars, jewelry, titles, power, fame, etc.) and will lead your mind, if you allow it, to make you imagine that these things will truly make you continually happy, or highly esteemed in the eyes of other people. If succumbed to, your flesh will make you imagine that God must be extra proud of you (above your peers) because of the works you’ve done and/or because you have amassed material things the human nature craves.

The carnal nature resists the fact that God wants your actions to be sanctified (cleansed of impurities and set apart for God’s use in a way that is pleasing to Him) in order for you to be more and more like Jesus Christ as you live on earth. Through carnal resistance, demonic powers have an opening to try and convince you that you don’t even need God. They will sometimes even lead you to think you can believe in Him but go after what is pleasing to you without ever considering whether it is pleasing to Him and helpful to other people. I hope this isn’t you! However, some people have left the earth with this mindset and thus never truly gave their life to Christ and thus will feel the pain of their decision throughout eternity.

To be sure, nothing is inherently wrong with any of the material items mentioned above or position of power and influence, unless they are produced, obtained, or maintained in an ungodly manner or in ways that go against God’s specific calling on your life. The problem is usually with the one seeking them. When they come to you in accordance with His plan for your life, they are perfectly matched to it and the position He desires to place you in to serve others and provide for your family.

You become the problem when you make obtaining material things a greater priority than pursuing God’s kingdom and His righteousness! You have crossed over into the dark side of worshipping created things instead of the Creator when you allow discontent to rule your life choices, vision, and pursuits. Discontent focuses your activities on going after material things instead of spending time with the Lord in studying the bible, praying, praising, worshipping, learning about Him, following His guidance, and serving others as you live out His principles including biblical financial instruction (budgeting, tithing, giving, saving, debt elimination, investing, and diversifying assets).

Luke 3:7-14, Philippians 4:10-13, 1 Timothy 6:6-10, Hebrews 13:1-9

Please pray for this ministry and email questions to parlor@ameritech.net and share the links below with others who need guidance. May the LORD bless you richly as you follow His plan!

Share http://kminfo.org/ministries/financial-freedom weekly with family and friends so these bondage-breaking articles and other financial information can help them gain helpful insight!

The book at the link below provides principles and practical steps that help you use the Power To Get Wealth. By 1992, we had $135,000 of debt and a negative $35,000 net worth. Financial bondage and turmoil led me to seek principles and a process for employing good stewardship. As a result, we became constructively debt-free in 1998, mortgage free January 2004, millionaires in 2012, multi-millionaires shortly thereafter, and retired in 2018 in my mid-fifties from public servant jobs while giving abundantly to fund the gospel of our LORD Jesus Christ. The same power is available to you!

https://www.amazon.com/Power-Get-Wealth-Randy-Parlor-ebook/dp/B08QCH5MVH/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Randy+Parlor&qid=1638336718&s=books&sr=1-2

You can find books authored by Randy and Karen Parlor at www.Amazon.com.

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