This program will help you undo financial bondage.
You've been asked by various charities to make a pledge to help them do the work they were formed to do or ministries have asked you to pledge money over and above your tithe and regular offerings, yet your budget does not show that you could give any extra money. At this point, the pressure is on because you always want to bless ministry work with an abundant offering, you don’t want to be considered faithless, and you know there are always people you can help by spreading the gospel and meeting basic needs. So what should you do?
This scenario is good reason for you to focus on spending less than you make, for pursuing a debt-free life, and for amassing assets to help others meet future needs because this lifestyle will afford you future opportunities to be a blessing to many others without placing yourself in the position of a poor steward. Before you pledge to anyone or any organization you should consult the bible to find out what it has to say about pledging, swearing, surety, and making oaths and you should ask the Holy Spirit what you should do.
If you decide to pledge without setting qualifiers on it, remember it is an oath to God, so pay it off when due because you love Him and don't want to dishonor His name. It's not a good idea to pledge from emotions, because it can lead to guilty feelings, legal obligations, callousness toward paying the pledge, or sinful methods to obtain the money, and broken relationships when you don’t do what others expect you to.
The qualifier that you can set on sacrificial giving is to make it a “faith promise” in which you agree to give a certain amount of money when God releases to you that amount or greater that is over and above what your current income would provide. Make it clear in your heart that you will give it when received and ask God to open the windows of Heaven through various sources and to show you ways that you could reasonably generate money to give according to your desire to bless and help.
Whether or not God provides the pathway for the “faith promise” funds and I believe He will, it is always best to consistently tithe and give abundant offerings to your local church and selected ministries from your current income while prayerfully asking God to increase your resources so you can give even more in the future.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Numbers 30:2, Psalms 15:4, Matthew 5:33-37, James 4:13-17, 5:12
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
MoneyWalk 84: Appreciating Your Spouse
This program will help you undo financial bondage.
Many Christian husbands and wives have failed to honor their spouses in that ways that they should. Thus, feelings of appreciation have evaporated affecting the family and church in many ways including financial. The most tragic consequence is elimination of unity. When this is lacking spouses will not forge a common path of vision for the family and divorce inevitably ensues. Most go through divorce proceedings and spend lots of money on lawyers’ fees, settling property and custody issues, and obtaining loans to pay one another off. It costs even more when the divorce gets messy and is dragged out a long time.
Sometimes this process of dishonor and disrespect starts when people are dating and continues into marriage. Yet, lots of people act like they cannot see it. It started with the verbal or physical abuse or the failure to open up to supposed serious dating partner about fears, focus, vision, and financial situation. It also can be seen by whether or not the person is trying to buy you with gifts instead of speaking and showing love in more meaningful ways. Sometimes, it can be seen by the dating partner spending money you discern they do not have in order to impress you so they can ultimately have their way with you. These and other situations are warning signs telling us to avoid this particular person as a date and/or spouse or telling us to see if they are willing to be molded by God to be the good steward He wants them to be and you will need as a spouse.
Couples can avoid this pitfall by respecting the person you're dating or married to by treating them honorably pursuant to God's word in every area of the relationship: sexually (no fornication or adultery allowed), physically (no abuse), emotionally (no verbal abuse or silent treatment, etc.), and financially (as an example to them giving regularly to the spread the gospel, praying daily and when you meet with them, attending church with them, reading scripture with them daily, budgeting your income, eliminating debt and staying out of debt, building savings for the future that can be put toward marital endeavors if that takes place after a fruitful dating period.
Giving honor and affection to them through your communication, actions, prayer, and example are foremost in the heart of God from one spouse to another. Frequently telling your spouse that you love him or her regardless of how your emotions might feel at the moment is a necessity. You can always say in truth, I love you with the love of the Lord, I love you with the love of the Lord, I can see in you the beauty of our King, yes I love you with the love of the Lord!
A part of this process of giving honor to your spouse is to present a gift on special days (birthday, valentine day, etc.) according to your ability without abandoning good financial stewardship that God calls you to. It would not be honorable to God, your spouse, your children, or yourself to give them a material gift that causes you to be a poor steward of the money that God has entrusted to you. However, most of us have the ability to purchase a gift, craft a gift, or write something lovely about our spouse with going outside of that which we can truly afford at the current time. You must remember that good financial stewardship over the years will increase your ability to honor them using more expensive material gifts (that are within your affordability at that time) as a token of the love that you have for them deep within your heart.
Even if you can’t afford to buy your partner what he/she wants, you can promote a healthy relationship that fosters respect, unity, financial growth, and success by planning to give him or her on special days an affordable gift you have budgeted for (greeting card, homemade with a poem, a special service you’ll provide, etc.). If you are doing the best you can while seeking to please the Lord and honor Him in how you do it, then a grateful spouse will realize that love is shown by the fact that you thought of him or her and gave what you were able.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Ephesians 5:25-30, Matthew 7:9-12, Romans 12:9-10, 1Peter 3:7
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Many Christian husbands and wives have failed to honor their spouses in that ways that they should. Thus, feelings of appreciation have evaporated affecting the family and church in many ways including financial. The most tragic consequence is elimination of unity. When this is lacking spouses will not forge a common path of vision for the family and divorce inevitably ensues. Most go through divorce proceedings and spend lots of money on lawyers’ fees, settling property and custody issues, and obtaining loans to pay one another off. It costs even more when the divorce gets messy and is dragged out a long time.
Sometimes this process of dishonor and disrespect starts when people are dating and continues into marriage. Yet, lots of people act like they cannot see it. It started with the verbal or physical abuse or the failure to open up to supposed serious dating partner about fears, focus, vision, and financial situation. It also can be seen by whether or not the person is trying to buy you with gifts instead of speaking and showing love in more meaningful ways. Sometimes, it can be seen by the dating partner spending money you discern they do not have in order to impress you so they can ultimately have their way with you. These and other situations are warning signs telling us to avoid this particular person as a date and/or spouse or telling us to see if they are willing to be molded by God to be the good steward He wants them to be and you will need as a spouse.
Couples can avoid this pitfall by respecting the person you're dating or married to by treating them honorably pursuant to God's word in every area of the relationship: sexually (no fornication or adultery allowed), physically (no abuse), emotionally (no verbal abuse or silent treatment, etc.), and financially (as an example to them giving regularly to the spread the gospel, praying daily and when you meet with them, attending church with them, reading scripture with them daily, budgeting your income, eliminating debt and staying out of debt, building savings for the future that can be put toward marital endeavors if that takes place after a fruitful dating period.
Giving honor and affection to them through your communication, actions, prayer, and example are foremost in the heart of God from one spouse to another. Frequently telling your spouse that you love him or her regardless of how your emotions might feel at the moment is a necessity. You can always say in truth, I love you with the love of the Lord, I love you with the love of the Lord, I can see in you the beauty of our King, yes I love you with the love of the Lord!
A part of this process of giving honor to your spouse is to present a gift on special days (birthday, valentine day, etc.) according to your ability without abandoning good financial stewardship that God calls you to. It would not be honorable to God, your spouse, your children, or yourself to give them a material gift that causes you to be a poor steward of the money that God has entrusted to you. However, most of us have the ability to purchase a gift, craft a gift, or write something lovely about our spouse with going outside of that which we can truly afford at the current time. You must remember that good financial stewardship over the years will increase your ability to honor them using more expensive material gifts (that are within your affordability at that time) as a token of the love that you have for them deep within your heart.
Even if you can’t afford to buy your partner what he/she wants, you can promote a healthy relationship that fosters respect, unity, financial growth, and success by planning to give him or her on special days an affordable gift you have budgeted for (greeting card, homemade with a poem, a special service you’ll provide, etc.). If you are doing the best you can while seeking to please the Lord and honor Him in how you do it, then a grateful spouse will realize that love is shown by the fact that you thought of him or her and gave what you were able.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Ephesians 5:25-30, Matthew 7:9-12, Romans 12:9-10, 1Peter 3:7
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
MoneyWalk 83: Where do I start my turn-a-round?
This program will help you undo financial bondage.
Many people are not confident in their ability to be all that God wants them to be including managing money. For some, this insecurity comes from feeling that they're not worthy to be used by God or blessed by Him. Others feel they’re simply not good at math or planning. Still others believe they have not been elevated to an income level that really matters to God.
Unfortunately, many people have been socialized to believe that they are nobody unless they have a large income or a position title with importance, authority, or fame. Many people express this view of themselves in their words and actions and some don’t even recognize it. They say things about themselves or the position they are currently in that belittles them. Overtime, this produces great unconscious insecurity within them that will stop them from standing up, speaking out, or taking control in the ways that they really need to do throughout life.
The following and similar statements are signs of such insecurity, “I’m just a secretary” or “my opinion really doesn’t matter” or “I’ll never be anything good” or “I just can’t manage money.” The ideology behind such statements is satanically inspired because it is the opposite of what you should be saying, “I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me!”
Satan tries to blind the minds of all men to the truth, because he knows the truth will make you free. We can take the blinders off men by letting them know that they are wonderfully made by God with the power to do everything He commanded them to do when they allow the Holy Spirit to lead them. Then by scripture and example, we can encourage them to love others, perform good works, and properly manage money for the benefit of the Kingdom of God and their families.
There's nothing wrong with having an important title and large income when your life is sanctified for God's use. Yet everything is wrong with these things when the fruit thereof does not directly or indirectly honor God, lead others to Him, and build them up in the faith. Every believer can perform mission no matter his position because he is an offspring of the Most High God.
Those that desire God’s kingdom to come and His will to be done will be used mightily to do the work of the ministry. They will spend time daily with the LORD in prayer and bible reading. In addition, they will tithe, give offerings, and use their physical and intellectual gifts to serve inside and outside their local church. Honoring the Lord in these ways is where your turn-a-round starts and you trustworthiness is maintained.
Please email any questions and pray for this ministry. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Proverbs 3:9-10, Mark 8:36, Luke 16:10-13, John 8:32-36, James 2:1-7
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Many people are not confident in their ability to be all that God wants them to be including managing money. For some, this insecurity comes from feeling that they're not worthy to be used by God or blessed by Him. Others feel they’re simply not good at math or planning. Still others believe they have not been elevated to an income level that really matters to God.
Unfortunately, many people have been socialized to believe that they are nobody unless they have a large income or a position title with importance, authority, or fame. Many people express this view of themselves in their words and actions and some don’t even recognize it. They say things about themselves or the position they are currently in that belittles them. Overtime, this produces great unconscious insecurity within them that will stop them from standing up, speaking out, or taking control in the ways that they really need to do throughout life.
The following and similar statements are signs of such insecurity, “I’m just a secretary” or “my opinion really doesn’t matter” or “I’ll never be anything good” or “I just can’t manage money.” The ideology behind such statements is satanically inspired because it is the opposite of what you should be saying, “I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me!”
Satan tries to blind the minds of all men to the truth, because he knows the truth will make you free. We can take the blinders off men by letting them know that they are wonderfully made by God with the power to do everything He commanded them to do when they allow the Holy Spirit to lead them. Then by scripture and example, we can encourage them to love others, perform good works, and properly manage money for the benefit of the Kingdom of God and their families.
There's nothing wrong with having an important title and large income when your life is sanctified for God's use. Yet everything is wrong with these things when the fruit thereof does not directly or indirectly honor God, lead others to Him, and build them up in the faith. Every believer can perform mission no matter his position because he is an offspring of the Most High God.
Those that desire God’s kingdom to come and His will to be done will be used mightily to do the work of the ministry. They will spend time daily with the LORD in prayer and bible reading. In addition, they will tithe, give offerings, and use their physical and intellectual gifts to serve inside and outside their local church. Honoring the Lord in these ways is where your turn-a-round starts and you trustworthiness is maintained.
Please email any questions and pray for this ministry. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Proverbs 3:9-10, Mark 8:36, Luke 16:10-13, John 8:32-36, James 2:1-7
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
MoneyWalk 82: How to be ready for troubles that arise
This program will help you undo financial bondage.
You should begin a daily routine of reading scripture, praying, and regularly attending local church services. In addition, you should develop plans for dealing with the possible problems by seeking counsel from godly people concerning the future outlook by:
1) Placing your whole trust in the LORD so much that the loss of money and other possessions, if the LORD so allows, does not hamper your joy in glorifying Him, witnessing to the lost, and ministering to the saints.
2) Identifying your present financial condition and determining how you can best preserve stability and continue to grow over the long haul.
3) Writing down your strategy for dealing with the troubles that will come. This plan will be a guide to help you utilize your faith in God and His principles to overcome the inevitable storms and make them short-lived in your life.
Although you cannot avoid many troubles, you can do a number of things like giving tithes and offerings to honor God and build His kingdom, establishing a budget, pursuing debt-free living, saving for rainy days, and diversifying your investments, etc. Through this process, the Lord will help you have victory over every attack of the enemy and every trial.
Each person establishing a relationship with Jesus Christ and employing biblical principles makes a church that together allows us to weather the storms of life. Let us not miss this opportunity for planning to preserve ourselves and to minister to the massive number of people who are in need of salvation, sanctification, and help in times of trouble.
Please email any questions and pray for this ministry. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
1Kings 17:9, Proverbs 16:9, Luke 14:28-32, Act 6, 2Corinthians 9:1-5
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You should begin a daily routine of reading scripture, praying, and regularly attending local church services. In addition, you should develop plans for dealing with the possible problems by seeking counsel from godly people concerning the future outlook by:
1) Placing your whole trust in the LORD so much that the loss of money and other possessions, if the LORD so allows, does not hamper your joy in glorifying Him, witnessing to the lost, and ministering to the saints.
2) Identifying your present financial condition and determining how you can best preserve stability and continue to grow over the long haul.
3) Writing down your strategy for dealing with the troubles that will come. This plan will be a guide to help you utilize your faith in God and His principles to overcome the inevitable storms and make them short-lived in your life.
Although you cannot avoid many troubles, you can do a number of things like giving tithes and offerings to honor God and build His kingdom, establishing a budget, pursuing debt-free living, saving for rainy days, and diversifying your investments, etc. Through this process, the Lord will help you have victory over every attack of the enemy and every trial.
Each person establishing a relationship with Jesus Christ and employing biblical principles makes a church that together allows us to weather the storms of life. Let us not miss this opportunity for planning to preserve ourselves and to minister to the massive number of people who are in need of salvation, sanctification, and help in times of trouble.
Please email any questions and pray for this ministry. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
1Kings 17:9, Proverbs 16:9, Luke 14:28-32, Act 6, 2Corinthians 9:1-5
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
MoneyWalk 81: Preparing for crisis in your life
This program will help you undo financial bondage.
You have probably heard the acronym Y2K. It was used to describe the scenario that many people thought would cripple the world in the year 2000 and bring about a catastrophe in world economic markets, recordkeeping arenas, etc. based on their expectation that the failure of computer programming would cause computer systems to fail.
Their belief stemmed from the fact that they computer programmers allowed only two digits of computer code in the field that allows computers to capture the current year and that this field would not recognize two zeros as a legitimate year. These two digits were to be the last two numbers of the current year within a century. This supposed failure of programming would make the situation very uncertain as to what would happen when the clock struck 12 AM to begin the year 2000 or when people would try to power up anything that ran by means of a computer operating system that used a date field on or after that time.
Everything from massive computer systems at big corporations to microwaves and TV’s were supposed to be negatively affected because the computerized operating systems wouldn't recognize the beginning of the new century. This prediction did not come to pass, yet it was a real enough belief and threat that many people planned what they would do in case it were to happen. And so they should have. A very good principle to live by is to prepare for rainy days because you know they will come at various periods throughout your life.
The fact that you don’t know when rainy days will come shouldn’t lead you to overlook the fact that they will come and do what is physically and monetarily reasonable to help you get through the rainy day with the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit. In this way, the Lord can help you conquer any negative effects of such crises because you planned as best you could how you would handle such situations according to scriptural principles.
When planning for such rainy days you should consider the story of Joseph in Egypt in the book of Genesis and how the early church handled crises, persecution, and needs of the body of Christ in the book of Acts. Then obey God's instructions to regularly fellowship with other believers and be a good steward of the money and resources He entrusts to you. Your relationship with God, obedience to biblical principles, and our unity as the body of Christ is the safe haven we each need. It is also a great opportunity to share the gospel with others through our example and our words.
Please email any questions and pray for this ministry. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Genesis 41, Psalms 68:6, Matthew 28:20, Acts 4:12, 32-37, Hebrews 10:25
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You have probably heard the acronym Y2K. It was used to describe the scenario that many people thought would cripple the world in the year 2000 and bring about a catastrophe in world economic markets, recordkeeping arenas, etc. based on their expectation that the failure of computer programming would cause computer systems to fail.
Their belief stemmed from the fact that they computer programmers allowed only two digits of computer code in the field that allows computers to capture the current year and that this field would not recognize two zeros as a legitimate year. These two digits were to be the last two numbers of the current year within a century. This supposed failure of programming would make the situation very uncertain as to what would happen when the clock struck 12 AM to begin the year 2000 or when people would try to power up anything that ran by means of a computer operating system that used a date field on or after that time.
Everything from massive computer systems at big corporations to microwaves and TV’s were supposed to be negatively affected because the computerized operating systems wouldn't recognize the beginning of the new century. This prediction did not come to pass, yet it was a real enough belief and threat that many people planned what they would do in case it were to happen. And so they should have. A very good principle to live by is to prepare for rainy days because you know they will come at various periods throughout your life.
The fact that you don’t know when rainy days will come shouldn’t lead you to overlook the fact that they will come and do what is physically and monetarily reasonable to help you get through the rainy day with the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit. In this way, the Lord can help you conquer any negative effects of such crises because you planned as best you could how you would handle such situations according to scriptural principles.
When planning for such rainy days you should consider the story of Joseph in Egypt in the book of Genesis and how the early church handled crises, persecution, and needs of the body of Christ in the book of Acts. Then obey God's instructions to regularly fellowship with other believers and be a good steward of the money and resources He entrusts to you. Your relationship with God, obedience to biblical principles, and our unity as the body of Christ is the safe haven we each need. It is also a great opportunity to share the gospel with others through our example and our words.
Please email any questions and pray for this ministry. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Genesis 41, Psalms 68:6, Matthew 28:20, Acts 4:12, 32-37, Hebrews 10:25
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