This program will help you undo financial bondage.
When prosperity is preached many peoples’ eyes get real big and their hearts start racing, similar to what happens when they read an article about someone who has made millions. For many, the reason they want riches is to spend it upon their own lusts believing the greatest priority is to live in ease with the finest material trappings. Others simply don't know what God’s purpose is for them and thus what they should love and pursue.
Scripture tells us not to love money or have our eyes set on the pleasures of this earth as the highest priority. Yet, it lets us know through many stories and instructions that money, bartering, and resources are necessary mediums of exchange that everyone will deal with to some extent, great or small and that faithful followers should make efforts to increase our resources for furtherance of the gospel in the earth. In fact, the bible clearly shows that, even in the midst of persecution, God blessed many believers with great material riches and they were able to live in some level of comfort while partnering with Him to minister in the earth.
Though most people want the lifestyle that comes with riches, many don’t want the responsibility of doing what God requires and don’t want to hear about good stewardship because they might be convicted by not doing what God instructed in this area of life. Yet, in order for your riches to have meaning and benefit beyond this temporal life on earth, you must do the things that make your life fruitful regardless of whether riches have yet come your way. Walking in such principles while you have little allows the Heaven’s windows to be opened to you so God’s treasures can be poured out upon you and continuing to walk in biblical financial principles after you become wealthy keeps the windows continually open and heavenly treasures poured upon you, so you always have an abundance for every good work.
Biblically speaking, rich men are supposed to honor God, give abundantly to spread the gospel and do good works in proportion to the riches with which they've been blessed. So, if you truly dream of being rich understand your responsibilities in Christ and begin to perform them now without excuse because it is very unlikely that you would otherwise perform them if at once you come into riches. Begin your wealth-building plan by consistently giving one tenth of your gross income plus an offering to your local church and continue throughout your life by giving as abundantly to ministry as you desire to lavish upon yourself.
No matter what your current status in life, true fulfillment comes only from relationship with God and the best financial growth comes only by employing His system of managing money and resources. Remember only what you do for Christ will produce rewards that last throughout eternity!
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Luke 12:15-21, 2Corinthians 9:6-13, 1Timothy 6:17-19, James 5:1-11
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
MoneyWalk 110: Prosperous in Persecution #2
This program will help you undo financial bondage.
Managing money by employing biblical principles makes you a better person by enabling you to grow wealth to bless your family, church, and other people while leading them to God. Yet, you will suffer persecution when you commit to managing money the way God commanded. Many people will think and some will say your beliefs and actions are silly and illogical because they won't let you enjoy life. Many will say taking out loans to obtain things when you cannot afford to pay cash for them is the only reasonable way to live, especially when the loan would be obtained for education, real estate, and cars. Still others will say refusing to purchase stock in companies with sinful products and services will seriously hamper your ability to accumulate enough money to live on comfortably in the future when you need it the most.
When this type of persecution (ridicule) comes because you decide to follow godly principles for managing money, you must remember that God’s glory is what you seek and His ways are higher than your ways and always lead to the blessing He has in store for you that you cannot see right now. That’s what faith is all about! You will be better off in the end managing money God’s way than managing it your way or any other person’s way because the Lord gives a blessing to people who use His way and no sorrow is added to the blessing.
Patiently plowing and sowing seeds of biblical principles causes blessings, peace, and joy to fill your life, even in the midst of persecution. More importantly, you'll build treasures in heaven for your arrival there after this life is over. This will replace the great sorrow you would have endured for following the path of disobedience the world is on.
Many people will wonder how you became wealthy while letting Christ live in you when you refused to follow conventional worldly wisdom. Your life will become an example for all to follow in placing God’s priorities and ways of doing things above their own. Through your actions, many will see it’s not about money; rather it’s about glorifying God with the money and resources He entrusts to them. They will desire a loving and saving relationship with Jesus Christ and will lead others to Him because that is what they see in your life and the methods by which you manage money.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Matthew 10:29-40, 1Corinthians 4:10-16, 1Thessalonians 2:14-20, 2Timothy 3:10-17
Please forward these bondage breaking articles to other people who can use helpful insight!!!
You can find books authored by Randy and Karen Parlor at www.Amazon.com.
Managing money by employing biblical principles makes you a better person by enabling you to grow wealth to bless your family, church, and other people while leading them to God. Yet, you will suffer persecution when you commit to managing money the way God commanded. Many people will think and some will say your beliefs and actions are silly and illogical because they won't let you enjoy life. Many will say taking out loans to obtain things when you cannot afford to pay cash for them is the only reasonable way to live, especially when the loan would be obtained for education, real estate, and cars. Still others will say refusing to purchase stock in companies with sinful products and services will seriously hamper your ability to accumulate enough money to live on comfortably in the future when you need it the most.
When this type of persecution (ridicule) comes because you decide to follow godly principles for managing money, you must remember that God’s glory is what you seek and His ways are higher than your ways and always lead to the blessing He has in store for you that you cannot see right now. That’s what faith is all about! You will be better off in the end managing money God’s way than managing it your way or any other person’s way because the Lord gives a blessing to people who use His way and no sorrow is added to the blessing.
Patiently plowing and sowing seeds of biblical principles causes blessings, peace, and joy to fill your life, even in the midst of persecution. More importantly, you'll build treasures in heaven for your arrival there after this life is over. This will replace the great sorrow you would have endured for following the path of disobedience the world is on.
Many people will wonder how you became wealthy while letting Christ live in you when you refused to follow conventional worldly wisdom. Your life will become an example for all to follow in placing God’s priorities and ways of doing things above their own. Through your actions, many will see it’s not about money; rather it’s about glorifying God with the money and resources He entrusts to them. They will desire a loving and saving relationship with Jesus Christ and will lead others to Him because that is what they see in your life and the methods by which you manage money.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Matthew 10:29-40, 1Corinthians 4:10-16, 1Thessalonians 2:14-20, 2Timothy 3:10-17
Please forward these bondage breaking articles to other people who can use helpful insight!!!
You can find books authored by Randy and Karen Parlor at www.Amazon.com.
Monday, August 15, 2011
MoneyWalk 109: Prosperous in Persecution
This program will help you undo financial bondage.
We all suffer various forms of persecution as we walk the way that God wants us to financially and otherwise. In some Middle Eastern, African, and Asian countries some suffer imprisonment, torture, and death as a result of choosing to follow Jesus. Some are forced into indoctrination camps of other religions so leaders of these countries can attempt to brainwash gospel truth out of their minds. Laws in some of these nations consider Christianity criminal and some governments attempt to establish non-scriptural doctrine within Christian churches by requiring that they register and hold meetings when, where, and how the government desires.
It does not bode well for people’s future that some governments have drafted laws and judges have issued court decisions that restrict peoples’ ability to teach what the bible says, evangelize the lost, and build people up in the most holy faith. This activity is contrary to God’s will and it erodes the country’s moral base and ultimately will result in greater societal chaos and anarchy in the future, unless corrected. I pray that the Holy Spirit would move the heart of leaders around the world to eliminate laws that attempt to restrict people’s freedom to live Christ-like and thus be productive and prosperous.
While we realize there are negative situations that Christians must live and minister through, we must also remember the positive result of Christ in our lives: that we are prosperous in persecution. Just like diamonds are made from many years of extreme pressure and dross on gold and silver are eliminated via seemingly unbearable fire, so God allows us to be pressed, crushed, ridiculed, and persecuted in order that we may display His character through it and be fashioned into blessed vessels useful to His kingdom and to those around us.
Christian solder, let the peace of God that surpasses all understanding guide your heart and mind, so that even though you will suffer persecution, you are certain that God will abundantly supply all your need so you can do every good work for which He has called you.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Matthew 5:11-12, 1Corinthians 4:10-14, 1Thessalonians 2:14-20, 2Timothy 3:10-17
Please forward these bondage breaking articles to other people who can use helpful insight!!!
You can find books authored by Randy and Karen Parlor at www.Amazon.com.
We all suffer various forms of persecution as we walk the way that God wants us to financially and otherwise. In some Middle Eastern, African, and Asian countries some suffer imprisonment, torture, and death as a result of choosing to follow Jesus. Some are forced into indoctrination camps of other religions so leaders of these countries can attempt to brainwash gospel truth out of their minds. Laws in some of these nations consider Christianity criminal and some governments attempt to establish non-scriptural doctrine within Christian churches by requiring that they register and hold meetings when, where, and how the government desires.
It does not bode well for people’s future that some governments have drafted laws and judges have issued court decisions that restrict peoples’ ability to teach what the bible says, evangelize the lost, and build people up in the most holy faith. This activity is contrary to God’s will and it erodes the country’s moral base and ultimately will result in greater societal chaos and anarchy in the future, unless corrected. I pray that the Holy Spirit would move the heart of leaders around the world to eliminate laws that attempt to restrict people’s freedom to live Christ-like and thus be productive and prosperous.
While we realize there are negative situations that Christians must live and minister through, we must also remember the positive result of Christ in our lives: that we are prosperous in persecution. Just like diamonds are made from many years of extreme pressure and dross on gold and silver are eliminated via seemingly unbearable fire, so God allows us to be pressed, crushed, ridiculed, and persecuted in order that we may display His character through it and be fashioned into blessed vessels useful to His kingdom and to those around us.
Christian solder, let the peace of God that surpasses all understanding guide your heart and mind, so that even though you will suffer persecution, you are certain that God will abundantly supply all your need so you can do every good work for which He has called you.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Matthew 5:11-12, 1Corinthians 4:10-14, 1Thessalonians 2:14-20, 2Timothy 3:10-17
Please forward these bondage breaking articles to other people who can use helpful insight!!!
You can find books authored by Randy and Karen Parlor at www.Amazon.com.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
MoneyWalk 108: Good Seed Produces Good Fruit Produces Good Seed
This program will help you undo financial bondage.
According to biblical instruction, you manage money properly when you give, save, and spend reasonable portions of it to take care of all the present and future responsibilities God gave you. Such stewardship is a display of the gospel seed being planted in your life that produces the fruit of the Spirit in your life that produces good seed that leads and blesses other people by the spread of the gospel.
Satan and his demonic messengers will continue to attack you with the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Never let your stewardship be guided by greed, covetousness, waste and other evil reasons taught by satan and pursued by the world. God punishes the prideful and uplifts the humble. Better to let Him punish satan and destroy his former works in you while He builds you up and promotes you than to put yourself in a position where God’s justice must punish you along with satan and the demons.
Anytime you operate outside of God's plan for your life and do things opposite the way in which He directed, you're operating out of pride because you're saying that you know better than God does how to be successful and fulfilled in life. Also, you're fulfilling lusts because you're putting receipt of material things and short-lived pleasures ahead of your relationship with God. You're not seeking the Kingdom of God first and His righteousness trusting that He will provide you all other things necessary for life and godliness while you walk out this life.
Walking in the spirit is very important in managing your money properly because when you walk in the spirit you'll not fulfill ungodly lusts. You’ll spend money on products or services with an eye on God receiving glory. The fruit of the Spirit that guides your lifestyle will also guide how you steward possessions God has entrusted to you. In so doing, the Good Seed (Jesus Christ) will produce good fruit in you that will produce good seed that continually reproduce good fruit (character and works that magnify the Lord) in you and those you touch throughout life. Then, you’re truly a living example of Christ-likeness who helps those around you who need the eternal, loving, saving, protecting relationship with Christ.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
1Corinthians 13:13, Galatians 5:16-26, Colossians 3:1-6, Titus 1:5-11
Please forward these bondage breaking articles to other people who can use helpful insight!!!
You can find books authored by Randy and Karen Parlor at www.Amazon.com.
According to biblical instruction, you manage money properly when you give, save, and spend reasonable portions of it to take care of all the present and future responsibilities God gave you. Such stewardship is a display of the gospel seed being planted in your life that produces the fruit of the Spirit in your life that produces good seed that leads and blesses other people by the spread of the gospel.
Satan and his demonic messengers will continue to attack you with the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Never let your stewardship be guided by greed, covetousness, waste and other evil reasons taught by satan and pursued by the world. God punishes the prideful and uplifts the humble. Better to let Him punish satan and destroy his former works in you while He builds you up and promotes you than to put yourself in a position where God’s justice must punish you along with satan and the demons.
Anytime you operate outside of God's plan for your life and do things opposite the way in which He directed, you're operating out of pride because you're saying that you know better than God does how to be successful and fulfilled in life. Also, you're fulfilling lusts because you're putting receipt of material things and short-lived pleasures ahead of your relationship with God. You're not seeking the Kingdom of God first and His righteousness trusting that He will provide you all other things necessary for life and godliness while you walk out this life.
Walking in the spirit is very important in managing your money properly because when you walk in the spirit you'll not fulfill ungodly lusts. You’ll spend money on products or services with an eye on God receiving glory. The fruit of the Spirit that guides your lifestyle will also guide how you steward possessions God has entrusted to you. In so doing, the Good Seed (Jesus Christ) will produce good fruit in you that will produce good seed that continually reproduce good fruit (character and works that magnify the Lord) in you and those you touch throughout life. Then, you’re truly a living example of Christ-likeness who helps those around you who need the eternal, loving, saving, protecting relationship with Christ.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
1Corinthians 13:13, Galatians 5:16-26, Colossians 3:1-6, Titus 1:5-11
Please forward these bondage breaking articles to other people who can use helpful insight!!!
You can find books authored by Randy and Karen Parlor at www.Amazon.com.
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