Christians should learn to be skilled at what God calls us to do. The Holy Ghost gives the understanding necessary for this skillfulness because He stands ready to qualify everyone God has called to a particular ministry.
Ministry is any full-time or part-time work / service you engage where the input conforms to biblical principles for living and where the output produces godly fruit and/or income that will support the great commission that Jesus gave the church. You also have this mission individually because you are a member of the body of Christ. When you work as unto the Lord, recognizing Him as Creator, King, and Lord of all then your work in any legitimate industry qualifies as ministry (politics, business, sports, government regulation, pastoral care, evangelism, etc.).
No matter how many vocations you have at one time, your God-given priority is to make sure that you input godliness and output good fruit into that work. This is also true in your vocation as manager over God's possessions. Everything you have is really His and you are simply a steward over a portion of His estate. Therefore, you want to be clever about managing His belongings in order to get the most out of them.
Never say you don't have enough money to manage (tithe, eliminate debt, save, invest, and diversify), otherwise your mind will then focus on spending all the income you receive. This will lead to a life of debt bondage where you recklessly take out loans to finance purchase unrealistic present desires that won't allow you to properly tithe, save, and invest for greater future returns.
It takes spiritual dexterity in order maintain a positive outlook and follow the Lord instructions for managing finances in both good times and bad times. The Holy Spirit resides in you and gives you needed dexterity to throw touchdown passes with either hand so that, throughout life, you are profitable, blessed, and prosperous to the Kingdom, yourself, and other people.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Judges 20:16, 1Chronicles 12:2, 2Timothy 2:15-16, Titus 1:9
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