WORK IS OF THE LORD

Work is ordered by the LORD

Work unto Him and don’t get bored

Let work from faith in God increase

And your prosperity will not cease

One day you’ll find it will burst forth

To the south, east, west from North

You’ll see your blood, sweat, and tears

Pay off richly throughout the years

Other men will give to you

So you’ll have more that you can do

A large house and nice car

Are the result of working hard

If a man doesn’t work, he shall not eat

Because there will be no money to buy meat

So grab your hammer and your nail

Before your body begins to fail

At all times use your brain

You’ll see God’s blessing pour on you like rain

When you’re young you’ll be blessed

And when you’re old you’ll find rest

So work diligently by faith and don’t get bored

Cause work is ordered by the LORD!

MoneyWalk 246: Know Your Situation

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

The reality for many people who don't budget is their expenses inevitably outgrow their income and leave them in financial turmoil. You must keep the amount of expenses below the amount of income in order to have financial peace in your life.

It's important to get an income and spending plan started now, because the longer you wait the worse your situation is likely to get. It is not necessary to log every single expense on a ledger for the next few months before you decide what route you must take to correct your situation. You already know your situation is bad and should be better. Simply sit down and figure every expense you’re supposed to pay each creditor each month by looking at your bill stubs and checkbook ledger.

Once you’ve figured the total amount that you’re required to pay all creditors, subtract that amount from your net monthly income as determined by your pay stubs. If you have money left over, this is the amount that you must use to buy personal items, build savings, and give to fruitful ministries and charities that help other people. If you have little or no money left over, then you need to devise a plan to: reduce the amount of monthly payments you must make; increase your income; reduce the interest rates at which your indebtedness increases; or do all three in order to get your financial house in order and build wealth.

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Proverbs 27:23-27, Habakkuk 2:2-4, Luke 14:28-30, 2Corinthians 9:6-10

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MoneyWalk 245: Money Wise

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

You long to understand your reason for being. Your job has become boring and things advertised as pleasurable don’t bring happiness for long. You’ve hung out at the clubs, dated many people, consumed a lot of alcohol, and engaged in all kinds of entertainment to satisfy what you think you desire. But, you now recognize these things have not fulfilled you like you thought they would and like people told you they would.

Thinking and doing things according to the LORD’s wisdom is the only pathway that can produce fulfillment because it leads you to intimate relationship with Jesus Christ and the knowledge of the Great Commission and your particular purpose in Him that you are to pursue while on earth. Your calling does not have to be anything with a lofty spiritual title like pastor, evangelist, missionary, etc. though it could be. However, it is likely that most people’s calling (the work arenas they will pursue as a livelihood) will be in the marketplace (accounting, administration, physical labor, law, medicine, analyst, manager, etc.).

The arenas in which you work throughout the remainder of your life will be intertwined with your purpose and help fulfill the Great Commission as they are augmented by your continual maturity in Christ-likeness and its byproducts of godly communication, better lifestyle example, and good income management and disbursement to worthwhile ministry. Even when you do not say much (though you should be ready to share the reason for your Hope with anyone who asks or to whom God leads you) you will be an integral tool in God’s hand leading people to Christ, everlasting life, and good works.

Regard wisdom from the Lord more highly than money, gold, silver, precious jewels, position, power, politics, and any other material thing that men desire because through it He gives you dominion in the earth that is tailor made for you. It allows you to do all things through Christ which strengthen you. It helps you mature in Him to obtain the correct knowledge of God and better understand the plan for your life and how you can fulfill it step by step in a way that also enriches the lives of other people.

You are created to glorify God by loving Him through fellowship with Christ in praise, worship, and prayer and by helping fulfilling the Great Commission He gave you on this earth. Money without the Holy Spirit’s direction is of no eternal value to you and therefore of dubious earthly value. So, search the bible for knowledge and understanding of God’s will so you can make godly lifestyle and money management decisions in every arena pertinent to your life.

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Psalms 111:10, Proverbs 15:33, Galatians 6:7-10, Ephesians 5:15-17

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MoneyWalk 244: True Prosperity

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

Jesus Christ wants you to have the best in life, spiritually, naturally, and eternally, but that can only happen when you choose Him as Savior and LORD. He's the one who made you, who filled you with a godly purpose that is yet to be used, and who is calling you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

You dwell in a dry land when you rebel at the LORD’s offers of relationship with Him. However, He offers living water as the remedy for your thirsty soul when you repent of your sins and ask Him to come into your heart. This salvation which brings new life can begin for you right now no matter what your current condition or how bad you’ve messed up in the past, for every person’s righteousness is as filthy rags and no one earns salvation by performing good works. It is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ that you will be saved and not of works so that no man can boast it was his goodness or deeds that made him safe.

Cry out wherever you are in acceptance of His call and ask Him to help you be cleansed of all the filth that has attached itself to your life. If you’ve made this commitment, the church of God rejoices with the angels in heaven on your behalf. Now, encourage yourself in the LORD and know that He will instruct you to do good works by faith that will positively serve His kingdom, Church, and other people. As you faithfully, daily read the bible He will illuminate biblical principles that you should use to govern your life and financial affairs.

You'll see positive spiritual changes overtake you when you choose Jesus Christ as LORD. Likewise, when you commit yourself to His biblical financial principles you’ll progressively prosper and be successful in this life. True prosperity is understanding that God is looking out for your best interest and that you have eternal life with God starting now and a heavenly home awaiting you upon passage from this life.

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Psalms 1:1-6, Proverbs 16:3-4, Matthew 6:33, 2Corinthians 5:1-10

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MoneyWalk 243: Pay Taxes

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

There are people and organizations in the United States who say governments have no right to collect taxes from any citizen, visitor, or tourist. This attitude appears to be catching fire in some members of the church as well.

The first argument says that your allegiance is to God only and therefore you owe no government anything that you didn't borrow from them. The second argument says the U.S. Constitution contains no article or provision allowing taxation and therefore the president, congress, state, and local legislators have no right to pass laws requiring people to pay taxes. The third argument says the amount of taxation has become so enormous that it oppresses people and therefore must be boycotted and left unpaid.

Based upon biblical instruction, you as a godly person should recognize these arguments as invalid even though worldly-minded people may think these arguments valid. Though the current tax maze is burdensome to some and riddled with unfairness, God is sure to provide those who follow His principles more than enough to pay what the governments require. Jesus answered all the arguments by paying taxes for Himself and Peter and also instructing that you should "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars and render unto God what is God's.”

You certainly can do all you can to reduce the amount of taxes you pay by taking all legal exemptions, deductions, credits, and other benefits available to you. Just make sure you don’t ruin a blessing of earning extra income and accumulating greater assets by accepting the unwise belief that paying lower taxes is always better. Such logic will cause you to be continually broke or impoverished because the only way to truly be charged no or low taxes is to earn no or low income.

Use overtime and extra work to open the door for such blessing to come to you when it is aligned with God’s plan and common sense. While you should determine whether or not overall expenses would exceed the net amount that you will receive from extra paid work due to added child care costs, added transportation costs, added clothing costs, and taxes, you must understand mathematically the amount of taxes extracted will not stop you from receiving far more than you have right now to take care of the things He’s given you responsibility for and to get things you desire.

You can also protest in a legal way when an exorbitant amount of taxes is being extracted from you and other people. Also, when necessary you should communicate to federal, state, and local legislators that the tax system is too complicated and unfair to some people. Just understand that God provides your need according to His riches in glory and gives you more than enough to pay taxes due.

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1Kings 12:12-16, Matthew 17:24-27, Luke 20:21-26, Romans 13:1-7, 1Peter 2:11-17

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