Over fifty percent of marriages end in divorce and over fifty percent of them are due to financial difficulties and differences in opinion on finances. During the past few decades many marriage of twenty to thirty years have ended in divorce. Spouses are hurting one another and we are creating selfish, bratty children. Often this is unintentional, yet due to our failure to be good examples to both by properly managing our desires and money.
If this isn’t bad enough, the problems get worse during and after divorce proceedings due to costly property fights, legal proceedings that can last many years, and provisions for second and third families. It can be said that the breakup of the biblically based arrangement and unity of families, that is necessary for instructing everyone in godliness in every arena of life, is a leading cause of the continual record level rise in personal bankruptcies, home foreclosures, vehicle repossessions, and local / state / national debt.
Borrowing to buy depreciating assets at ever increasing prices usually destroy a marriage because it beats the spouses down via stress, financial pressure, poverty, hopelessness, and life beneath the abundance God planned for them. He gave you free will to choose between right and wrong and established the blessings and curses that accompany these choices. You will not escape the consequences of wrong choices until you have a change of heart that leads to seeking His will and obeying biblical principles in order to make the right choices.
God’s plan for correcting your attitude and actions to solidify the bond of unity is for you to live by His principles. You will do this when you love His will more than your own. Knowledge and understanding of His will should cause you to draft a 6-month to 1-year budget to control spending, give abundantly to Church ministry, eliminate debt, save, and invest while you regularly attend church, pray, and study the bible in order to build up God’s kingdom and your family for the betterment of everyone around you.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May the LORD bless you richly as you follow His plan!
Genesis 2:24, Malachi 2:13-16, Matthew 19:3-6, Ephesians 5:28-33
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