MoneyWalk 340: Get Out Of Debt

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

Handling money management in a biblically correct way benefits you by allowing money to be put to the right uses in the right proportion to your income and assets; those in line with God’s purpose for you and the Church. This includes spreading the gospel, making disciples of other people, properly caring for your family, training them in His holy morals and standards, helping those truly in need in ways that truly help them and shows them how to help themselves in the future.

This pattern allows the money the LORD entrusts to you to remain under His spiritual direction and your earthly control when it otherwise be paid out to those you borrow from and used irresponsibility. The mind of Christ in you desires to show you that getting in debt is not faithful to Him because it shows you do not believe He is the provider of all and desires to help you succeed without turning to ways of doing it that are not in line with instructions in the bible.

The bible does not contain any story, instruction, encouragement, or motivation to pursue lifestyle, success, notoriety, or power through borrowing money and thus taking on debt. Men around you may do it and a small number may become very successful to the world and receive honor in the eyes of men, but the vast majority of people who use debt as the means to attain success suffer the burden of financial bondage that ruins relationships, family unity, personal psyche, reputations, etc.

Having beliefs and taking actions opposite of scriptural instruction lessens your ability to trust the LORD to provide all you need so you have all sufficiency in all things. It puts you in a place where you are a slave to the lender, who most times is led by worldly designs to enslave your income, assets, and wealth building capacity so it cannot be used to greatly benefit people in the way that God desires.

Start the mind renewal and thus lifestyle renewal process by (1) accepting Jesus Christ as Savior & LORD, (2) daily thanking, praising, & worshipping Him, (3) regularly reading / studying the bible, (4) daily praying to Him, (5) weekly attending a church that teaches biblical instruction and admonishes its parishioners to live according to it, (6) working faithfully in a way that brings gainful income, (7) tithing & offering, (8) saving an emergency fund, and (9) investing once adequate savings are put away in order to build wealth that will benefit the kingdom and your heirs in due time.

All of this should lead you to draft a budget based on the priorities (1) give first, (2) then save, (3) then spend reasonably. It must identify your monthly income, subtract your expected expenses, and show you whether you have a surplus or deficit and give you a view of whether or not you need to cut expenses and/or grow income via overtime, new jobs, and no cost entrepreneurial profit making ventures in order to master all of the things mentioned in the paragraph above.

If you don't follow the biblical plan, you will employ satan's destructive plan for your life by obtaining credit cards and loans you don't need in order to buy things you cannot afford. This only brings misery into your life. In fact, that's the situation satan wants to see you in though he presents a rosy picture of benefits debt will bring you in order to entice you to follow his path. You have to remember he often appears as an angel of light and not the ugly ogre he really is. Therefore, you have to be on your guard against his trickery and deceit. A righteous man sees destruction on the path ahead and avoids it, but a fool walks right into it and is injured.

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Deuteronomy 28:12, 15, 44, Psalms 37:21, Proverbs 22:7, Romans 13:8

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MoneyWalk 339: Giving Abundantly

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

Supernatural blessings will overflow in your life when you faithfully tithe and give offerings. A tithe is one tenth of your gross income. It is most often given to the local Church that regularly feeds and cares for you. Offerings are free-will in nature and should be given cheerfully as you purpose in your heart. These forms of giving help care for the facilities, personnel, organization, and outreach of the local Church in its connection with the global Church and other connected ministries like missions, help for qualified widows, orphans, and the poor, building funds, and other projects that please the heart of the LORD. All of these things serve and glorify the LORD because they help the gospel of Jesus Christ reach other people even while the funds may also help care for other people’s physical needs, such as food, clothing, shelter, transportation to jobs, medical conditions, etc.

Like the father of our faith, Abraham, spiritually mature Christians tithe and offer because the funds are used to take the gospel to the unsaved and disciple those who are saved so they can develop a closer relationship with Christ. In addition, we recognize that giving moves God's hand to abundantly bless so we can do more for Him in the future than we have done in the past. We recognize that He is the person who provides all our income, assets, resources, intelligence, bodily strength, and anything else that we have in this life.

Do not be trapped in a fruitless lifestyle or negative financial condition by failing to recognize the LORD’s ownership of all creation. Give Him the sacrifice of thanks, praise, and worship commanded in scripture and let this extend via abundant giving for worthwhile ministry and by personally engaging ministry. He promised that if you will give to evangelize, make disciples, and build His kingdom in the hearts of men, He will eliminate the devourer from your life and open the windows of Heaven to pour out huge blessing on you that will overflow into the lives of other people. He also promised His blessing will make you rich and no sorrow follows it. This is eternal and earthly blessing the world cannot match.

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Genesis 14:20, 1Chronicles 29:3-6, Luke 11:42, Hebrews 7:8

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MoneyWalk 338: Offer What You Have

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Many of us want abundant blessings and reward from the LORD in our lives, however we do not sow abundantly in order to reap a harvest. The Word identified sowing and reaping as the process by which our lives will prosper and the earth would be blessed through the building of His kingdom in men’s hearts.

We are spiritual farmers who recognize that sowing in the natural brings natural and spiritual prosperity and we are only required to give in proportion to the income we receive not the income of our neighbors or the measure others believe we should give. The love in our heart for the LORD and other people who need to know Him and develop intimate relationships with Him should always lead us to give abundantly instead of first considering how much we need or want to keep for ourselves. Consistent tithing and a free will offering of your choice is depicted in scripture as the proportion of your income that represents the starting point for abundant giving that the Church uses in order to plant the Word in the hearts of men to see them and God’s kingdom flourish on earth.

It’s foolish for a farmer to think that he will have a harvest in the Fall when he does not sow any seed in the Spring. The same is true for you regardless of how spiritual you are. God established the laws under which the earth and all its inhabitants will be blessed and rewarded, however He has also given you free will that allows you to choose lifestyles / activities that conflict with His laws. When you do, you ultimately reap the negative consequences that result. This could mean living your days on the earth without experiencing the spiritual and /or natural growth, prosperity, and/or eternal life He made available to you through Jesus Christ.

All God desires is that you sow proportionately and abundantly from what you have, not what you do not have. Even when you’ve messed your finances up by getting in debt, you can tithe and give an offering. This is the sowing process involving your finances that will reap a harvest for you and the church in due time. It shows a trust and faith in the LORD as the provider of all good things and One who can help you resolve every problem in your life and eliminate all debts currently owed to others.

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2Corinthians 8:12, Ecclesiastes 11:4, Matthew 25:14-31, Luke 19:12-27

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MoneyWalk 337: Diligence Blesses You

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

Your attitude must change to see your work as a blessing from God (whatever type you engage at the present time). Then, you’ll have the power to become diligent at following biblical commands in order to allow providence to substantially bless your future. When you consider the step ladder you are on as one that is beneficial to take you to the next higher step until in life you reach the summit the LORD desires you to stand on, then He is sure to stretch your take home pay and increase your income in the future via promotions, investments, business opportunities, witty inventions, and/or innovative ideas that build His kingdom and serve other people.

Don’t complain about your work or employer, just begin to thank God every morning when you rise and before you go to bed for the step you are currently on because it allows you to take care of your responsibilities and build a better future for you and your family. Even if the picture doesn’t look bright right now, your diligent effort and faithful attendance causes good references and allies to line up on your side to bring you into better positions and opportunities when the time is right. This also can have the effect of launching you in the future into a profitable entrepreneurial endeavor where you become the employer and get to set the vision for the work while having more control over the hours you put into it.

Do not disparage the size of your current income, the supposed insignificance of your position, or the work atmosphere. Just declare that every good and bad experience work together for your good according to Romans 8:28. Then, your present circumstance will link you to the next step in God's plan for your life. No earthly treasure obtained any other way can match the peace, joy, eternal security, and earthly abundance that result from diligently seeking Him, fulfilling His purpose for your life, and being obedient to His instruction.

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Proverbs 6:6-11, Romans 12:10-12, 2Thessalonians 3:10-14, James 2:21-24

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MoneyWalk 335: Your Mighty Weapons

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

Everyone faces costly situations at various points in their lives. However, some people create some of these situations by being disobedient to the LORD’s instruction, then call them emergencies when they cannot pay the bills. You must recognize that you are a child of the King, yet it will cost you dearly if you think of yourself more highly than you ought to by taking on ungodly practices including debt bondage. You will severely stunt your spiritual maturity and your ability to help plant and water God’s kingdom in the hearts of other people.

Remember, you are not wrestling against people and creditors rather you're wrestling against satan and demonic powers that want to keep you from fulfilling God's plan for your life. They charm you with thoughts of social activities and an abundance of material things that create a dependence upon satan’s method of financial stewardship. They know God weaved money and goods throughout the fabric of your life so you could use a majority of it to advance the gospel. So, they desire to stop you from doing this by motivating you to put self first in all things and focus the vast majority of the money God entrusts to you toward yourself and worldly pleasures.

While the noose around your neck gets tighter and tighter due to the lust of the flesh, eyes, and pride of life, the satanic forces and world around you tell you that God has forsaken you even though their principles dragged you down and led you to destruction. But my friend there’s hope. Turn to God right now, trust His principles no matter how unusual they seem, regularly fellowship with believers, crucify fleshly desires, and pray against strategies satan wants to use against you. Then, the LORD is sure to prosper you eternally and use you naturally in ways you never dreamed possible.

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Matthew 16:15-19, 2Corinthians 10:3-6, Ephesians 6:10-18, Jude 1:20-23

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MoneyWalk 334: Eliminate Strongholds And Bondage

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

Focused prayer to the LORD including thanks, praise, and worship will help you pull down debt strongholds, eliminate overspending, and destroy ungodly desires. It identifies the financial traps that the demonic forces have set for you and the habits you’ve developed that have made you a borrower, one who is indebted to others and to the world system, a slave instead of one who takes dominion according to the power and authority God gave you. Then, it destroys the weights and sins that easily beset you by rebuking them in Jesus name, resisting the temptations, and instilling commitment to obey the Word of God in all things including biblical financial principles.

You must schedule alone time with God during each day where you do not allow anything to keep you from His presence. Also, randomly and spontaneously praise and worship Him throughout your day and do not forget to thank Him for the salvation He gave you over sin and for the Christ-like nature, fruitfulness, success, and prosperity He is imparting to you while you’re still on earth and for what He’s going to do as you move throughout the future.

Such a worshipful atmosphere pleases Him and brings favor upon your life. In it, you’ll find knowledge and understanding you didn’t previously have access to as well as wisdom to make the choices that are best for you, your loved ones, and everyone you come in contact with. When you commit to this lifestyle you will receive power to get your financial house in order and God will be moved to provide supernatural help to better your situation. In vocation, avocation, and recreation you will be truly successful at fulfilling the purpose for which He made you, which helps build His kingdom in the hearts of men while on earth in hope they will choose Him as LORD and Savior and not experience an eternity of Hell when they leave this realm.

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Psalms 37:4, Matthew 18:18, 2Corinthians 10:4-6, 1John 5:13-15

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MoneyWalk 336: Financial Endurance

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

When we accept Jesus as our Savior we immediately become sons of God, have intimate access to Him, and a heavenly home we will fully experience upon our earthly demise. We also have access to all the LORD’s treasures needed to complete His mission and purposes for us on earth, corporately and individually.

Through daily prayer, bible reading, and weekly fellowship with the Church (a local expression of Jesus Christ’s body) we learn how His grace provides all we need, while faith in His ability to provide and be all that we need and more provides access to all we need, and obedience in following His instruction (in the Word and confirmed by the Holy Spirit) is often a key to being in the right place at the right time and receiving all we need. Certainly, the LORD can and does allow us benefits outside of this scenario at times. But the above scenario is most often the pattern for our maturity and realization of the things He wants to provide to help us reach the destiny He has in mind for us.

He also, knows that no man is perfect until after death or resurrection he reaches the eternal heavenly home. No one’s actions become all that God wants them to be overnight. We all walk out a process on earth that takes time to rid us of negative attitudes and activities. This sanctification process helps us lose the taste for sin and actions that are not expedient for us. However, throughout our earthly lifetime, we war against the cravings of our flesh, eyes, pride, satan, and demonic spirits. We sometimes slip or continue to live out bad habits until the Lord works them out of us in this maturity process. He is the Father to his children helping them to grow from infant to child to teen to adult.

Situations and obstacles that hamper you get better much sooner than anticipated when you adhere to biblical principles including those related to your personal finances. Societal norms, family traditions and opinions, peer pressure, etc. will present themselves as obstacles to try and stop you from becoming all that God planned. The enemy does not want you to prosper and profit because good stewards build God’s kingdom and destroy satan’s plan to bring as many humans as possible with him to his eternal home in Hell, which by the way was never intended for us.

In Christ, you have the power to overcome every obstacle, rebuke it, and resist its influence. Do not be weary in doing what God says is right because in due season you will be blessed for having done it! The godly seed you sow by moral living, understanding everything belongs to the LORD, working diligently, tithing, offering, budgeting your income and expenses, living within your income, eliminating debt, refusing to cosign, saving, investing, diversifying assets, and helping others learn His way of doing things will be multiplied back to you many times over.

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Proverbs 20:21, Isaiah 55:10-13, Romans 5:3-5, Galatians 6:7-10, James 1:2-11

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