MoneyWalk 357: Jesus In You Is Necessary For True Success

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

The best blessing can only be obtained by confessing that Jesus Christ is your Savior and LORD. This blessing cannot be earned. It is only available based on the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross, His righteousness extended to you, and His resurrection as a sign that you also are raised to newness of life upon accepting Him as the only way to be saved.

In Him are many other blessings as well. He provides them to help you fulfill His plan upon the earth for the salvation and disciple-making of other people. True and everlasting success only come as a result of listening to Him to identify ways to engage His plan as you go about your life in every venue (the marketplace, neighborhood, relationships, etc.). Regardless of the money and material things you have or do not have, without Him you can only be successful in the eyes of men. What does that gain you in the light of eternity? It profits a person nothing to gain the world, but lose His soul.

From the foundation of the world, God planned to meet every need and desire of mankind. He knew by giving Adam and Eve freewill they would sin and bring a curse upon mankind that could only be eliminated by the blood of Jesus Christ. Every person engages evil works and will ultimately pay an eternally painful price for it until accepting Jesus Christ.

Even on earth, good (activities that please Him) and evil (ungodly activities that displease Him) have respective positive and negative consequences attached to them. Positive results that bring eternal reward come only when you honor Christ by living for Him in the way that pleases Him. This can only be accomplished by allowing Him to live His life in you and show it outwardly to others. For your eternal and earthly sake, no matter the station in life or career you have been afforded, you must rely on biblical instruction to truly secure blessing for your life. Honor God by living for Him including using His money management principles. Only then are you assured of righteousness, peace, and joy forevermore.

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Proverbs 3:5-10, Malachi 3:6-12, Matthew 6:25-34, Luke 6:38

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MoneyWalk 356: The Truth Will Make You Free

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Jesus said He saw satan fall like lightning to the earth when he was kicked out of Heaven. This shows the LORD’s almighty power over all things. However, He did not immediately strip satan and the fallen angels of all power because He knew humans he was going to create, place on earth, and give dominion over it would need thorns in the side in order to exercise free will in choosing to accept His love through Jesus Christ, follow Him, and develop character.

Satan roams the earth like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour in every area of life including the financial arena. He works to get people to agree with him, so they develop attitudes, activities, policies, and processes that promote his ungodly principles. For example, he and his earthly spokespeople tell you not to tithe and give abundantly to ministry work because its legalistic and eliminates your fun and control by reducing your ability to buy many things you really should not have, maybe at the current time and maybe not at all. He also pushes manipulative advertising that encourages you to desire many things that will motivate you to purchase them rather than making it a priority to give abundantly for the gospel to be communicated to those who will be lost for eternity if they do not come to Christ. Many choose to disbelieve that satan’s aim seeks to ruins their lives and eternity or they simply will not acknowledge that such things are poor stewardship in which he and his minions are intimately involved.

Prioritizing getting things you desire and saying things you desire are needs seem wise to the flesh, but this mindset destroys the vast majority of people who adopt it and ruins eternity for many because they fail to ever make intimacy with Jesus Christ and good stewardship according to His will the pre-eminent aim of their lives. On earth it also stops the majority from establishing boundaries that really help them care for responsibilities in a God-honoring manner and from establishing funds to take care of emergency needs that will arise throughout life. In addition, it stops them from building wealth for the future to help abundantly care for themselves, family, and the Church as they age and go through the veritable up and down economies that occur throughout life.

To worldly people, the LORD’s principles seem foolish and in conflict but the results are amazing. Many ask how can a person throughout life tithe / give abundantly and live abundantly while at the same time build great wealth. The answer lies in His creation of the universe in which a tightly closed hand will not give as it should and thus cannot receive as He desires. Opening your hand, throughout the remainder of your life, to give abundantly of current and future income and assets, especially toward endeavors that help evangelize and make disciples of others, opens your life to manifold blessings and rewards befitting of an obedient child of the King.

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Proverbs 11:24-26, Ecclesiastes 11:4-6, Mark 10:29-31, Luke 6:38

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MoneyWalk 355: A Foolish Move

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The bible says cosigning for another person’s loan is a foolish move. Yet, people do it every day instead of taking the appropriate action, which usually is exhorting them to work and save money until they can afford to buy the item without debt.

Many people want you to cosign because they have a burning desire for something material. They may even call it a need. Many will ask you even though they have been irresponsible in managing their money, living within their means, and paying debts. Financial institutions will not loan them money on their own record because of their poor credit history. At that point, getting a loan requires a cosigner who has adequate annual income, a reputable loan re-payment history, and a willingness to put his / her financial reputation and situation on the line for the person who wants to take out the loan.

The cosigner will become surety for the bank that gives it a much better chance of getting repaid the loan principle and associated interest, even if the borrower does not follow through on his / her obligation. The best advice is to never cosign. Many people never repay loans that have cosigners. This is the reason the bible says, “when you cosign your garments are likely to be taken.” If you believe the person has a true need and has acted disciplined and responsible with their finances and life, give as much toward the need as you can afford without going into debt or failing to care for your responsibilities.

The bible does not make a distinction between cosigning for people who have been responsible with their finances and those who have not or have never acquired a loan and thus have no re-payment history for financial institutions to bank on. It simply admonishes us to never become surety for another person.

An important lesson we must teach to our extended family, friends, and acquaintances is their need to be godly stewards of the incomes and assets God entrusts to them, to have integrity in repaying debts owed, to pursue needed and desired material things in a debt-free fashion, and to allow God to supernaturally provide them with desires they cannot afford.

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Proverbs 17:18, Romans 13:8, 2Corinthians 8:12, Ephesians 5:17

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MoneyWalk 354: Failure to Plan Produces Failure

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In order to experience good results from your work, you must have spiritual vision that comes from godly / moral values while engaging and cultivating the type of activities / employments that can produce desired results that are a benefit to you and other people. You must see what is not evident by the situation you are in today and call those things that be not as though they are. Declare a thing and so shall it be unto you and as a man thinks in his heart so is he. I understand that Henry Ford once said “Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right” in order to help people see that a can do attitude and employments are the best way to go when you believe you need or want to do something that will positively help others.

Never do what is wicked in God's eyes, however measure guidance and advice from other people by the Word and your intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit before automatically stopping each activity that another person or group of people say you should stop, no matter how respected they may be in your community. Simply listen and take their guidance under advisement until you are clear that the guidance is the best indication that you should change course.

In life you may start as a grocery bagger but may end up a store manager or you may start by sitting in the pews listening to and learning from others but may end up as director of evangelism. You may start as the janitor but may wind up the company president. These scenarios have played out for millions of people over the years because of their faithful and diligent attention to the business and ministry God placed them in. Your increasing spiritual and financial maturity / promotion will be a result of the same type of process that requires faithful planning as commitment to His will.

A net worth statement showing your net financial worth or lack of one shows how past decisions have helped or hampered you overall up to this point in time. Also, at least six months worth of perpetual monthly budgets that you faithfully monitor and utilize to measure and control giving, saving, and spending are a must because you need to see how spending decisions proposed or made today can hamper or help you get to where God wants you to be while also building enormous future wealth to care for family and Church needs and desires. The net worth statement and budget documents serve as plans in the financial arena of your life to help you properly discern whether you are doing good or bad things related to your giving, saving, and spending. Electronic budgeting tools and spreadsheets are available to help ease the pain of having to write the same thing over and over for each budget cycle. These also eliminate the anguish caused by smudging paper documents with an eraser and making them almost unrecognizable when revising income and expense figures during the budget cycles.

Subtract from your gross monthly income federal, state, and city taxes, tithe and offering, each minimum monthly bill payment (rent / mortgage, car notes, utilities, charge cards, etc.). The result (which will be a positive surplus or negative deficit) shows what you have left each pay period for groceries, home maintenance, car maintenance, gas for cars, entertainment, personal money, emergencies, etc.). This information is vital for short and long-term planning of anticipated income and expenses, because it lets you know what you can afford to purchase now so you will not be negatively affected in the future. Failure to plan which leads to overspending, borrowing, and continual spontaneity will not bring God’s best and desired situation for your life. Such failure will produce destructive tendencies, headaches, heartaches, and harm to you and your family (including the Church). Faithful planning and diligent employments guided by biblical instruction will bring God’s supernatural blessing, reward, and success.

Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May the LORD bless you richly as you follow His plan!

Proverbs 27:23-27, Habakkuk 2:2-4, Luke 14:28-32, Philippians 4:11-13

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