Everyone
needs money for resources like shelter, transportation, food, and clothing. Everyone
will have an emergency (severe illness, legal prosecution, etc.) that’ll
require tremendous resources to resolve the problem or better the situation. Yet,
many people make life worse for themselves because they fail to do all they can
to build surplus funds to stave off financial bondage. Such failure sometimes makes
other people unwilling to extend themselves to help because they’ve seen financial
mismanagement and unreasonable purchases of material things and perceive their
help may endorse bad behavior and turn their God-given wealth into poorly spent
money when the person doesn’t show a willingness to change undisciplined habits
and profligate ways.
Some
people mismanage money by having the default plan “spend, spend, spend” instead
of the long-term plan “give, save, spend” based on biblical principles for
money management and wealth building. Other people fail to work diligently and
regularly and live every moment spontaneously on their whims, which they sometimes
describe as the leading of the Holy Spirit. However, He leads people only in
accordance with scriptural principles that show God intended able-bodied people
to work and says those that don’t work should also not eat (at least not
very good on the money He entrusts to other people). He even said they may
need to experience dis-fellowship by the body of believers until they’re
willing to regain the mind of Christ about work ethic.
Working
irregularly when able-bodied and mismanaging income will exacerbate and create
emergencies in your life, disable you from being able to take care of problems
for yourself, and lessen your ability to be as great a help as you could be to
other people in need. Don’t spend all you make on desires or take out loans to
get even more. Establish a six-month emergency fund and investing at least ten
percent of your income each pay period to build wealth to cover future needs
and desires. Otherwise, you’ll negate the benefits of good stewardship, which
is to put you in a financially sound position.
Properly
managing money is a great witness to everyone who knows you. It shows your
allegiance to Christ and His will for your life. It helps you fulfill your
God-given purpose and have a truly meaningful and prosperous life. Many people
will desire to follow Him because they come into contact with His love through your
witness and help provided via money and resources from treasures you have
available. Using biblical principles to get into The Wealthy Place is a great
roadmap for escaping financial struggles and allowing the Lord to use you in a
much greater capacity to love others, evangelize, and make disciples.
Genesis 41:36-40, Psalms 68:5-11, Acts 4:32-36,
Philippians 4:10-20
Please
pray for this ministry and email questions to parlor@ameritech.net
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richly as you follow His plan!
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The
book at the link below provides principles and practical steps that help you
use the Power to Get Wealth. By 1992, we had $135,000 of debt and
a negative $35,000 net worth. Financial bondage and turmoil led me to seek
principles and a process for employing good stewardship. As a result, we became
constructively debt-free in 1998, mortgage free January 2004, millionaires in
2012, multi-millionaires shortly thereafter, and retired in 2018 in my
mid-fifties from public servant jobs while giving abundantly to fund the gospel
of our LORD Jesus Christ. The same power is available to you!
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