This program will help you undo financial bondage.
Some
people think bargain shopping is beneath the privilege God wants for their
life. So, they enter stores with the mindset they’re going to pay whatever
price is marked for merchandise they desire. They don’t recognize that
clearance racks sometime have items they need or want at drastically reduced
prices. The merchandise being of as much quality as if they had paid the higher
price. It could be that the Lord moved store personnel to put that item on the
sale or clearance rack because He knew you were going there today.
You’re
not automatically a poor steward because you paid higher prices for merchandise,
unless your budget is simply in no shape to purchase it. However, before making
a purchase many people fail to wait for a short period of time until
merchandise is marked down because in their minds paying a higher price for
merchandise is prestigious and shows they’ve made it to a higher financial
status. Their desire to be somebody special or highfalutin in the eyes of other
people pushes them to immediately purchase the latest advertised designer brand
item, no matter the cost.
To be
sure, we should always be first in line and be willing to pay any price to
enter the Lord’s presence because it’s what we were created for and will result
in righteousness, peace, joy, and many other spiritual and natural blessings
& rewards. Yet, when it comes to material things we should restrain our
impulse to be first in line and pay the highest price until after we’ve
measured our ability to handle the purchase without debt, are able to maintain
adequate savings & investments, and have prayed about the proposed purchase
and felt His peace about it. Otherwise, we may find we’re worshipping the
created instead of the Creator. This type of worship leads people out of His
presence and into lifestyle and financial bondage because it’s focused on
pleasing self (lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life).
I
would much rather spend less and still get quality merchandise and services and
have more money to plant into Church ministry to evangelize and make disciples
of other people, than to try to impress others with how much money I spend on
material things. Thus, I peruse clearance and sale racks before going to
regular price aisles. I look for bargains to ensure I’m not letting satan and
the world get more of the money the Lord entrusted to me than is absolutely
necessary. Otherwise, money that could have been invested or spent for gospel
purposes will often be spent by sinners who want it to satisfy ungodly
appetites. Being a good steward doesn’t mean you live like a pauper. Rather, it
motivates you to manage money expediently as a good steward so as much as
possible goes to Kingdom ministry and lifestyles that please the Lord.
Proverbs
10:22, Matthew 25:24-28, Mark 11:1-7, Luke 16:8-10
Please
pray for this ministry and email questions to parlor@ameritech.net and
share the links below with others who need guidance. May the LORD bless you
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
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!
You can find books authored by Randy and
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