August 3 2014 My Finances

My Finances

Matthew 11:28 “Then Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.’”

Proverbs 9:6 “Leave your foolish ways behind, and begin to live; learn how to be wise.”

TO MOVE FROM STRESS TO REST IN MY FINANCES

1. I LIVE DEBT FREE

Proverbs 22:7 “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.”

Recommended Resource: "The Total Money Makeover", by Dave Ramsey

2. I SET ASIDE THREE TO SIX MONTHS OF LIVING EXPENSES IN SAVINGS

Proverbs 21:5 “Plan carefully and you will have plenty; if you act too quickly you will never have enough.”

Proverbs 21:20 “……stupid people spend their money as fast as they get it.”

3. I return 10% of my income to God

Malachi 3:8-10 “Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. But you ask, ‘How do we rob you?’ In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse - the whole nation of you - because you are robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,’ says the LORD Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.’”

Matthew 23:23 (Jesus) “Yes, you should tithe, and you shouldn’t leave the more important things undone either.”

4. I BUILD wealth for God's glory

Proverbs 21:5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity...”

Proverbs 21:20“The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get.”