October 18 2015 Wise Up

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Wise Up!

Proverbs 4:7-8 (GN) "Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do. Whatever else you get, get insight! Love wisdom and she will make you great!

1. What is it?
Wisdom: Seeing and responding to life from GOD’S PERSPECTIVE

Proverbs 14:12 "There is a way that seems right to a man but in the end it leads to death. 

2. What will it do for me?
 
Proverbs 3:14-18 (NCV) Wisdom is worth more than silver; it brings more profit than gold.  Wisdom is more precious than rubies;  nothing you could want is equal to it. With her right hand wisdom offers you a long life,  and with her left hand she gives you riches and honor.  Wisdom will make your life pleasant and will bring you peace. As a tree produces fruit, wisdom gives life to those who use it,  and everyone who uses it will be happy.

Six Benefits

  1. LONGER LIFE
  2. WEALTH
  3. HONOR
  4. PLEASURE
  5. SECURITY
  6. HAPPINESS

3. How can I get it?

  • READ GOD’S WORD

Proverbs 1:2 (LB) "(Solomon) wrote these Proverbs to teach his people how to live - how to act in every circumstance. "

Proverbs 1:3 (GN) "They can teach you how to live intelligently  

  • DO WHAT IT SAYS

Proverbs 7:1-2 (GN)  Never forget what I tell you to do. Do what I say  and you will live.  Be careful to follow it. . . "

  • GET TO KNOW GOD

Proverbs 1:7 (LB)"How does a person become wise? Ae first step is to trust and revere the Lord "

Proverbs 9:10 (LB)"For the reverence and fear of God are basic to all wisdom.  Knowing God results in every other kind of understanding.  

Make Wisdom a Life Goal!

August 3 2014 My Finances

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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.”