Money Matters part 2
Matthew 6:21 (NKJV)
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
A connection between your heart and money!
-Money is spiritual-
Money Mangers
Psalms 24:1 (NKJV)
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein.
God owns it all!
Financial Freedom
Deuteronomy 8:17-18 (NKJV)
17 then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’
18 “And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
True prosperity comes from God!
Establish The Tithe as a Weekly Reminder
Malachi 3:8-10 (NKJV)
8 “Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’
In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse,
For you have robbed Me,
Even this whole nation.
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the windows of heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.
The Tithe is His!
Leviticus 27:30 (NKJV)
30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord.
The Tithe is Holy
Leviticus 27:30 (NKJV)
30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord.
The Tithe opens Heaven and rebukes Hell
Malachi 3:10-11 (NKJV)
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the windows of heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.
11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,”
Says the Lord of hosts;
Learn to live within your income.
Philippians 4:12 (NKJV)
12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Establish a budget!
Budget: (defined)
A spending plan based on income and expenses.
Proverbs 21:20 (NKJV)
20 There is desirable treasure,
And oil in the dwelling of the wise,
But a foolish man squanders it.
Purpose to Keep Out of Debt
Romans 13:8 (NKJV)
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Debt: (Defined)
The condition of being in bondage to another person.
Proverbs 22:7 (NKJV)
7 The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Debt presumes upon the future.
James 4:13-14 (NKJV)
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”;
14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Debt interferes with God’s provision.
II Chronicles 16:9 (NKJV)
9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.”
Faithful steward of God’s money
Luke 16:10-11 (NKJV)
10 He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Money is spiritual!