Does God care about my finances?

3 things that get peoples blood pressure up in church; what we wear, sing, money
bad teaching poor, rich my history seen people that loved god,strong convictions . made horrible decisions is one area.
75% of christians live paycheck to paycheck.
average american has 16.7 credit cards per person almost 40 per married couple

average 28 yr old has $66 k in consumer debt. does not include house
more people filed for bancruptcy than graduated from college this past year.

Proverbs 29:18 (New Century Version)
read aloud

18 Where there is no word from God, people are uncontrolled,
but those who obey what they have been taught are happy.

people act like God has no feelings concerning our money, so we live like we want to , but those who do what God instructs us to do are happy.

how did we get in this mess?

1.discontentment-Ecclesiastes 5:10
[ The Folly of Riches ] He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. even though we have lots not happy , world lives on average $2 a day.

we reap what we sow and we are a wasteful generation. debt is the proof you want what you have not earned. i want it

props $120 tshirts $400 sunglasses $600 purses $500 golf club $ 375 pair of golf shoes at outlet 30 pair of shoes.subprime loan those that could not afford it.

1 Timothy 6:7-9 (New International Version)
7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

2. dishonesty-businesses fudge numbers -enron, healthsouth. biggest problem between spouses

Proverbs 20:23 (New International Version)

23 The LORD detests differing weights,
and dishonest scales do not please him.

don't do biz with someone would doesn't tithe, if they will steal from God who sees everything what do you think they will do to you

3. disorganized- messey house . 60% of all office work in america is retrieving data.

Proverbs 24:3 (Amplified Bible)
3Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],

couple went thru 3 million , when did you notice it was running out 6 months till it was gone.

4. dissconnection- pride , shame - doing it without the help of man or God. asked couple called parents not one time did he ask for advice, help 100,000 ruined relationship.

GAMBLING HATE WHAT IT DOES read blog.2 sins never been tempted with . kiss throw toliet down drain. why would you play those odds. why so many are for it.

25% of americans plan to get out of debt by winning the lottery

haggai 1: 5 This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Think about what you have done.6 You have planted much, but you harvest little. You eat, but you do not become full. You drink, but you are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but you are not warm enough. You earn money, but then you lose it all as if you had put it into a purse full of holes.""Because you all work hard for your own houses while my house is still in ruins!

your obedance concerning money effects every area of life -- kids act a fool, marriage, work security

reactive curse - i can't bless and protect you to my fullest ability. test me is this.

how to get out of a financial mess?

1. change the way you think- act-- bad thinking-

1. need just alittle more 2. it will all just work out somehow 3. my stuff belongs to me

Romans 12:2 (Contemporary English Version)
2Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.

2. get a vision for the future - hab. write it down big--

Successful people make the right decisions early & manage those decisions daily. -Theme of my book Today Matters

90%of americans have no budget

Proverbs 21:20 (Contemporary English Version)
20Be sensible and store up precious treasures-- don't waste them like a fool

proverbs 21:5 New Living Translation


5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity,
but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

4. practice the law of seed- time- harvest genesis 822As long as the earth remains,

there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat; winter and summer, day and night

God loves people who love to give. 8God can bless you with everything you need, and you will always have more than enough to do all kinds of good things for others.