Pastor Tony Ashmore continues the series "Talking Money and Making Sense" with part 6 in this Wednesday evening service.
Talking Money and Making Sense PT6
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
* Not enough that we survive—God wants us to thrive. His ultimate goal is for us to live in the land of more than enough—a land of sowing and reaping.
* 2 Kings 4:1—widow’s husband was a man who loved and served God, but died broke.
5 Precepts for Financial Freedom
1. Keep Good Records
- Know what you are stewarding. Proverbs 24-3-4—Profit comes when we stay abreast of the facts.
2. Tithe and Give
- Proverbs 3:9-10. Keep seed in the ground. Sow little, reap little
3. Save for the Future
- Prov 6:6-8. Saving is a Biblical principle. Pay God, Pay yourself, Pay who you owe
4. Develop a Spending Plan
- Proverbs 16:3-9—a plan (supernatural part) + hard work (natural part) = success Luke 14:23. Do you have a 5 year spending plan. ING’s ad—What’s your number?
5. Enjoy What You Have
- Prosper where you are planted. Hebrews 13:5-6 “Quit waiting until you can make a big dent. Start making small dents now.” Dino Rizzo Proverbs 13:11 “little by little makes it grow”
Bible’s 10 Financial Commandments
- 1 Corinthians 10:11—The things that happened to Israel in their journey were as examples for us in these later days.
1. Be a tither and giver. The tithe is the first and the best 10%. Malachi 3:10
2. Provide for your own family’s needs - 1 Timothy 5:8
3. Purchase a home for you and your family - Jeremiah 29:5
4. Leave an inheritance for your children and grandchildren - Proverbs 13:22
5. Give to missions and ministers - 1 Corinthians 9:9-11
6. Pay your debts and your taxes - Romans 13:8; Mark 12:17
7. Give to the poor and organizations that help the poor - Proverbs 28:27
8. Give generously to every good work - 2 Corinthians 9:6-12
9. Work hard with your own hands - Ephesians 4:28
10. Lay up treasures in your Heavenly bank account - Matthew 6:20-21
a. Souls are the only thing we can take to heaven
b. Influence for the Kingdom wins souls
Practical Application
* Order precedes Increase
* If you measure it, it will improve.
* Budgeting is a Biblical principle
If we don’t budget to tithe and give, we will find ourselves at the end of the month with nothing or little to give, thereby robbing God of an opportunity to bless and us of an opportunity to be blessed.
We are sentencing ourselves to a life lived in the Land of Never Enough.
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