THE MONEY CHALLENGE

How to Have God’s Blessings on My Money

I am the LORD All-Powerful, and I challenge you to put me to the test… Malachi 3:10

Fact: your financial responsibility influences how much God can bless you!

So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? Luke 16:11

Poor management = fewer spiritual blessings

5 Principles For God’s Blessings on My Money

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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. Proverbs 22:3

4 Facts I Should Know

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28 Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish. Luke 14:28-30

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Don’t go through life , & .

The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. Proverbs 21:5

The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down. Proverbs 21:20

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6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6:6-8

Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow. Proverbs 13:11

Set goals in 3 areas: , , .

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8 You people are robbing me, your God. And, here you are, asking, “How are we robbing you?” You are robbing me of the offerings and of the ten percent that belongs to me. 9 That’s why your whole nation is under a curse. 10 I am the LORD All-Powerful, and I challenge you to put me to the test. Bring the entire ten percent into the storehouse, so there will be food in my house. Then I will open the windows of heaven and flood you with blessing after blessing. 11 I will also stop locusts[d] from destroying your crops and keeping your vineyards from producing. Malachi 3:8-11

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9 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. Proverbs 3:9-10

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Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind. Ecclesiastes 6:9

4 Phases of Poor Stewardship

1. My exceed
2. I get overextended
3. I Constantly hustle/worry
4. My relationships begin to

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5

Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. Isaiah 55:2

At the root of most financial problems is an issue of & .

24 If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’ 28 then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high. Job 31:24, 28