BEYOND SURVIVAL Part 3: Practical Money Practices From The Bible

1. We were Created to be Fruitful, Multiply, and have Dominion.
2. Provision without Purpose is Poison

2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

Hebrews 12:11 NIV
11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.

1. Have a Plan

Luke 14:28 NIV
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?

Matthew 25:26-27 NIV
26 “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

Matthew 25:28-29 NIV
28 “ ‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. 29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.

Proverbs 27:23 NIV
23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;

1. Have a Plan
2. Get out of Debt

Proverbs 22:7 NIV
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

1. Have a Plan
2. Get out of Debt
3. Have the right Relationships

1 Corinthians 15:33 NIV
33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
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If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.

1. Have a Plan
2. Get out of Debt
3. Have the right Relationships
4. Save and Invest

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

1. We were Created to be Fruitful, Multiply, and have Dominion.
2. Provision without Purpose is Poison
3. If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.