Can we begin to examine our year to date are we winning with our giving let us take a look at the spirit of living and how it can enhance your living. The truth be told that when you do not have enough money in your bank account is more than a mathematical problem. The thing is the lack of money and savings can cause adverse significant stress, which can lead to a host of other problems, that can be detrimental to your life such as: Depression Anxiety Weight-gain/loss Lack of concentration Strained relationships Insomnia Substance abuse Heart disease and so much more.
Can we worship God with our wealth and not get it twisted where we are worshiping your wealth more than the lord. The love of money is the root of all evil and it does not respecter of persons, and the temptation to sin with money is not reserved for the rich alone it is in fact the opposite everybody gets tempted to have more money. Yes, you may be tempted by the seduction of success and always want more, but you may also fall victim to desiring (coveting) what others have and how to be better than not knowing there is a price you have to pay.
Here are a few points that might help you to improve your life in the physical that will enhance the spiritual.Planning for the future retirement children, Be diligent be consistent with saving and stop the spirit of borrowing be a good steward with your money be a tither and invest in saving to not be living from paycheck to paycheck and in addition add the word of God Proverbs 22:7:“The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is the slave of the lender.” Isaiah 55:2: “Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.” Luke 12:15: “And he said to them, ‘Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”Romans 13:8: “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.”Hebrews 13:5: “Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’”
Matthew 6:19-20:
In closing this segment today on fridays financial take the word of God and use it as a roadmap to financial freedom, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.”