The Premise
All good financial advice will have its roots in Biblical wisdom.
God has a plan for our lives including prosperity in our financial affairs.
- Jeremiah 29:11, "I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope."
- John 10:10, "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly."
God controls events and knows the end from the beginning.
- Isaiah 46:9-10, "I am God, and there is not one like me, declaring the end from the beginning. . ."
Therefore, decisions based on spiritual values and insight will take you down the right path.
- Psalm 119:105, Proverbs 3:5-6
Un-biblical attitudes about wealth are spiritually destructive.
They represent a departure from the plans God has made for our prosperity and are like building on the sand.
- 1 Timothy 6:6-11, 17-19
- The result is that financial issues have a chokehold on our:
- Families
- Churches
- Ministries
Reasons to save and invest
- Some good reasons. . .
- Provide for your family (1 Timothy 5:8)
- Provide for the future (Proverbs 30:24-25, Genesis 41:34-46)
- Provide an inheritance (Proverbs 13:22)
- And some bad ones. . .
- To get rich (1 Timothy 6:9-10)