Adulting | Responsible Finances
Saturday, October 20th 2018
If you love money you’ll use people, If you love people you’ll use money!
1 Timothy 6:9-10,18-19 NLT
But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows…
Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others. By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life.
If you love money you’ll use people,
If you love people you’ll use money!
Use the first 10% to honor God!
Proverbs 3:9 NLT
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce.
Luke 6:38 NLT
Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 NLT
Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
Use the second 10% to save for the future or get free from debt!
Proverbs 21:5,17,20 NLT
Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty… Those who love pleasure become poor; those who love wine and luxury will never be rich…The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get.
Proverbs 13:22 NLT
Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.
Romans 13:7-8 NIV
Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.
Use the final 80% to Provide for my family!
1 Timothy 5:8 NIV
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
The Bible teaches that we are to love people and use money, but we often get that reversed and you start loving money and using people to get more money. Money is simply a tool to be used for good.