Jan 24, 2016
Strapped: Part 3
Series: Strapped
STRAPPED
THE BUCK STARTS HERE
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8
In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.
Proverbs 21:20
WHAT WILL WE SAVE FOR?
- EMERGENCIES
- PURCHASES
- FUTURE
- TITHE
- EXPENSES
- EMERGENCY FUND
- DEBT
- INVEST
- PEOPLE MAKING MONEY.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
- MONEY MAKING MONEY.
Matthew 25:16
RULES OF INVESTING
- DON’T INVEST IN THINGS YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.
Proverbs 24:3-4
- DON’T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.
Ecclesiastes 11:2
- DON’T TRY TO GET RICH QUICK.
1 Timothy 6:9
…he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Proverbs 13:11
- Money + Time + Consistency = Wealth.
- What's your vision for your financial life?
- How are you investing for the future? What steps might you need to take to improve the way you invest?
- Whose life do you need to invest in? What steps will you take to invest in them?
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- Jan 24, 2016Strapped: Part 3
Jan 24, 2016Strapped: Part 3Series: StrappedSTRAPPED THE BUCK STARTS HERE Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.Proverbs 6:6-8In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.Proverbs 21:20WHAT WILL WE SAVE FOR?
- EMERGENCIES
- PURCHASES
- FUTURE
- TITHE
- EXPENSES
- EMERGENCY FUND
- DEBT
- INVEST
- PEOPLE MAKING MONEY.
2 Thessalonians 3:10- MONEY MAKING MONEY.
Matthew 25:16RULES OF INVESTING- DON’T INVEST IN THINGS YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.
Proverbs 24:3-4- DON’T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.
Ecclesiastes 11:2- DON’T TRY TO GET RICH QUICK.
1 Timothy 6:9…he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.Proverbs 13:11- Money + Time + Consistency = Wealth.
- What's your vision for your financial life?
- How are you investing for the future? What steps might you need to take to improve the way you invest?
- Whose life do you need to invest in? What steps will you take to invest in them?
- Jan 17, 2016Strapped: Part II
Jan 17, 2016Strapped: Part IISeries: StrappedMessage: Strapped: Part II - Act Your WageIntroduction The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.Prov. 22:7One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing....Prov 13:71) EMBRACE THE VALUE OF SELF-CONTROL. Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.Prov 25:282) EMBRACE THE VALUE OF SACRIFICE. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before himendured the cross…Heb. 12:2If you pay $217.93 per month on $14,517 at 18%, it will take 40 years to pay off debt (totaling $104,606.40). If you invest $14,517 at 12% for 40 years = $1,350,820.94. If you invest $14,517 and add $217.93 per month at 12% over 40 years = 3,597,615.75 3) EMBRACE THE VALUE OF PLANNING. 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?Luke 14:28The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.Prov 21:5THE FIRST TWO BABY STEPS
- SAVE $1000 FOR EMERGENCIES.
- DO THE DEBT SNOWBALL.
- Jan 10, 2016Strapped: Part 1
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- Average household debt in the U.S. is now 136% of the household income.
- For those carrying a balance, the average credit card debt is $14,517.
- The average 21-year-old owes $12,000. By 28, they owe $78,000.
- The average number of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck is 55%.
- WE ARE TEMPTED TO SERVE MONEY
- WE ARE TEMPTED TO LOVE MONEY
- MONEY SERVES US AS WE SERVE GOD.
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- Forget your past v.13b
- Stay focused on your goals v.13c
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