Make Your Money Matter
For many of us money is our #1 stressor
And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
The Truths about God and Money
Truth #1 All God needs is a little bit of what you have
One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the Lord. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves. 2 KIngs 4:1
2 “What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house? “Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil,” she replied.3 And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors. 2 Kings 4:2-3
4 Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled.” 2 Kings 4:4
5 So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another. 6 Soon every container was full to the brim! “Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons. “There aren’t any more!” he told her. And then the olive oil stopped flowing. 2 Kings 4:5-6
7 When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.” 2 Kings 4:7
2 Kings 4:1-7
God says the final part to financial freedom is giving back to him
Truth # 2 The stress we feel about money is not a money issue its a trust issue
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. Psalms 24:1
I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave. Job 1:21
Truth # 3 God says the first step to financial freedom is putting Him first
One-tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain from the fields or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord and must be set apart to him as holy. Leviticus 27:30
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. 1 Timothy 6:10
You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me. 9You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me. Malachi 3:8-9
Next steps
- Trust God with your money
- Grow in the giving journey