HE wants us to be financially free...

1 corinthians 16.2 (ms), every sunday each of you make an offering and put it in safekeeping. be as generous as you can. and it's proportional. the bible says in deuteronomy 14.23 that the purpose of tithing is simply to teach us to put GOD first in our life. GOD doesn't need our money. HE's wealthy. but HE wants us. HE wants what our money represents. HE wants our lives. and that also means through difficult times such as right now.

i believe the bible teaches that GOD wants us to be financially free. if your finances are in a mess right now, GOD has promised over and over that HE will care for us if we place our financial burden in HIS care and follow HIS principles. these principles are all throughout scripture.

now when you think about it unmanageable finances are really a symptom of a much deeper problem – an unmanageable life. that is, trying to live without GOD's guidance. and if we try to live without the principles of HIS book we're going to get into trouble. unmanageable finances simply means misplaced priorities. we're putting physical things before our spiritual relationship.

so the starting point for financial freedom is to make JESUS CHRIST the manager of your life. you start to live abundantly by letting HIM come into your life and making HIM the manager of not just your money but of your time, home, past and make HIM number one in your life.

now all of this that we have been looking at is in GOD's word. to leave out any one is going to short circuit the plan and give you less than GOD's best in your lives. GOD is not opposed to wealth, but HE is opposed to the wrong use of it. HE wants us to put HIM in charge of our lives. not only in the area of money but in every other area.

HEAVENLY FATHER, i pray that as we've looked at your word that you'll take it and apply it to our lives in areas that each of us need to use it that we might be a testimony to the world in finances that you are number one in our lives. we know the verse that says, seek first the kingdom of GOD and his righteousness and all these other things shall be added unto you as well. we pray for your guidance. we pray that you'll become the manager of our lives. in JESUS name I pray. amen.

just a thought from the front porch...