We don’t live by PRESSURE; we live by PRINCIPLES.
Luke 12:13-15 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
Jesus doesn’t measure SUCCESS the way the world measures SUCCESS.
Luke 12:16-17 NIV And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.
Deuteronomy 8:17-18 You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.
Psalm 24:1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
Luke 12:17-19, 21 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
Proverbs 21:20 The wise store up choice oil, a fool devours all he has.
A) Become GENEROUS
B) $1000 in SAVINGS
C) Attack DEBT
D) Get on a BUDGET
10-10-80
Proverbs 21:5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
Finances that WORK take WORK.
