Enjoy a message from Pastors Ken and Holly Cramer from our brand new series: Money Talks *Notes below
Alignment- A position of agreement or alliance.
Begin with first things, they always belong to God.
Here is the Principle of First Things: The Tithe (first ten percent), firstborn, and first fruits all belong to God. Once they are given over to Him, He blesses the rest.
Jesus is God’s First Fruits. He was sacrificed to bring us out of sin and darkness.
Agreement- A negotiated and binding arrangement between parties to an agreed-upon course of action.
Come to terms with your Spouse regarding money:
1.) Do a date night and write one word with a marker on an index card to say what money means to each of you.
2.) Based on each of those words, write your household goals regarding money.
Examples might be: Retire by age 60, Be Debt Free in ten years, Have a regular family vacation, etc.
3.) Establish roles for the processing of money. Who pays the bills, who keeps the files in order, etc.
4.) Establish a regular household finance meeting. Suggestion: Do it whenever you get paid. Determine when and where you want to have the meeting. Share how much you have, what needs to be paid and when, what’s leftover, and any progress you are making on your goals.
5.) Create a spending plan/budget. This step will be talked about in next week’s message.
