How To Find Financial Stability In Unstable Times - Part 2

Rev. Brian Kluth – November 11 - Sermon #2 in a 3-part series

 “God's wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times.” Isaiah 33:6^KJV

1 - Know your financial status and goals

Proverbs 27:23-24^TLV  Riches can disappear fast. And the king's crown doesn't stay in his family forever--so watch your business interests closely. Know the state of your flocks and your herds.

Proverbs 21:5^TEV  Plan carefully and you will have plenty; if you act too quickly, you will never have enough.

Isaiah 38:1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah went to him and said, "This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."

2 - Share with people in need

Isa 58:6-8  "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen…to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter--when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear.”

Proverbs 22:9^TEV   Be generous and share your food with the poor. You will be blessed for it.

2 Cor. 9:9^NLT  "Godly people give generously to the poor.  Their good deeds will never be forgotten."

3 - Give to God first as your highest financial priority

Psalm 67:7  God blesses us so people all over the earth will fear him.        

Deut. 14:22-23^TEV  Set aside a tithe—a tenth of all that your fields produce each year…Do this so that you may learn to *honor the Lord your God always.  *=“To put God first in your life.”

2 Cor. 8:7 …see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

Malachi 3:8-10^NCV  "Should a person rob God? But you are robbing me.  "You ask, 'How have we robbed you?' "You have robbed me in your offerings and the tenth of your crops. So a curse is on you, because the whole nation has robbed me. Bring to the storehouse a full tenth of what you earn so there will be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord All-Powerful. "I will open the windows of heaven for you and pour out all the blessings you need.

4 - Invest for eternity

Hebrews 11:8,10^MSG  By an act of faith, Abraham said yes to God's call to travel to an unknown place that would become his home. When he left he had no idea where he was going…Abraham did it by keeping his eye on an unseen city with real, eternal foundations—the City designed and built by God.

1 Tim. 6:17-19^TLB  Tell those who are rich not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which will soon be gone, but their pride and trust should be in the living God…Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and should give happily to those in need, always being ready to share with others whatever God has given them. By doing this they will be storing up real treasure for themselves in heaven--it is the only safe investment for eternity! And they will be living a fruitful Christian life down here as well.