How To Find Financial Stability In Unstable Times - Part 3

Rev. Brian Kluth – November 25 - Sermon #2 in a 3-part series

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

1 - View every need & desire as a chance to trust God

Matt 6:11 Give us today our daily bread.

Psalm 34:10 Those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Prov 30:7-9^TLB  O God, I beg two favors from you before I die: First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs! For if I grow rich, I may become content without God. And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God's holy name.

Eccl 2:26 To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God.  Also see: Prov 13:22, Job 27:16-17

Insert time in your schedule to manage your $’s

Prov 13:16^TLB   A wise man thinks ahead; a fool doesn't and even brags about it!      

Prov 24:3^NLB   Any enterprise is built by wise planning, becomes strong through common sense, and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts.

Isa 32:8  The noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands. 

Prov 14:22-23^TLB  Those who plan good shall be granted mercy and quietness.  Work brings profit; talk brings poverty!

Never be financially dishonest

Prov 13:11  Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.

Proverbs 20:17^TEV  What you get by dishonesty you may enjoy like the finest food, but sooner or later it will be like a mouthful of sand.

Proverbs 10:2^TLB  Ill-gotten (dishonest) gain brings no lasting happiness; right living does.

Jeremiah 17:11^TEV  The person who gets money dishonestly is like a bird that hatches eggs it didn't lay.  In the prime of life he will lose his riches, and in the end he is nothing but a fool.

Rom 13:7 Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue. 

Eph 4:28^NLT  If you are a thief, stop stealing. Begin using your hands for honest work, and then give generously to others in need.

NOTE: If you have been a thief or are a thief, here are some verses to look up related to restitution: Ex 22:1-9, Prov 6:31

Gain Biblical understanding

Psalm 119:11^MSG  I've banked your promises in the vault of my heart so I won't sin myself bankrupt.

2 Chron. 26:5^NLT  Uzziah sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as the king sought the Lord, God gave him success.

2 Tim. 3:16^NLT  All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right.

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