← ABCs of Financial Freedom
ABCs of Financial Freedom
From Bondage To...
Message Notes
- Bondage to Listening?
- Debt is a subtle but deadly snare.
- Do not be an expert in rationalizing the irrational.
- Bondage to Blessing?
- Debt affects everything we do. It becomes the lens through which everything else is filtered, said, and done.
- The Bible doesn’t explicitly forbid debt, but it does discourage debt.
- Consider how we can be the blessings that God intends for us to be when we continue to live in chains and shackles.
- God intends for us to be lenders and not borrowers. - Deuteronomy 28:12
- If you are in debt, seek to get out of it as quickly as possible. - Psalm 37:21-26
- The longest term of debt in Scripture was SEVEN years. - Deuteronomy 15:1-2
- God intends us to use His wealth as leverage for advancing His kingdom! - Matthew 25:14-30
- Why is gifting better than co-signing? - Proverbs 6:1-5, - Proverbs 22:26-27
- Bondage to Extravagance?
- Perfect conditions to give extravagantly will never exist.
- Mentality and perspective shift: Giving is a privilege and not an obligation.
- Extravagance will frequently seem crazy!!!