Principles of Biblical Money Management

Understanding the Principle of Giving to a King

2011-08-30T23:29:00.000-07:00

7 Reasons to Give to A King
1. Royal protocol requires that a gift must be presented when visiting a King.
-you cannot come to a king empty handed.
-give agift

Golden Key that Brings Financial Prosperity ...

2010-07-20T17:45:00.000-07:00

What Is it?

The Bible says,

"My God shall supply ALL your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus"

Meaning:

To experience divine prosperity, you first have to know GOD as your provider.

And to do that, you need to observe
the 7 laws of prosperity.

Failure to observe these laws gives rise to...

The 7 Common Mistakes ...

Here's how to avoid them...

Law #1: Tithing

The tithe is one tenth of your income.
When we pay our tithes, the Lord opens
to us the windows of heaven ... but this
is just the beginning.

Law #2: Offerings

You must be generous by giving freewill
offerings unto the Lord. This law ensures
that the more you give unto the Lord, the
more abundance you experience (potentially).

While the tithe opens the windows of heaven
to you, your offerings will activate the
law of giving and receiving --

So you'll be able to receive and KEEP the
blessings in your storehouse.

Law #3: Building His Church

God wants His people to participate in
building for Him, both spiritually and
physically.

God will always bless those who join
hands in building His church. You can
prove this to yourself if you know
of a church project going on.

Law #4:

Blessing Ministers That HE Sends

There are certain ministers that God
works with, period. As you come across
these people, you must be discerning
enough to reach out and bless them.

Remember Elijah of old.

And Elisha the prophet.

When you look after the vessels that
God uses, HE Himself will look after
you. It is as simple as that.

Law #5:

Break The Curses and Covenants of Poverty

Here is where many believers fall down.
It is clear that so many are operating
under hidden curses and covenants of
poverty.

As soon as you break them, and then
follow up with regular tithing and
offering, the LORD will surprise you!

Law #6:

Sowing And Reaping

Again the Bible declares: "While the
earth remains, seedtime and harvest ...
shall not cease"

Without seedtime, there can not be
any harvest. This is both a spiritual
and a physical law.

To walk in overflowing prosperity, you
need to sow good seeds into the work
of the Lord.

After you've sown that seed, then you
begin to pray in agreement with what
the Bible says ... and the law of
divine prosperity will be activated
for you.

Law #7:

Become Skilful in Prosperity Prayers

This means learning to pray specific,
targeted prayers to release divine
prosperity.

This type of prayer is full of high
praises unto the Lord, plus machine-gun
prayers like this:

"I rise out of the dust of poverty
by the power in the blood of Jesus"

"Let spiritual magnetic power that attracts
and keeps wealth be installed in my finances in
the name of Jesus."

"I release my finances from the influences, control
and domination of household wickedness in the
name of Jesus"

"O Lord, let all satanic angels deflecting blessings
away from me be completely paralyzed, in the
name of Jesus"

For more information and updates
visit:http://www.firesprings.com/first90days.htm

Pastor's Testimonies

2010-01-05T21:23:00.001-08:00

When my husband mentioned hosting the Ancient Paths Seminar here in our church, I was TOTALLY against it! My first response was NO! When he asked me a second time, the answer was still NO! Then, before I knew it, he had agreed to host the event. From that time on, I had made up my mind that this was HIS seminar and I would have nothing to do with it! I tried to use almost every excuse I could make up not to be present at the seminar.

So, on the first evening of the seminar, I told my husband that he would be taking care of HIS people when they started arriving. In my rebellious state, I would show my husband -- I would physically attend, but mentally, I would be somewhere else, ANY PLACE but there!

So even after the initial introductions, I was still a little bit leery of these people who had invaded. After watching the first video, all of my defenses/walls started crashing down around me! I found out some things about my self that I’m sure that I never wanted to know — my fears, insecurities, and the cursings that I was heaping up on my family!

It was as if a light came on and I could finally see what had been causing me such anguish over most of my life! I never had any idea why I did the things that I did until the seminar! I finally understood T.D. Jakes’ saying, “Woman thou art loosed!” I felt such a charge in my spirit - such a looseness of all the LIES that I had bought into for so many years and it was all due to the seminar!

The seminar brought REVELATION, taught me REPENTANCE, IMPARTED good manna for my soul, and has literally TRANSFORMED my life! I am thankful that my husband listened to God and did not listen to me! God knew that there were things going on inside me that needed to be “pruned away” so that I could go to the next level in my spiritual growth!

We were so impressed with Martha and Shaun Davy and the entire Ancient Paths seminar that we are planning on taking the training (for Ministry seminar) so that we can in turn help others who are buying into the lies and don’t even know it.

Shaun and Martha, thanks again for being obedient to God’s plan of planting Craig Hill’s vision of Ancient Paths!

Faye Epps
(Pastor John Epps’ spouse)
Simi Valley, California

Interestingly, our church byline has always been - Bringing and Building Families Together in Christ. The tools of FFI will surely be instrumental in achieving what God had put in the hearts of our founding pastors.

We would like to use many of these God-given tools to serve as the "motherboard" of our local church. Not that this was original design or intention, but why reinvent the wheel? The setting up of its platform can be duplicated in many churches, leaving the pastors and workers free to minister with the people through the Holy Spirit. It moves the concentration of burden-bearing to the Lord and not to the pastor. With it also, our church will share these joys with other churches in the area and serve them through this ministry. While others specialize in other ministries, we are asking God to make us focus on this ONE THING....to bring His people together to be that ONE holy, pure and blameless Bride for our Savior Jesus Christ - for isn't that His inheritance?!

For me personally, I wish there were more words than "excited" to express my joy in this gold mine of people and principles in Family Foundations. It is my prayer that the Lord will protect the ministry and keep it a happy and healthy (spiritually, physically, emotionally, etc) groomsman for the Bride of the Groom. God bless you all.

Pastor Alberto Fernandez
Community of Faith Alliance Church
Manila, Philippines

year ago, not a soul in our church had attended an Ancient Paths seminar. We had positive reports of it, through our missionaries in Brazil, but had never heard of one in our area. 9 months and 14 seminars/trainings later, we are convinced that these seminars are potent in reaching to the depths of the heart, bringing forth permanent life change through Jesus Christ.

After hosting our first seminar, we noticed one wonderful result. Some of the individuals we had been meeting with for pastoral care, were changed more deeply in one seminar, than anything we had accomplished in many weeks of counseling. We pastor a church full of hurting people, as many of you do, people whose lives have been torn apart by divorce, abuse, drugs, criticism, and more. To see Jesus transform these lives was ample reason to motivate us to refocus energy into bringing more of these seminars into our church. They fill quickly as others see the changes in those they live and work with. We now host the seminar monthly for our region, with 12-19 different churches represented at each Ancient Paths seminar through participants and team. It is a wonderful example of the Body of Christ working together.

At one point, we had concern about draining needed personnel from other ministry responsibilities as we expanded our involvement with Ancient Paths and other FFI seminars. As it turns out, we have enlarged the pool of healthy, serving members at Word of Life, and are seeing an explosion of growth in the number of ministries and leaders we are overseeing. The individuals who have been through FFI’s “Training for Ministry” are even more effective now in other ministries in our church, such as men, women, children, and youth.

Our belief in the value of these seminars is so strong that we have assigned one of our associate pastors to invest the majority of her time & energy into expanding Family Foundation Int’l ministry into the Pacific Northwest and overseas. As a team, we are committed to helping other churches bring this seminar to their area. If you want to talk with us, just call. We will be glad to speak candidly with you from a pastor’s perspective about any questions you might have.

Carl Hampsch, Senior Pastor
Sally Scammell, Associate Pastor
Talmadge McCamment, Associate Pastor
Word of Life Community Church
Spokane, Washington
(509)226-5148

Here is what leadership of a church in Florida reported after holding an Ancient Paths Seminar:

"...This ministry is the best ministry I know of to set people free and bring lasting change to people's lives in the shortest length of time. We have had many other ministries here...but none as effective as the Family Foundations ministry."

The Pastor of a church in Virginia recently sent the following note following his church's first Ancient Paths Seminar:

"Thank you so much for the Ancient Paths Seminar...several people have show enduring signs of the blessing the received, including my wife. As for me, the teaching was some of the clearest, most mature and biblical (without being obnoxiously fundamentalist) that I've ever heard. It put many points together for me that have altered my worldview."
The Pastor of Calvary Assembly of God in Pottstown PA wrote this note following his first Ancient Paths Seminar:

"The Ancient Paths Seminar done by Craig Hill on video was time well spent. The seminar itself was done in very good order with the teaching sessions, small groups and breaks. As Craig Hill taught, he brought out the depth of the Word in very simplistic and understandable language. He told real life stories which the average person can relate to and apply their truths to their lives. Although I didn't know what this ministry was about before the seminar started, I am glad I was introduced to it and attended it. I would recommend this ministry to any church that is seeking to draw its congregation to a closer walk with the Lord."

Pastor's Testimonies About ancient Path Seminars

2010-01-05T21:22:00.001-08:00

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I am a blessed man. It was not always so. I come from a family of 12 children. There was a time when my life was bound by alcohol. Everywhere I looked, alcohol prevailed. My great-grandfather was an alcoholic, my grandfather was, my dad was, my brothers were, my uncles and everyone I knew were alcoholics! Not surprising, by age 12 I had experienced the effects of alcohol and it soon became the single most dominating part of my life.

As it is with alcoholism, sinfulness and devastation followed closely behind. My wife and I conceived our first child out of wedlock. Our finances were crippled and our marriage was in shambles. We had religion, but it did nothing for us!

We struggled through life for many years and then heard about a seminar called “Ancient Paths.” We attended not fully understanding what it was about or what it could do for us. It became a pivotal moment in our lives. It caused us to change. We took what we learned, applied those truths to our lives, and our lives became meaningful and wholesome.

We repented of our sins. We asked each other’s forgiveness. Then we blessed each other and asked God to bless our marriage. We didn’t stop there. We gathered together our whole family, three daughters, three sons-in-law, and our grandchildren. We explained to them what we had discovered. Then we washed their feet, and begged their forgiveness.

Generational curses began to break. Lies broke. Mistrust broke. Financial devastation broke. Just as Craig Hill had said, alcoholism broke. Not only did it break in our lives but no longer do our daughters, our sons-in-law, or our grandchildren drink. Not curses, but blessings are now being passed from one generation to another.

I’ve never heard anyone else say this, but although we never told our parents living away in another state what we experienced, the alcoholism broke in my dad’s life as well. At the age of 72 he quit drinking without notice! Blessings were not only being passed down, they started going up too!

My dad was never a religious man. At the age of 72, partly because of his drinking I suppose, he became a very sick man. Every time I went to visit him, I would pray for him before leaving. On one occasion, when it came time to leave, my mother asked if I would pray for him. I was running late and in a big hurry. I expressed desire to leave quickly. My mother could not believe it! “You’re not going to pray for your dad?” she asked repeatedly. I decided to go ahead with it when she said he was already up and waiting for me.

I entered the room and I placed my hand on his shoulder. But nothing came to me. “Lord” I said, “bless my dad and - - -” and words would not come to me. My dad took my hand from his shoulder, moved onto his heart and began saying “Father, bless my son. Bless his life. Bless his work. Bless his wife and his family. Bless his ministry. Bless him as he comes and goes. Bless everything he does and everything he says”. To my knowledge I am the only one of his children that he blessed before he passed on.

By the way, he committed his life to the Lord before he died. God is so gracious! Thanks FFI.

Pastor Steve Connelly
Living Springs Assembly of God
Glendale, Arizona
(623) 935-3202

What can I learnt from Financial Literacy Seminar

2009-11-17T15:55:00.001-08:00

This one day workshop will take you through the process starting from The Rat Race to the Fast Track, where the rich play their game.

Everyone have a Dream – to be financial free, where you have the choice to choose to do whatever you want with whoever you want and whenever you want.

But before achieving our Dream of Financial Freedom we need to know how money is made by the Poor, Middle Income and The Rich. Also we need to know how the Rich spend to be Rich.

What type of income the Rich go for that the Poor don't.

What the Rich do that the poor don't.

What the Rich know that the poor don't know

What type of education the Rich have that the poor and middle income doesn't have.

What types of Investment vehicles the Rich use to made them Richer everyday.

How you can work less and yet make more money.

How you can make MONEY whilst you are on holidays or on the golf course etc.

How to use other people's money to make you richer.

What type of debt is good and what type is bad.

Learn how to fill up your personal balance sheet.

“In school how well you perform, people judge you by your report book, whilst in society how successful you are, people judge you by your Financial balances sheet. “ – Richdad.

How to print money instead of working hard for it.

Why money is just an idea.

Why investment is always safe.

“The main reason people struggle financially is because they spend years in school but learned nothing about money. The result is people learn to work for money – but never learn how to have money work for them” – Robert Kiyosaki.

How you can make money in a bad market and in a good market.

When is the time you make money, when you buy or sell?

How to use other people's time to make you richer.

“Wealth has very little to do with timing, education or even how much money you are making – it is merely a matter of getting the right education, mindset and discipline. Create huge sum of money without investing huge sum of money up front and without putting hard earned saving at risk.”

Why your home can be your liability instead of an asset.

What your CPA or your banker did not tell you.

Why middle income people are loading up with liability without knowing about it.

Simple rules of the thumb to differential between Asset and Liability.

Middle Class : Habit of Thinking is

How can I work hard so I can buy more toys. i.e. sport car, yacht, etc. Which are really liability?

Working 7 days a week is not the solution to your being able to retire. Because the old strategies of the Industrial Age do not work in the Information Age . Your employer and your government are not going to take care of you when you retire.

Rich Habit - How can I acquire more assets that will pay for my toys? which are really liabilities.

Cashflow® 101 - The most powerful financial education board game will be used to demonstrate to you. Cashflow® 101 - It is a mirror reflection of the real life behavior of the rich, middle income and poor. Similarity of real life from Cashflow® 101 will be shared with you by the speaker. You will be trained instantly the habits of the rich.

Rich Dad Asia- Cash Flow FAQ

2009-11-17T15:50:00.000-08:00

Learn the cash flow 101 and be financial literate

How to stop envying the Rich but to be the Rich

Most people envy other Rich & Successful and deny themselves to be Rich,m because they don’t believe that they too can be RICH, we will share with you what the rich believe in to make them rich.

RichDad’s Mission

“To Elevate The Financial Well-Being Of Humanity
To Promote Financial Literacy & Education
To Refuse To Accept “Traditional” Thinking And Answers As Fact”

http://richdadasia.com/event/cashflowfaq.asp#ratrace

What is Rat Race?

2009-11-17T15:39:00.000-08:00

Robert Kiyosaki defined the "Rat Race" for us.
"If you look at the life of the average-educated, hard-working person, there is a similar path. The child is born and goes to school.

The proud parents are excited because the child excels, get fair to good grades, and is accepted into a college.

The child graduates, maybe goes on to graduate school and then does exactly as programmed: looks for a safe, secure job or career.

The child finds that job, maybe as a doctor or a lawyer, or joins the Army or works for the government.

Generally, the child begins to make money, credit cards start to arrive in mass, and the shopping begins, if it already hasn't.

"Having money to burn, the child goes to places where other young people just like them hang out, and they meet people, they date, and sometimes they get married. Life is wonderful now, because today, both men and women work.

Two incomes are bliss. They feel successful, their future is bright, and they decide to buy a house, a car, a television, take vacations and have children. The happy bundle arrives. The demand for cash is enormous.

The happy couple decides that their careers are vitally important and begin to work harder, seeking promotions and raises. The raises come, and so does another child and the need for bigger house.

They work harder, become better employees, even more dedicated.

They go back to school to get more specialized skills so they can earn more money. Maybe they take a second job. Their incomes go up, but so does the tax bracket they're in and the real estate taxes on their new large house, and their Social Security taxes, and all the other taxes.

They get their large pay check and wonder where all the money went. They pay some mutual funds and buy groceries with their credit card. The children reach 5 or 6 years of age, and the need to save for college increase as well as the need to save for their retirement.

"That happy couple, born 35 years ago, is now trapped in the Rat Race for the rest of their working days. They work for the owners of their company, for the government paying taxes, and for the bank paying off a mortgage and credit cards.

"Then, they advise their own children to 'study hard, get good grades, and find a safe job or career.' They learn nothing about money, except from those who profit from their naivete, and work hard all their life. The process repeats into another hard-working generation. This is the 'Rat Race'.

Why Financial Literacy Seminar is Important to Me?

2009-11-17T15:36:00.000-08:00

"Wealth is not about having a million in the bank, but what you do with that million to enable you not having to work another day if you choose too."

Asia is in the process of having the first batch of the baby boomer retiring. But many on this age group is not financially sounded. And the government is considering raising the retirement age to 67 years instead of 62 years.

RichDad say : "Job is really a short-term solution to a long-term problem."

Asia still has not recover from the Asian financial crisis in 1998 and now we have oil prices nearly triple within a year. The whole world is heading toward a recession within the next ten years. With more technology, machine replacing people, the whole globalization is looking at cost-cutting, restructuring, merging of companies, re-structure of employment and outsourcing. Companies will always be on the look out for younger, more productive and lower-cost staff. When a company is optimizing resources and minimizing cost, there is no room for sentimentality.

Staff become less productive and slower even before the age of 45 years. So even raising the age limit will not solve the basic problem as each birthday of the employee is going to be a liability for the employer in terms of cost, time, speed and competency.

Adding cheap labor from third world country to the situation made it worst.

Re-training & educating of the workers should gear not shifting from one industries to another but towards freeing them from their Financial Trap.

Most of the parents grow up in the industrial age, where school only teaches them to look for a job and nothing about money, they continue to guide their children as they were taught and another generation continue to follow the foot step of their parents. Click here to read more on The Rat Race.

One should be educated in Financial Literacy which in fact is available only to a few, the Rich.

This is a common subject for the Rich where it is often discuss with their children on the dinner table and leisure time. That is why you look around, the Rich seems to get Richer everyday whilst the poor & middle class continue to get poorer.

Anyone in the right mind should look at "How early can I retire" and free themselves from being dependent on a job. If given a choice, will you want to slog till the age of 67? - The choice is yours. Click here to for Solution.

Poverty Is a Curse

2009-10-02T22:21:00.000-07:00

Poverty is a curse that you must aware of. For you to experience prosperity you must identify curses and deal with it. You will be frustrated if you embrace a curse.

I can see curse that operates in so many places all over the world. No matter how much effort they made still frustrations and the sweat still remain. I can see that poverty and lack is a curse. Very important for each one who wants to experience divine provision to see poverty as a curse. In Deuteronomy 28 blessing and curses will fall upon Israel if they disobeyed the Word of God. One of the curses was poverty and lack being always in need.

Deuteronomy 28:48 therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the LORD sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

I myself believe that poverty is a curse because God puts poverty in the category of a curse.
I am also aware that that some people take vows of poverty. I respect for their great sacrifice to the Lord. However i can see that when God cursed Israel the first result is poverty.
Upon looking the realities of life today we can see a lot who are starving,died because of famine,wars around the world that contributes to this.
Now is the time to align ourselves to God and obey all His commands. Deuteronomy 28 spoke the blessings and curses. Your present situation right now is the result of your choices either you obey God or disobeyed Him.

An Ancient Paths Seminar: Financial Foundations

2009-09-28T23:53:00.000-07:00

This seminar is different from other Christian finance seminars. The teaching does not feature merely "practical" information on finances, but follows Craig Hill's anointed understanding of God's Word in teaching finances from a Biblical and heart perspective (Matt. 6:21). The teaching and personal ministry opportunities will reveal root causes why you may not be prospering financially as you should. If your heart's desire is to be able to have an abundance to pour into God's Kingdom here on earth, this seminar experience is for you!

Financial Foundations Details
This financial seminar from Family Foundations is different from other finance seminars in that it does not feature merely "practical" information on finances, but follows Craig Hill's anointed understanding of God's Word in teaching finances from a biblical perspective. Craig brings a special insight on God's provision in the concept of "Sparrow Faith," and shows participants how the world's financial system is driven by the Spirit of Mammon, the force who would draw people away from believing in God's provision for them. The teaching includes the building blocks to help people understand God's plan for their provision, and the five biblical uses of money.

Who should come?

* Anyone who is struggling to get by and desirous of getting out of debt
* Anyone who has trouble saving money
* Anyone who wants to learn God's wisdom on finances
* Anyone who wants to learn how to be a better steward of what God has given him or her

Topics Include:

* Discover the difference between wealth, riches and money
* What is "Mammon?"
* Learn a systemized guide to getting out of debt
* Learn five scriptural uses of money
* Learn how to release God's blessing in finances
* Personal ministry

Registration:
In order to secure your place in the upcoming seminar, your registration form and payment must be received by the early registration deadline (typically one week prior to the start of the seminar). Registration after this date is accepted on a space-available basis and the early discounted registration fee will not apply. Because space is reserved for each registrant in a small group led by trained facilitators, all registration fees are nonrefundable after the early registration discount deadline.

A love offering will be received.

Clip - An Ancient Paths Seminar:
Financial Foundations - Sparrow Faith
Testimony - GOOD Plan - Stepping Up to Debt

Biblical Principles of Finance-Ancient Path

2009-09-09T01:54:00.000-07:00

5 Sequential Blocks of a Kingdom Builder

1.Have Faith of a Sparrow
2.Establish the Tithe in your life
3.Stepping up to your debt
4.Close the circle (close your budget)
5.Make yourself a financial Eunuch

In the Bible there are more than 2,000 verses that deals with finances compared to faith.
Jesus said you cannot serve both God and mammon.
Mammon : the name of idolatrous God
-Philistine god of prosperity
-wants allegiance of the heart.
Money is impotent
-Money is given importance by deceptive mammon
-happiness if have enough money is misleading
-money is not the end.

What are the symptoms of mammon?
1. Worry and anxiety over money
2. Money mismanagement-too much month left at the end of money
3. Greed-inordinate desire to acquire or possess
4.Stinginess (fear of tithing)
5. Mentality of "I can't afford it" - rather say How can i afford it? must ask God if it is for you so He will provide
6. Discontentment -Philippians 4:2
7. Impulse buying- can't say no to wants
8. Never having enough-spending more than earning
9. Bondage to debt
10. Exaggerated Importance of Money - overestimate power of money

God's Ancient Paths of Finances

How to Manage Your Money in a Biblical Way?

2009-08-20T21:27:00.000-07:00

A. Big idea

1. God is the source of all wisdom.

Proverbs 9:10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

2. Prosperity and success depend on studying and obeying the word of God.
Joshua 1:8 “Do not let the word of God depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to obey everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

3. Unless God is the central part of your money management, your plan will not succeed
Psalms 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.

B. Fundamental issues
1. God is the owner of everything
Scripture ref: Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it.”

2. Therefore, we are stewards.
Scripture ref : 2 Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body,whether good or bad.
3. In whom do we trust?

Psalms 20:7 “Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.”
The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the LORD has told you, "You are not to go back that way again." 17He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

4. In whom do we worship? GOD or Money
Jesus said in Matthew 4:10 “Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.”
Exo.34:14Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

5. Whom do we serve?
Jesus said in Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and
love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”

6. Whom do I Love more-God or money? money god
1Jonh 2:15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the
love of the Father is not in him.

Ecc.5:10 “Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.

7. Did I not make all the money myself?

1Corinthians 4:7 For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

8. Proof that we are but stewards. Parable of the talents
1Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.

Job 1:21 "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart.”
Psalm 49:12 But man, despite his riches, does not endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

C. Source of giver of wealth.

1. God is the giver and enabler. Sovereign Lord the giver and enabler
Ecclesiastes 15:19 Moreover, when God ¬¬¬¬¬gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work--this is a gift of God.”
Ecc.6:2 “God gives a man wealth, possessions and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires, but God does not enable him to enjoy them, and a stranger enjoys them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.
2. Satan is also a giver of wealth. ---used money to acquire coz he’s not the owner.
Luke 4:6 "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. So if you worship me, it will all be yours."

D. Guiding principles of wealth and possessions.
Proverbs 10:22 “It is the blessing of the LORD that makes rich ,and he adds no sorrow to it.”

E. Why does God bestow riches?
1 To provide for our needs.. creation principle
2. To give us ministry of helps.
Scripture ref. 1 Timothy 6:18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age.”

F. Why ministry of helps/giving?
1. Giving is a acceptance of our role as stewards.
2. Giving requires faith for without faith , it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6).

G. Who should we help?

Our earthly family.
1Timothy 5:8 “If anyone does not provide for his relatives , and especially for his
Immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

1. Our kingdom family.
Scripture ref: 1 John 3:17 “If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?”

Mat.10:42 “ And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."

2. Our shepherd and church workers.
Scriptures ref. Galatians 6:6 “ Anyone who receives instruction in the word must
share all good things with his instructor.”

3. Orphans and widows.
Scripture ref. James 1:27 “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is
this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being
polluted by the world.”
Ex. Buddhist in Sri Lanka
Christian- little impact in the world in giving.

4. The unsaved- the poor needy.
Scripture ref. Proverbs 19:17 “He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD,
and he will reward him for what he has done.

5. Advancement of the great commission.
Matthew 28, Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

H. Do I have enough to give?
Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken
together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it
will be measured to you."

2corinthians 9:6. Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever
sows generously will also reap generously.
Giving is a command
Giving is a mastery over money
We can never out give God

I. Giving is laying treasures in heaven.

Jesus said in Matthew 6:19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth
and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.”
Ex. Work 5 years send all u can to Phils after no more.

Jesus rebuked those not rich towards God. In the parable of the rich fool, Jesus said in
Luke 12:20 “"But God said to him, `You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself? "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."

Luke 14:13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

J. What is the first order of stewardship?

1. Acknowledge him as owner..
2. Worship him with a tithe.

Scripture ref. Leviticus 27:30 “" `A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.”
Galatians 6:7 “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”
Tithing is old testament law.Gen.14:20 And blessed be God Most High,
who delivered your enemies into your hand." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

K. Why Do we tithe?

1. It is biblical. Lev.27:30 " `A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD..

Gods house come first remember Haggai 1:4 "Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?"
5Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. 6You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it."
2. It is an act of worship, thanksgiving and obedience.
3. Provision for the storehouse.
4. Failure to tithe is robbing God.
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Malachi 3:8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.
"But you ask, `How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings.”
5. Jesus re affirmed the need of tithe.
Matthew 23:23 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

6. Arguments against tithing.
A. Abrahamic tithe (Genesis14:20) is one event never repeated.
B. Mosaic tithe is now obsolete, as we are no longer bound by the Law.

7. Biblical respond to objection to tithing.

A. Tithing was re affirmed by Jesus in Matthew 23:23
B. Fulfillment of Law does not mean abolishment of the Law
(ceremonial, food and sacrificial law are accomplish and no longer required)
C. Matthew 5:18 “I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.”
Law of Christ
D. The early church gives more than a tithe.

8. How does the early church give?
Acts 4:32 “All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. 33With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all. 34There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales.”
They yield total and complete ownership to God.
9. Tithe is minimum not maximum.

L. Application

1. Trust God to meet our needs.
Matthew 6:8 “Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.”
Philippians 4:19 “And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”
2. Do not make worldly riches your anchor which elusive and uncertain
1Timothy 6:17 “Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.”
Proverbs 23:4 “Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. 5Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.”

3. Avoid borrowing.
Proverbs 22:7 “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Psalm 37:21 “The wicked borrow and do not repay”

4. Never Borrow to do God’s work.
Psalm 34:9-10 “Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing.”
5. Beware of things that hinder-
e.g. compulsion to own a home
Hebrew 11:9 “By faith he (Abraham) made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.”

6. Never co-sign.
Proverbs 17:18 “A man lacking in judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.”

7. Do not be greedy.

Luke 12:18 “15Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
1Timothy 6:9 “People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.”

8. Do not be enticed by quick profit.
Proverbs 14:15 “A foolish man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.
9. Do not gamble.

1 Timothy 6:10 “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.”
10. Invest prudently.

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

11. Avoid consumerism but live a modest life style.
Proverbs 12:9 “Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
Do not fall into traps of consumerism and materialism. Every dollar you spent is a dollar you gain.
12. Give generously and regularly.
Be cheerful and regular giver
2Corinthians 8:7 “But just as you excel in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us--see that you also excel in this grace of giving.”
If you wait till you have enough to give---it will never comes

13. Have a saving plan.

Luke 14:28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?”
Planning avoids wastefulness. Jesus said in John 6:12 “, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted."

Plan for a debt free life. 2 Timothy 2:4 “No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs--he wants to please his commanding officer.”

Conclusion:
God uses money to direct our lives. He bestows riches to provide for our needs and to give as a ministry of helps in the administration of Gods Love. Satan uses money to enslave as and to render us unfruitful-with the worries of lives.

Christians are called upon to be faithful and content with their given lot. 1Timothy 6:6 “But godliness with contentment is great gain.”

Jesus said in Luke 16:10 “"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.” Be trustworthy with our given lot. We will be called to account to God our stewardship.

References:Biblical Money Management Principles
By: Mr. Matthew Kwok

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