JUNE 16, 2024
RELIEVING FINANCIAL TENSION IN THE HOME
According to a Time magazine survey of a few yew years ago, the number one source of arguments in marriage is conflict over money. Gallup reports 56% of divorces are due to financial problems or pressure.
Financial problems always occur when we ignore God’s Five Financial Laws.
1. Keep good records
Prov. 27:23-24 – Be sure you know the conditions of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds. For riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
Prov. 23:23 – Get the facts at any price.
Prov. 24:3-4 – Any enterprise becomes strong, through common sense and profits by keeping abreast of the facts.
Four Things To Know
Keep track of what you own.
Know what you owe.
Know what you earn.
Know where it goes.
2. Plan your spending.
Prov.21:5 – The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as hast leads to poverty.
Prov. 21:20 – The wise man saves for the future, but the foolish man spends whatever he gets.
Three Things In A Good Budget
Should be a mutual decision.
Should be a matter of prayer.
Should be based on goals.
Savings
Spending
Giving
3. Enjoy what you have.
Prov. 15:16-17 – Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil. Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.
I Tim.6:6-8 – But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and be content with that.
Heb. 13:5 – Be content with what you have.
4. Share with others.
Prov. 11:24-25 – One man gives freely yet gains even more, another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper, he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
Prov. 19:17 – He who is kind to the poor leads to the Lord, and He will reward him for what he has done.
Prov. 22:19 – A generous man will himself be blessed.
Prov. 28:27 – He who gives to the poor will lack nothing.
5. Put God first in your finances.
Prov. 3:9 – Honor the Lord with your wealth, and with the first fruits of all your crops.
Three Reasons To Tithe
It shows our gratitude.
It’s a reminder for the present.
It’s a step of faith for the future.
Deut. 14:23
Malachi 3:8-11
Matt. 6:33 – Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.