7.24.16 // WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY

WISDOM KEYS TO A BLESSED LIFE

When It Comes to Money…

Peter Young - Church Of Hope

Pearls From The Proverbs – About Earthly Riches

* can’t save you - Proverbs 11:4; 11:28

* won’t last - Proverbs 23:4-5; 27:4

* demonstrate priorities - Proverbs 13:11; 21:20

Wise Principles in Managing Your Money …

1. Recognize Your Source

Proverbs 3:5,6,9,10 - Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Honor the LORD with your possessions, and with the first fruits of all your increase; So your barns will be filled with plenty. 

Proverbs 10:22 - The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

2. Build Wealth Biblically 

Proverbs 12:11 - A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies has no sense. [NLT] 

Proverbs 15:18 - Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time. [NLT]

3. Don’t Live In Or On Debt 

Proverbs 22:7 - The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Proverbs 15:27 - He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

4. Be Generous 

Proverbs 11:24-25 - There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty. The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered himself.

5. Care For The Poor

Proverbs 19:17 - If you help the poor, you are lending to the LORD— and he will repay you!

Proverbs 28:27 - He who gives to the poor will not lack, But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

6. When You Fail…Start Over 

Proverbs 18:21 - For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity.