Financial Literacy #2

40 Days Presence Driven Life Phase2

(reprint 12/22/2005)

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Dear 40 Days Presence Driven LifeI spent a time of wonderful fellowship with the holiness of God. I started to fellowship with God in prayer and Thanksgiving around . The night early morning seems to provide a wonderful time of fellowship with God. God started to remind me of His timing and schedule. In 2005, I regret missing a lot of appointments with God. Many of us have missed the 2005 blessings and answer to prayer. Perhaps our eyes were blinded and ear stopped. Isaiah 35:5 5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 6Then shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert<O:P> </O:P>

 Get your house in order. Because God is going to restore the years the canker worm has stolen from you. Joel 2:25 (Amplified Bible) 25And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten--the hopping locust, the stripping locust, and the crawling locust, My great army which I sent among you.

 

Get your financial house in order. The spirit of God has directed me to encourage the 40 Days Presence Driven Life members to Get your financial house in order. God needs your resources to finance the Kingdom. Your tithe 10% doesn’t belong to God. All your money belongs to God. The goal of your 2006 financial strategy is to bring all of your money into the presence of God. Financial disorder rivals Gods presence. I am suggesting that you make an appointment with your family to review and adjust your projections for 2006. As 2005 comes to a close. I challenge the 40 Days Presence Driven Life members to get your “financial house” in order. There is a great dispensation in the next 10 days for financial reconciliation and forgiveness. The 40 Days Presence Driven Life members who seek order in their finances will find the hand of God moving on their behalf. Bible number 10 Testimony; Law and responsibility Ten: Government; law (commandments); order; tithe; measure; trial; testing. (Lev. 27: 32; Ex. 34: 28; Rev. 2: 10; 12: 3; Matt. 25:1-13)

 

40 Days Presence Driven Life Financial Suggestions

Ø    First bring your budget into the presence of God. Make an appointment to agree on a covenant budget. You may need professional Debt counseling. There are several ministries that have special materials for financial help and assistance. I can identify them upon request

Ø    First, bring your tithe (10%) into the presence of God each month  

    Second, bring your personal savings into the presence of God.

   You are the second debtor to pay. You owe yourself and your family, your ministry to establish monthly Personal savings. Your family savings is a budgetary item. It comes before credit cards. The 40 Days Presence Driven Life member can no longer pay Macys, Sears, Honda, Home Depot, Costco first

Ø    Develop strategies for Debt free living. God wants 40 Days Presence Driven Life members out of Debt

Ø    Put a moratorium on needless Christmas Debt, and credit card usage.

Ø    Consider the January 2006 season of Firstfruits. Firstfruits and tithing is different. Deuteronomy 26:1-19. January 2006 Offering the Firstfruits and Giving the Tithe. PASSAGE: Deuteronomy 26:1-19.

Ø    Repeat this confession daily. 1 Samuel 2:8 (Amplified Bible) 8He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with nobles and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and He has set the world upon them

 

 dumb and dumber and Dumberer  Debt

 Turning restaurant meals, travel, groceries, utility bills, movie tickets, vacations, gifts, gasoline and school clothes into debt and then choosing to pay for them with minimum monthly payments over many years and at rates that effectively double the original costs brings new meaning to the term stupid. Spending money you don't have yet to pay for things you don't have anymore is anything but intelligent. Nevertheless, that is exactly what millions of people in the countryare doing every day, every month, year after year after year.