MAXIMIZING YOUR FINANCIAL POTENTIAL (PT1)

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1. Financial Priority

"Honour the Lord with your possessions, And with the first fruits of all your increase; So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine."
~Prov. 3:9-10

This verse could read like this... "Honour the Lord with your:
Possessions, what you currently have AND with First Fruits, first part of ALL your income and ALL your revenue."

2 STEPS In GIVING TO GOD:

1. Obedient Giving – Our tithe (The first 10% of everything we earn)
2. Generous Giving – Our offering

• TITHING is simply returning the 10% of my income to God
• GENEROSITY is giving to him above the 10% - giving from our possessions

"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."
~2 Corinthians 8:7

OBEDIENT AND GENEROUS GIVING,
PRODUCES PROSPEROUS LIVING

There are 2 RESULTS for LIVING

1. Barns will have Plenty – Barns are for your future – saving/ giving
2. Vats will Overflow – what your work produces – your work will be blessed

2. Root Financial Problem

"In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has." ~Prov. 21:20

'Devours' means "consumes quickly and without thought."

We don’t have a wealth problem, we have a spending problem!

1. We need to be MORE THANKFUL for what we HAVE
2. We need to be MORE RESPONSIBLE for what we DO with it

PART of that PROCESS is to challenge us

NOT to be CONSUMERS but to BE GIVERS!

We think twice about giving and once about spending.  We need to turn that around and think once about giving and twice about spending!

• We don’t want to be THOUGHTLESS SPENDERS
• We want to be THOUGHTFUL GIVERS

PRACTICAL QUESTIONS to ask ourselves:

1. IS THIS PURCHASE PRACTICAL RIGHT NOW?
2. WILL THIS PURCHASE IMPACT MY ABILITY TO GIVE GENEROUSLY THIS WEEK?

"You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God."
~2 Corinthians 9:11

You Are Blessed To Be A Blessing!

• Give Generously
• Spend Carefully
• Live Wisely

3. Financial Potential

How to Walk in Your MAXIMIZED Financial Potential 

• focus and work hard ~Prov. 10:4
• be loyal and faithful ~Prov. 3:3
• live for God and love others ~Prov. 21:21
• be honest ~Prov. 28:10
• be willing to receive instruction from GOD and others ~Prov. 16:20
• positive attitude and actions ~Prov. 4:23

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HE OWNS IT ALL!

Prov. 11:25 “The generous prosper & are satisfied; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.”

1. God’s Primary Principle For Financial Prosperity is Generosity

   1. Generosity is Giving Freely

2. Why God Wants You Prosperous

REFRESH means “To help fulfill the needs of others.”

God Wants You Be Prosperous: 

1. For Others:

• Meet their Spiritual Needs – to give generously to the Lord – to tell others about Jesus
• Meet their Physical Needs – to see a need and meet it ~Phil 4:15-16

When you give generously, you need to also give anonymously

2. For Us: (will himself be refreshed – have our needs met & be satisfied)

• When we look after others, God looks after us;
  • What We Need: Daily Provision (2 Cor. 9:8);
• When You’re Generous You Will Not Lack;
  • What We Want: Desires of our Heart (Mark 11:24, Ps 37:4);

WHEN YOU GIVE WITH THE RIGHT HEART YOU CANNOT LOSE!!!

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BIBLICAL INSTRUCTION To Live in Greater Prosperity

God will not violate his word to accomplish something in your life.  He wants to keep you out of a mess and set you up for success!
There are caution signs for things that hold us back and keep us in lack.  Here are some things to avoid in order to live in greater prosperity:

1. Loving Pleasure - Prov. 21:17 Those who love pleasure become poor; wine and luxury are not the way to riches.  Buy now - Pay later; it will hold you back and keep you in lack!
2. Talk - Prov. 14:23 All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.  Idle chatter - all talk and no action. - Idle talk will hold you back and keep you in lack!
3. Laziness - Prov. 10:4 Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. 
4. Being Stingy - Prov. 11:24 It is possible to give freely and become more wealthy, but those who are stingy will lose everything.
5. Get-Rich-Quick - Prov. 28:22 Trying to get rich quick is evil and leads to poverty.

WHAT IS THE ROOT CAUSE?
Some of our life issues are only symptoms or results of wrong root issues in our life and some life issues are through no fault of our own!
CRUCIAL QUESTION:
When do I need to change?  When do I need to hold on?

1. One is STUBBORN (sin)
2. One is FAITH (righteous)

To hold on and stay the course when we need to change will trap us in poverty. BUT to give up when God is preparing us will limit our future full-life prosperity!
Wrong Reasons to Change our Action:

• Fear: outcome OR others perception
• Pressure: from friends OR family
• Problems: "My life would be easier"
• People: "They are holding back my blessing"
• Potential Prosperity: "Show me the money"

HOW DO WE STOP OURSELVES FROM MAKING THE WRONG DECISIONS

We must be Led by:

• His Word - not the World
• Faith - not Fear
• His Spirit - not by Flesh

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HOW DO WE GET & STAY OUT OF DEBT?

Don't pacify your flesh - get God's true peace!  God has given us his word so that we can avoid pitfalls.

• "Let the Lord be magnified, who takes pleasure in the prosperity of his servants." ~Psalm 35:27
• "And the Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children." ~Psalm 115:14,15
• "You will make your way prosperous and have good success." ~Joshua 1:8
• "My God will meet all your needs according to his riches in Christ Jesus." ~Philippians 4:19
• "I pray that you would prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers." ~3 John 1:2

If We Are Not Careful, Our Practices Can Get In The Way Of God's Promises!

“The rich rules over the poor and the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.” ~Proverbs 22:7

SLAVE means 'one who works for a master to whom he belongs'

Most of us have a 'Rat Race' mentality.  There is a bumper sticker that says, 'I owe, I owe, so it's off to work I go!'  We don't purposefully do it, but we borrow and become slaves.  We borrow for our car, for our house, etc.  We become like a dog on a chain and the lender pulls us wherever they want.  Most people borrow with the full intention of paying it back; but things always come up and we end up going

deeper into debt.

"Debt Doesn't Keep You From having Eternal Life, But It Will Keep You From Experiencing Abundant Life!"

DEBT WILL:

• Limit what you can do for God
• Slow down the pursuit of your destiny
• Keep you up at night with worry

"It was for freedom that Christ has set us free" ~Galatians 1:5

DEBT IS A YOKE (A BURDEN, A WEIGHT) THAT WILL KEEP YOU BROKE!!!

HOW DO WE GET & STAY OUT OF DEBT?
1. Be Patient ~James 1:4

• Don't be a slave for what you crave!
• Wait for what you want

2. Trust God More ~Philippians 4:19

• Work hard
• Live within your means
• Don't spend what you don't have

3. Be Content ~Philippians 4:12

• Less Money is Spent When We Are Content

4. Have a Plan ~Proverbs 21:5

Practical Plan:

• STOP Spending
• START Paying
• CONTINUE Giving

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