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Showing posts with label money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money. Show all posts

1.27.2010

Balanced: Developing a Plan


The final key to staying balanced with our finances is to develop a plan and work the plan. And the plan is all about our priorities. What percentage of your finances will you honor God with 2%, 10%, or all?

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Balanced: Back in the Black


There are areas in our finances in which we have to be making constant corrections. Two of those areas are: Spending and Getting out of debt.

We'll take a look at how spending is really an extension of discontentment and what it means for the borrower to be slave to the lender.

[image by Adam Crowe]

Balanced: Reading the Fine Print



In order for our finances or anything in life to be balanced, we have to have a clear objective. Your objective regarding your finances may not be defined by you in so many words, but is defined by your actions with and attitudes toward your money. Perhaps your objective is to be able to provide well for your family. Or possibly to save as much as possible. Spend as much as possible. Regardless, you do have an objective. This Sunday we're going to suggest that the only objective that will provide true balance is the objective of honoring God with our finances.

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Balanced: Opening the Books


The first week of Balanced will roll out some very practical thoughts on our finances. Regardless of who we are and what be believe, there are two things we have to know about finances, we always have to keep an eye on where our money is going and we have to make constant corrections.

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