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Sermon Notes
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It strikes the unsuspecting and unaware while leaving a disaster area of debt in its wake. The money monster takes no prisoners and shows no mercy. Today, we will discover positive biblical principles of money management to help us stay out of debt and keep the creature from cash lagoon at bay. |
PLASTIC PEOPLE-EATER
The average household has more than $8,400 in credit card debt.
Minimum Payments = 25 yrs to pay off, spending total of $24,000 at 18% interest
Americans get 50 unsolicited credit card offers each year.
Americans have over 1 billion cards.
Credit debt = 735 billion; about 31% higher than it was five years ago
"…the borrower is servant to the lender." Proverbs 22:7
MEDIA MONSTER
BUDGET BOOGEYMAN
TYPES OF SPENDERS
Blue-Light
Save It/Blow It All
Keep-Up, One-Up, Show-Up
"Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; for riches do not endure forever." Proverbs 27:23-24a
B-G-L PRINCIPLE (10-10-80)
BRING
"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob Me. But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings." Malachi 3:8
GIVE
"Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest." Proverbs 6:6-8
LIVE
"Lazy people want much but get little, while the diligent are prospering."
Proverbs 13:4 |
