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4 Tips to sticking with a budget

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Here are four quick tips to sticking with a budget…

  1. Write it down | There is so much power in this!!! You have got to get it down on paper (use a household budgeting spreadsheet if you must).  You need to TELL your money where it will go. You control your money, don’t let it control you. If you are not sure who is in charge, then it probably isn’t you. Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. habakkuk 2.2
  2. Eliminate temptations | Recovering alcoholics should not hang out in bars. The temptation is too strong. It is just foolish. The same applies to someone who is trying to break the habit of overspending. You shouldn’t hang out at the mall, Home Depot, or wherever you get tempted. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. Romans 13.14
  3. Think long-term | It will not happen overnight, but it WILL happen if you do not quit. Get motivated by your thoughts of how peaceful it will be to have your financial life organized. Allow yourself to dream and imagine how good it will be. When circumstances make you feel like it is too difficult or that it will never get any better, remember: All this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD’S… 1 Samuel 17.47
  4. Reward yourself | This was a must for me. Without incentives or rewards I have a hard time succeeding. Rewards help to keep us motivated! So, set little goals for yourself and celebrate those milestones. They are a big deal, do not underestimate them! Considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward. Hebrews 11.26

check out more scriptures on budgeting.

The power to get wealth (to establish his covenant)

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Reading about John Rockefeller, I found that, “Rockefeller strongly believed since he was a child that his purpose in life was to make as much money as possible, and then use it wisely to improve the lot of mankind.”

What an awesome purpose for living!

God’s power to gain wealth

But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. Deu 8:18

Notice that the above verse says he gives us the POWER to get wealth. There is action required on our part. It would be much easier if God just handed us millions of dollars when we signed up to walk with Him, but wouldn’t that take all the fun out of it?

It goes back to the “seek and you shall find” principle. We have to seek to find it, it doesn’t just land in our laps as we sit and do nothing.

Just like the parable of the talents in Matthew 25 we have been entrusted with gifts from God, it is our responsibility to make use of them. We have the ability to let our gifts lay dormant or we can use them to their fullest potential. Why don’t we all take what we have been given, make millions with it, and use it for God’s purposes?