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A Study in Scripture –A Source of Light Study ©Source of Light Ministries
International 2011
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Managing Our Finances
This Power Point presentation is based upon the Source of Light Ministries course “Practical Christian Living” .
This series has been prepared by the Field Office of Source of Light Ministries International for use in our Teacher’s Guide program. We thank the members of SLM Alternative Media Team for their cooperation in this project.
©Source of Light Ministries International 2011
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Book 8 Lesson 22 Managing Our
Finances
Lesson 23 God's Guidelines
for Giving
Lesson 24 The Christian'sSecret of a Happy Life
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1 Facts, Faith, Feelings 2 How to Be Sure You Are
Saved 3 The Best Choice 4 Overcoming Feelings of
Inferiority 5 Learning to Accept
Myself 6 Why Isn't Christ Real to
Me? 7 Gaining a Clear
Conscience Part I 8 Gaining a Clear
Conscience Part II 9 God's Discipline 10 God's Authority 11 God's Delegated
Authority 12 God's Chastening
14 Understanding Our Deepest Needs Part II
15 Learning to be Content 16 Dealing with Anger 13 Understanding Our
Deepest Needs Part I 17 Reaction and
Resentment 18 Turning From Bitterness
to Forgiveness 19 Building Right
Relationships Part I 20 Building Right
Relationships Part II 21 Love One Another 22 Managing Our Finances 23 God's Guidelines for
Giving 24 The Christian's Secret of
a Happy Life
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“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Matthew 6:33
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1. God owns everything.
"For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thou sand hills...for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof."
Psalm 50:10,12
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2. All things come from God.
"Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is He that gives thee power to get wealth...."
Deuteronomy 8:18
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3. We and all that we have belong to God.
"...all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee."
1 Chronicles 29:14
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Do not go into debt.
“Owe no man anything, but to love one another....”
Rom 13:8a
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Do not strive to be rich.
“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
1 Timothy 6:10
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"He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him." Proverbs 28:22
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Do not hoard money.
"There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.“
Ecclesiastes 5:13
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“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
Matthew 6:19-21
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Do not make money your god.
"No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (money)."
Luke 16:13
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"They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition."
1 Timothy 6:9
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Make a Budget
To manage your money properly, you don't ask where it went; you tell it where to go.
Set aside money for emergencies.
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Avoid over-extended credit buying.
"Buy now—pay later" philosophy
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Distinguish between needs and “wants.”
Avoid impulse buying.“delayed action rule.”
Pay bills on time.
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Live on what God provides.
"...I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased (to live on almost nothing), and I know how to abound (to live when I have much)...."
Philippians 4:11,12
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Do not co-sign notes.
6 times in Proverbs
"Be not thou one of them...that are sureties for debts (co-sign notes for others)." Proverbs 22:26
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List your unpaid bills and debts
Analyze your current budget.
Decide on the payments you can make to each creditor.
Present your new payment plan.
Stick with your plan.
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Never run away from your debts. I t is not a disgrace to owe a debt, but it is a disgrace to evade an honest debt.
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"...a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses."
Luke 12:15
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness: and all these things shall be added unto you."
Matthew 6:33
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"Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness: and all these things shall be added unto you."
Matthew 6:33Seek first means:
The kingdom of God is:
His righteousness is:
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Give God the first hour of each day.
Give God the first day of each week.
Give God the first part of each dollar we receive.
Give God first place in our home.
Give God first place in our habits.
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“Godliness with contentment is great gain.
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.”
1 Timothy 6:6-8
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True success comes from putting God first in our life.
This Power Point presentation is based upon the Source of Light Ministries course “Practical Christian Living” .
This series has been prepared by the Field Office of Source of Light Ministries International for use in our Teacher’s Guide program. We thank the members of SLM Alternative Media Team for their cooperation in this project.
©Source of Light Ministries International 2011
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A Study in Scripture –A Source of Light Study©Source of Light Ministries
International 2011
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God's Guidelines for Giving
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1 Facts, Faith, Feelings 2 How to Be Sure You Are
Saved 3 The Best Choice 4 Overcoming Feelings of
Inferiority 5 Learning to Accept
Myself 6 Why Isn't Christ Real to
Me? 7 Gaining a Clear
Conscience Part I 8 Gaining a Clear
Conscience Part II 9 God's Discipline 10 God's Authority 11 God's Delegated
Authority 12 God's Chastening
13 Understanding Our Deepest Needs Part I
14 Understanding Our Deepest Needs Part II
15 Learning to be Content 16 Dealing with Anger 17 Reaction and
Resentment 18 Turning From Bitterness
to Forgiveness 19 Building Right
Relationships Part I 20 Building Right
Relationships Part II 21 Love One Another 22 Managing Our Finances 23 God's Guidelines for
Giving 24 The Christian's Secret of
a Happy Life
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Book 8 Lesson 22 Managing Our
Finances
Lesson 23 God's Guidelinesfor Giving
Lesson 24 The Christian'sSecret of a Happy Life
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“God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.”
2 Corinthians 9:8
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1. God owns all things.
2. All things come from God.
3. We and all that we
have belong to God.
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The “tithe" means "the tenth."
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All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord."
Leviticus 27:30
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“...they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.”
Deuteronomy 16:16,17 NKJB
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“Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty....”
Proverbs 3:9,10
“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed Thee? In tithes and offerings.”
Malachi 3:8
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“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed Thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed Me, even this whole nation.”
Malachi 3:8-9
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“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house, and prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”
Malachi 3:10
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“Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.”
Luke 6:38
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“For with the same measure thatye mete (give) withal it shall bemeasured (given) to you again.”
Luke 6:38b
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1. Give yourself to God.“They...first gave their own selves
to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.”
2 Corinthians 8:5
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2. Give as God has prospered you.
“…Let every one of you lay by him in store, as God has prospered him.”
I Corinthians 16:2
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3. Give systematically.“Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God has prospered him....”
1 Corinthians 16:2
4. Give cheerfully and liberally."Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver."
2 Corinthians 9:7
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5. Give wisely
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
1 Corinthians 4:1-2
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Size is determined by the heart and not amount
What we have and not what we don’t have
"Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow has cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all they did cast in of their abundance: but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living."
Mark 12:43,44
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We should give to our local church.
“Even so has the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.”
I Corinthians 9:14
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We should give to those who have helped us spiritually
“Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.”
Galatians 6:6 (NKJB)
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3. We should give to those in need.
“But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?”
1 John 3:17
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4. We should give to those who aretaking the gospel to the lost.
"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
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“He which sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully.”2 Corinthians 9:6
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"God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work."
2 Corinthians 9:8
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“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.”
2 Corinthians 8:9
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1. Life is a stewardship, not an ownership.
2. One day we must give an account of our stewardship.
“Well done, thou good and faithful servant”
3. The wisest and best use of money is using it to win others to Christ.
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Thank You for Giving to the Lord…
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The wisest and best use of money is using it to win others to Christ.
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Book 8 Lesson 22 Managing Our
Finances
Lesson 23 God's Guidelinesfor Giving
Lesson 24 The Christian'sSecret of a Happy Life
This Power Point presentation is based upon the Source of Light Ministries course “Practical Christian Living” .
This series has been prepared by the Field Office of Source of Light Ministries International for use in our Teacher’s Guide program. We thank the members of SLM Alternative Media Team for their cooperation in this project.
©Source of Light Ministries International 2011
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The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life
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1 Facts, Faith, Feelings 2 How to Be Sure You Are
Saved 3 The Best Choice 4 Overcoming Feelings of
Inferiority 5 Learning to Accept
Myself 6 Why Isn't Christ Real to
Me? 7 Gaining a Clear
Conscience Part I 8 Gaining a Clear
Conscience Part II 9 God's Discipline 10 God's Authority 11 God's Delegated
Authority 12 God's Chastening
13 Understanding Our Deepest Needs Part I
14 Understanding Our Deepest Needs Part II
15 Learning to be Content 16 Dealing with Anger 17 Reaction and
Resentment 18 Turning From Bitterness
to Forgiveness 19 Building Right
Relationships Part I 20 Building Right
Relationships Part II 21 Love One Another 22 Managing Our Finances 23 God's Guidelines for
Giving 24 The Christian's Secret of
a Happy Life
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“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.”
Romans 8:28
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1. Trouble is a part of this life.
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
1Peter 4:12-13
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2. God loves us and desires only what is best for us.
We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19
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3. God's goal for us in this life.
"For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren."
Romans 8:29
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Which word is stronger and emphatic?
Know versus. ThinkKnow versus. Believe
What is the difference?
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1. We must believe that God is sovereign.
"He does according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou?"
Daniel 4:35
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"Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did He in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places."
Psalm 135:6
"Forever, 0 Lord, Thy word is settled in heaven. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abides. They continue this day according to Thine ordinances: for ALL ARE THY SERVANTS."
Psalm 119:89-91
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"Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind FULFILLING HIS WORD."
Psalm 148:7,8
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way
Psalms 37:23
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We must believe that God is good.
"Praise ye the Lord. 0 give thanks unto the Lord; for HE IS GOOD: for His mercy endures forever."
Psalm 106:1
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“When we can believe that God is good in having allowed some trial to come our way, then faith can believe that God is great, and abundantly able to deliver us.”
L.E. Maxwell,
founder of PrairieBible Institute
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3. We must believe that God's will is perfect.
“As for God, His way is perfect.”Psalm 18:30
"All of God's acts are done in perfect wisdom, first for His own glory, and
then for the highest good of the greatest numbers for the longest time."
A.W. Tozer
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We see only the "earthly side" of God's doings, and thus we fail to see His perfect design and plan.
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4. We must surrender our will to God
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5. We must know that all things work together for good to those who love God.
“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.”
Romans 8:28
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6. We must receive everything from the hand of God.
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7. We must be thankful.
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FAITH IS SEEING & BELIEVING IN THE REALITY OF THE UNSEEN.
FAITH IS EXPLICIT OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S DIRECTION.
FAITH IS PLEASING GOD
FAITH IS KNOWING THAT GOD WILL REWARD MY SEARCH FOR HIM
FAITH IS MAKING DECISIONS BASED UPON THE WILL AND WAYS OF GOD.
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Seeing God in all our circumstances.
Faith looks beyond circumstances and discovers God at
work.
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The secret of a happy life is seeing God in all my
circumstances.
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Sit, Walk Stand- Watchman Nee The Pursuit of God- A.W.Tozer Abide in Christ- Andrew Murray The Knowledge of the Holy- A.W.
Tozer God’s Word Made Plain- Kay
Friederichsen