Money has never made a man happy, nor will it.

There is nothing the nature of money to produce happiness. For the more you have, the more you will wants. Instead of money filling a vacuum, it actually creates a greater one.

For when one want is satisfies, it opens the door too more want.

 

Ways to stay out of the grips of want and need witch the grip of money will have on a person

1. Keep money somewhat under your control instead of you being controlled by your money is to first understand everything you have is from Father God, it is not yours it is His and He allows you to use it.

 

2. Right off the top give God back the first tenth of what you are given. 3. Learn to be content with what you have. (Stop striving for more, because someone ells has something different or more than you do. Maybe it is not God’s best for you.)

4. Form a budget and then stick to it.

 

Understanding that all you have no one can do for you; you have to come to that conclusion on your own, but get this God created all living things and God can destroy all living things, whom better to want to please.

 

It is up to you if you want to give back to God what He asks for 1 tenth of all you are given, no one can make that call for you.

 

Contentment is also your choice, it is a much simpler choice if you’re trust is in Father God for all your needs, and aging a choice you have to make for your self

 

Now for a budget:

This you can get help with; before forming a budget you need to understand money, debt, planning ahead and saving

In any one’s life if you are in debt you are owned,

one of the slyest moves of the enemy is debt, credit card debt is probably the worst because you can slip the card out and pay for things on any whim you may have, no cash out of hand so in the back of your mind you still have cash in your pocket so you still have money you can spend, and you can always take care of the credit card bill the next time you get paid.

But what happens is you keep spending and can only afford to make minimum payments and never get out of debt (credit card payments and interest are designed to keep you always owing, always in debt, always owned.)

 

Here is what Father God has to say about money:

1Timothy 3:1-5 It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

 

1Timothy 6:6-10

Godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.

For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

 

Hebrews 13:5

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,”

 

i understand that 1Timothy is speaking of someone who is seeking to be in the office of overseer in the church but as the head of your family or over yourself and your money you are the overseer and should desire these attributes in your own life. And who really wouldn’t like a life that is above reproach, faithful in marriage, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach (even if your own children), not addicted to wine or arguing, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money, having a well household and children which are under control with all dignity.

 

Keeping a Budget:

First thing to do is stop spending money you really don’t have….

     1. Cut up and dispose ALL credit cards’

     2. Only pay cash for ANYTHING you purchase

     3. And buy NOTHING on time from anyone

 

Second thing to do stop spending….

4. When looking to buy ANYTHING ask yourself these questions (and be honest)

     a. Is this a want or a need

     b. Is this something that has anything to do with sustaining my life (is it a difference between life and death)?

     c. Do I really need it (if you have to justify you don’t need it)

     d. If it does not have something to do with food clothing or shelter,,, do not buy it, and if it does before you put out the cash, ask yourself this.

{Am I really willing to do without something ell to have this item?

For when you are paying with cash you will soon realize fast that when it’s gone it’s gone, and if you are spending foolish the first few days after being paid you will find you don’t have anything to spend till the next pay day.}

It will be a long month if you run out of food because you purchased a new pair of shoes you didn’t need or that new game or smart phone, or, or, or.

 

Enough for today; take time and think about what you actually need to live, than take a look and see what you already have (it will probably out number your needs by 10,000%)

 

Take the time and read 1Timothy and get a good grip on the fact that the love of money is the root of all evil, not money in its self but the love of it, that includes the love of what you can do with, or what you think money can do for you.

 

See you tomorrow.