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Originally posted by Shalom08
In reading your posts and reflecting back on my relatives, I can truly say that the basis of their financial woes was due to the parents non-existence relationship with the Lord from which to establish basic, biblicial principals for money management and stewardship. Could this also be the case within your family?
In fact, looking back, not only did my relatives (and still continue to) have money issues, they have passed it down to their children and to their children's children until now, it is no longer an issue of financial ignorance but one that is a generational curse!
You however, can begin now to break what looks like the beginning cycle of financial carelessness by understanding the basic concepts of money as a medium of exchange and by DECLARING the WORD over the money you've been entrusted with to be a good steward over.
In declaring, APPLYING, and standing on the WORD with your money, it will require you to move into a deeper level of comprehension---understanding that not all money that comes into your hands is necessary YOUR money or for YOU. The Lord will move money through you to assist and aid others. Granted, if your parents are gambling and spending the household finances away on foolish things, no, the Lord isn't expecting you to become their cash flow support system that enables them to live a life of debts---(the devil is a liar)---but as a rule of thumb, with money being a tool (that's all it truly is), and as you become comfortable in knowing that everything you need comes from our Heavenly Father, and that all your supplies are met according to Philippians 4:19, you will find yourself having to release a LOT of what you thought was YOUR money...you will become a conduit in which money is to flowwwwwwwwwwwww because you will have become a good steward, one in which the LORD can trust to hear His voice and obey His directions concerning your giving (but you have to know His voice).
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Shalom,
You are always on point IMHO when it comes to dropping knowledge. The above blessed me as a person who has problems with being a good steward with her own finances. Thank you for sharing this.
De6,
what Shalom and the others shared with you were very good lessons to not just say you heard but ALLOW TO SOAK into your spirit and your mind. As a former high school teacher, senior year is about the activities as well as preparation for life AFTER high school. I hope you spent the summer wisely by preparing for the SAT, ACT, scholarships, etc.
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