The Basis of Biblical Finance
Speaker: Dave Ramsey

(listen online here)

Five Basics of Biblical Finance:

Get out of debt

Proverbs 22.7 NRSV
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

Act your wage

Proverbs 21.20 NIV
A foolish man devours all he has.

Get on a  budget

Luke 14.28 NKJV
For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it.

Save and Invest

Proverbs 21.20 NIV
In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil.

Give

Malachi 3.10 NKJV
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts…

It was said that contentment is a powerful financial principle.

What does this mean to you?

How can working on a budget help your family follow God’s voice and effectively plan for the future?

Which of the five basics of Biblical finance do you need to work on first?

Next Steps:

• Register for “I was Broke; Not I’m Not” class for our Spring groups, starting April 13^th. Sign up at the Welcome Center.
• Take your first step toward financial freedom by committing to do one of the following:
  -        stop using credit cards.
  -        stop overspending.
  -        create a family budget.

Read the verses, answer the questions above,

and take with you to your eleven32 small group.