biblical principles and actions to survive and thrive in the current financial climate – part 5

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Errol & Gerri VassellErrol & Gerri Vassellwww.safeguarded.co.ukwww.safeguarded.co.uk

Teaching Overview

• Orientation

• Purpose for our finances

• Obedience and our finances

• Wisdom and our finances

• Encouragement for our finances

• Restoration of our finances

Teaching Tasters (to come)!

• Financial intelligence

• The 10/10/80 Rule

• Earn, Spend, Taxed v Earn, Taxed, Spend

• How to get out of debt

• Why a job is only the first step

• The need for Charitable Organisations

• The need for Business Enterprises

• The need for Savings and Investments

Orientation

• The Potential for our success explained in scripture

• The Perversion for our success exposed in scripture

• The Programme for our success established in scripture

Purpose for our finances

• ‘Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy’

• ‘That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate’

• ‘Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may hold on eternal life’ (I Tim 6 v 17-19)

God has good plans for God has good plans for usus

Jeremiah 29 v 11Jeremiah 29 v 11 (KJV)(KJV)

For I know the thoughts that For I know the thoughts that I have toward you, saith the I have toward you, saith the Lord, thought s of peace, Lord, thought s of peace, and not of evil, to give you and not of evil, to give you an expected end an expected end


Restoration and our finances

Joel 1 v 4 (Read the whole chapter)

‘That which the palmerworm hath left hath

the locust eaten; and that which the locust

hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and

that which the cankerworm hath left hath

the caterpillar eaten’.


Joel 2 v 19 v 27 (summary)

• The return of former rain and the latter rain. • Floors shall be full of wheat, and the vat shall

overflow with wine and oil. • Restoration of the years eaten by the locust,

the cankerworm and the palmerworm.

• Return of plenty and the LORD shall be glorified.


Joel 2 v 28 v 32 (summary)

• And it shall come to pass afterward….. • The Holy Spirit shall be poured out on all flesh • Sons and daughters shall prophesy • Old men shall dream dreams• Young men shall see visions

• Signs and wonders and deliverance

What does the What does the Bible say about Bible say about restoration and restoration and

money?money?


Group Exercise

What scriptures / biblical stories, which clearly talks to us about restoration and money, are you familiar with?

one examples per group

My Favourite Bible Scriptures

• Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD and whose hope the LORD is.

• For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters , and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.(Jeremiah 17 v 7 & 8)


• Psalm 23 – Wow!• The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want• He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me

beside the still waters.• He Restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of

righteousness for his name’s sake.• Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of

death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.


• Psalm 23 (Continued) – Wow!• Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of

mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

• Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.


• God needs your plan to direct!

• A Man’s heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth his steps (Proverbs 16 v 9)

• Commit thy works unto the Lord and thy thoughts shall be established (Proverbs 16 v 3)


• What you have left is enough!

2 Kings 6 v 1 – 7 (Key point)

‘Cast your stick into the waters and the iron will swim’.

Use what you have left!

7 Steps to a Turnaround

• Exposure• Decisions• Transformation• Build• Finish• Receive• Confession

Final Thoughts

• 1 Samuel 30 v 1 - 19 (Key point)

‘Pursue and recover all.

• Luke 19 v 10

‘For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which is lost’

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