Freedom from Financial Stress (Part 4 of “From Burnout to Balance”)

Freedom from Financial Stress(Part 4 of “From Burnout to Balance”)


ESV Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

ESV Matthew 6:25aTherefore I tell you, do not be anxious…


Having Freedom from Financial Stress:


•Spend Wisely

Average American Debt:


•Average credit card debt: $15,607


•Average credit card debt: $15,607•Average mortgage debt: $153,500


•Average credit card debt: $15,607•Average mortgage debt: $153,500•Average student loan debt: $32,656


ESV Luke 12:15-17And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’

ESV Luke 12:18-19And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’

ESV Luke 12:20-21But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”



•Spend Wisely


•Spend Wisely•Have the Right Attitude About Money


ESV Luke 12:22-23And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

ESV Luke 12:24-26Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?



•Spend Wisely•Have the Right Attitude About Money


•Spend Wisely•Have the Right Attitude About Money•Discipline Your Finances



ESV Matthew 6:19-21Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.


Challenge:

Challenge:

•Give something away this week. Buy someone a present. Write a check to charity. Send your treasure ahead of you!

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Freedom from Financial Stress (Part 4 of “From Burnout to Balance”)