Luke 16:8-9 - The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. 9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
Financial Management
Begins With Understanding That
Psalm 50:10-12 - For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. 12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.
Continues With the Understanding That We Will Have to “
Romans 14:12 - So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
2 Corinthians 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
Be Wise
Get Wisdom From
Proverbs 27:17 - Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
Pray for Wisdom From
James 1:5 - If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
Budget
For the
Debts, Disasters, Dreams
For
Proverbs 13:22, 25 - A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous. 25 The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.
For
Proverbs 3:27-28 - Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. 28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
Work Hard and
Proverbs 27:23-27 - Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, 24 for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? 25 When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered, 26 the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field. 27 There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls.
Proverbs 6:10-11 - A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.