1. Keep

of where your money is going.

Proverbs 27:23-24 (NIV)
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.

A. Create a

.

Luke 14:28-29 (NIV)
“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you,

B. Share

.

2. Have a financial

.

Proverbs 21:5 (NLT)
Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

10-10-80 Principle

A.

first.

The right view of money is this: God

.

1 Chronicles 29:11-12 (NLT)
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength.

Malachi 3:10 (NIV)
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

B.

second.

Proverbs 21:20 (TLB)
The wise man saves for the future, but the foolish man spends whatever he gets.

i. Save for

days.

ii. Save to buy things with

.

iii. Save and invest for the

.

C.

third.

Proverbs 22:7 (NIV)
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

D. Seek

.

3. Be

when it comes to your finances.

A.

over your finances.

Joel 2:23-25 (NLT)
Rejoice, you people of Jerusalem! Rejoice in the Lord your God!
For the rain he sends demonstrates his faithfulness. Once more the autumn rains will come, as well as the rains of spring. The threshing floors will again be piled high with grain, and the presses will overflow with new wine and olive oil. The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you.

B. God will take us

.

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