“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” 28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, 29 because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law. —Matthew 7:24-29 NIV
They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. —Luke 6:48 NIV
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” —Luke 12:15 NIV
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. —Psalm 139:23-24 NLT
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? —Psalm 11:3 ESV
The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him. —Proverbs 20:7 NKJV
So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls. 22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. —James 1:21-22 NLT
Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. —Romans 10:17 NKJV
1. Do I have a fixed
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2. Do I have a successful
relationship?
Except the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it.. —Psalm 127:1 NKJV
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. —Ecclesiastes 4:12 NIV
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate it. —Mark 10:9 NIV
3. Do I understand and follow the Biblical principles of
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The tenth of the produce..is the Lord’s, and is holy. —Leviticus 27:30 TLB
“Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 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. —Malachai 3:8-10 NIV
Because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. —Matthew 6:21 NIV
Bring this tithe to eat before the Lord your God at the place he shall choose as his sanctuary…The purpose of tithing is to teach you always to put God first in your lives. —Deuteronomy 14:23 TLB
In the beginning God.. —Genesis 1:1 NIV
4. Do I have a consistent lifestyle of
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Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. —1 Corinthians 3:16-17 NKJV
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [a]and in your spirit, which are God’s. —1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NKJV
And put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. —Proverbs 23:2 NIV
Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, 21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags. —Proverbs 23:20-21 ESV
Pastor Jimmy Evans - Marriage Today (Youtube)
Dave Ramsey - Seven Baby Steps (Youtube)
Dr. Henry Cloud - Boundaries with kids (Amazon)
Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.” —2 Timothy 2:19 NIV