Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; —Proverbs 27:23 NIV
1. We need to
28 “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? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’ —Luke 14:28–30 NIV
2. We need to prepare and plan for the
The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down. —Proverbs 21:20 NIV
3. We should not
35 They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, to be kept in the cities for food. 36 This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the country may not be ruined by the famine.” —Genesis 41:35–36 NIV
4. We need a
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. —Proverbs 22:7 NIV
5. Debt can be
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. —Proverbs 21:5 NIV
6. Get out of debt and start
Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. —Ecclesiastes 11:2 NIV
7. We need to diversify our
The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor. —Proverbs 22:9 NIV
8. We now have
Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. —2 Corinthians 9:7 NIV
9. We should seek God and
For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers. —Proverbs 11:14 NIV
10. We need a trusted
Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. —John Wesley