PERSONAL & FAMILY FINANCES

I.          INTRODUCTION

            A.        WORD OF GOD

-Psalm 119:105

            B.        ACKNOWLEDMENT

                                    -Proverbs 3:5-6

            C.        JESUS’S PRAYER TO THE FATHER

                                    -John 17:15

II.         WAYS TO GET MONEY

            A.        WORK FOR IT

                        1.         Genesis 2:15

                        2.         Genesis 3:17-19

                        3.         Genesis 1:31-2:3/Exodus 20:9

                        4.         Matthew 20:1-9

                        5.         II Thessalonians 3:6-12

                        6.         Proverbs 18:16

                        7.         Proverbs 14:23

                        8.         Proverbs 31:10-31

            B.        PRAY FOR IT

                        1.         Matthew 6:31-33

                        2.         Matthew 7:7-11

                        3.         Philippians 4:16-19

            C.        INHERIT IT

                        1.         Proverbs 13:22

                        2.         Proverbs 19:14

III.        WHAT TO DO WITH MONEY

            A.        GIVE IT TO GOD

                        1.         Genesis 14:17-21

                        2.         I Corinthians 16:1-2

                        3.         Matthew 10:8

                        4.         Luke 6:38

                        5.         Ecclesiastes 11:1

                        6.         Galatians 6:7-8

                        7.         II Corinthians 9:6-7

                        8.         Psalm 37:25

                        9.         Haggai 1:3-11

            B.        PAY YOUR BILLS

                        1.         Luke 10:7

                        2.         Leviticus 19:13

                        3.         James 5:1-5

                        4.         Jeremiah 22:13-14

                        5.         Malachi 3:5

                        6.         Proverbs 11:1

                        7.         Matthew 22:17-21

            C.        SAVE FOR YOUR FAMILY

                        1.         Luke 19:20-23

                        2.         II Corinthians 12:14

                        3.         Proverbs 13:22

VI.       THREE RULES FOR FINANCIAL SOLVENCY

            A.        DISCIPLINE/TEMPERANCE (SELF CONTROL)

                                    -Galatians 5:22-24

            B.        BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE

                        1.         Hebrews 13:5

                        2.         I Timothy 6:7-8

                        3.         Philippians 4:11-13

                        4.         Luke 3:14

                        5.         Colossians 3:5

            C.        DO NOT WASTE

                        1.         Isaiah 55:1-2

                        2.         Proverbs 18:9

V.         DANGER ZONES

            A.        BORROWING MONEY

                        1.         Proverbs 22:7

                        2.         Psalm 37:21

            B.        BUYING ON CREDIT

                        1.         Luke 14:25-30

                        2.         Matthew 5:23-26

            C.        CO-SIGNING

                        1.         Proverbs 6:1-5

                        2.         Proverbs 11:15

                        3.         Proverbs 17:18

            D.        JOINT VENTURES WITH NONBELIEVERS

                        1.         II Corinthians 6:14

                        2.         I Corinthians 5:9-11

                        3.         II Chronicles 19:1-2

IV.        SOME LAST THINGS

            A.        WILLS

            B.        BUDGETS