Mammon And God: Money And SpiritualitySample

Celebration

Devotional Content:

In today’s video, Dr. Kim asks Mike and Lisa this question: “What do you celebrate when it comes to stewardship?”

This has been a pretty tough reading plan. I hope you have been challenged. I pray it will help put you in a positive direction with your finances and keep you from being another “our finances ruined our marriage” couple. Dealing with money God’s way is countercultural. It’s just like a lot of things God says are best for us. We have a choice: God’s way or the world’s way. One is a temporary view of money and the other is eternal. Which will you choose?

The joy of choosing God’s way comes in many forms. Mike and Lisa talk of the fun of paying off a car. There is excitement in finally becoming debt free. Yet, to me, the best of all these comes when through our faithfulness as managers of God’s money, we have extra and can use it to help someone in need. That is truly cause for celebration. It’s like it all finally makes sense. This is God’s plan. This is merging money and God. It is becoming one together with money. It is a key to having an awesome marriage.

Today’s Challenge:

As you look back on this reading plan, what has changed about you, your marriage, and money? Are you taking steps toward oneness? Have you mapped out a plan together?

Going Deeper:

The 4 Budgeting Mistakes Most Couples Make

Learn the 4 mistakes and how to avoid them. In this training we will show you:

• How to address the emotions behind everything you want financially
• How to know what goal to focus on and start making real progress
• How to avoid having a "cheap" mentality and buy the things you love without guilt
• What type of budgeting tracker to use to automate management
• How to create a financial plan you both actually agree on, without sacrificing each other's dreams

Learn more here.