I know how hard you have been struggling. I know you have been doing everything to make ends meet. I know you have been doing everything you possibly can do to prevent financial catastrophe.
I know some of you have been desperately praying for an answer. I know some of you have been praying to God to hear you, to help you, to answer your prayers, to keep you financially solvent. Fear may be gripping you right now and may seem to be choking you.
God has heard you. he has answered your prayer and all you have to do now is accept His anwser and allow Him to guide you out of this crisis.
Yes, the world is in crisis and you may be facing a financial crisis of your own. Your financial house may be in disorder as it is with the world. Disaster threatens, the financial bottom seems to be about to fall out and you are afraid. But have no fear, God has heard you and he has prepared an escape for you.
There are four steps you need to take to secure your financial future and move beyond the worry, fear and frustration that financial pressure can cause.
Step One
The first step is to repent. You must repent of your transgressions against God. Have you been irresponsible financially? Have you bought things you do not need? Has your credit card debt increased to the point where it treatens to crush you? Do you have student loans, medical debt, car insurance, health insurance, rent or mortgage or even a second or third mortgage, bills that keep you up at night?
These are your transgressions. You must confess these to God. Tell Him that you are sorry and that you have not maneaged your finances responsibly.
Step Two
The next step is to pledge to God 10% of your income. If that is too much - and it may be for some of you - pledge 1%, pledge $5.00 a day, pledge $1.00 a day or whatever amount you are comfortable with. Set aside a container for God's money and add to it at regular intervals, no less than weekly, but daily if you prefer. Add to it at a period that makes sense for you. You will commit this amount to God and you will further pledge 10% of all your increase in your finances to God from this day forward.
Step Three
Step Three is to buy your Christian Financial Consultation. This consulatation is your roadmap for your finances. It reveals where you are now and maps out a path to where God wants you to be - financially independent.
Step Four
Step Four is God's Plan for Your Life. God has a plan for your life. God has been preparing you all your life for the plan He has for you. He has been preparing you to be able to step out boldly in life, fulfilling your purpose, doing your mission, working your perfect work and answering your true calling. All these things are there, just waiting for you to claim them do them and live them.
Some of you may be fractured. God is ready to help you pick up the shattered pieces of your life. God is standing ready to help you hammer all those disparate pieces into a life you can be proud of.
Defeat Into Victory
God wants you to realize that the tragedies and defeats in your life are there for a reason. They occurred to make you stronger, to strengthen your character, to add skills and knowledge and make you wiser. You will no longer perceive them as stumbling blocks or anchors that weigh you down, but rather as building blocks to the life that God has waiting for you.
God is waiting for you to take action now and He will give you victory wherever you go.
Begin Now
Begin now with Step One. Repent of your sins. Tell God how sorry you are for the mess you have made of your life and the mess you have made of your finances.
Proceed to Step Two. Pledge 10% or more, or any amount you can to God. Make this a weekly or biweekly or daily commitment - whatever you can do and whatever works for you. Once a week or once a month - give the amount you have saved to your local church - and do it anonymously.
After you have made your pledge to God, go to Step Three and purchase your Christian Financial Consultation. One of our dedicated, skilled and trained Christian Financial Counselors will work with you, following God's financial laws, to help you put together a financial roadmap that will get your financial house in order, get you out from under crushing debt and begin putting extra income into your pocket.
Today is The First Day of Your New Beginning
As you begin down this path, you will receive help along the way. You are not in this alone. Volunteers stand ready to help you with any problem, concern or issue you may have. God Himself stands ready to lend you a helping hand. I have been called to make this message known and help lead us all into God's Kingdom. Therefore I pledge my help to you. You may contact me at my email: starfleet1@yahoo.com I will do my best to help you in any way I can. If you have resources available, please volunteer these to help others.
Go ahead and complete the three steps now. As you complete step three we will lead you into Step Four - God's Plan for Your Life. Here we will help you discover God's purpose for you. We will help you identify the secret message God has written in your heart for you to embrace. We show you how to unearth the mystery of your mission here on Earth and prepare a plan for you to begin that mission.
Your Purpose
God has a purpose for everyone. Fulfilling your purpose is why you are here. It is what you were born to do. Before you can begin fulfilling your role for God, you need to get clear about where you are and begin the process of getting your financial house in order. Research our online posting regarding God's plan, Christian finances and spirituality. Locate Essential Spirituality and begin your walk with God today. With your help, we can begin the process of reversing ythis road of destrruction that is happening in the world. Things may get worse before they get better, but with you leading the way, fulfilling your role, we will get there.
Malachi 3:10
In Malachi 3:10, God says to prove His existence, put Him to the test. Pledge the first ten percent of your income to God and he promises to open the windows of heaven on you so that your wealth will overflow. I believe in God. Do you? Begin with Step One, proceed to Step Two and move into Step Three.
Begin Here
Step 1 - Repent - Tell God how sorry you are for the mess you have made of your life and finances. If things aren't all that bad, confess your daily sins of failing to walk completely in His Light.
Step 2 - Pledge 10% (or any amount you can)
This morning there was a knock at my door. When I answered the door I found a well groomed, nicely dressed couple. The man spoke first:
ReplyDeleteJOHN: “Hi! I’m John, and this is Mary.”
MARY: “Hi! We’re here to invite you to come kiss Hank’s ass with us.”
ME: “Pardon me?! What are you talking about? Who’s Hank, and why would I want to kiss His ass?”
JOHN: “If you kiss Hank’s ass, He’ll give you a million dollars; and if you don’t, He’ll kick the shit out of you.”
ME: “What? Is this some sort of bizarre mob shake-down?”
JOHN: “Hank is a billionaire philanthropist. Hank built this town. Hank owns this town. He can do whatever he wants, and what He wants is to give you a million dollars, but He can’t until you kiss his ass.”
ME: “That doesn’t make any sense. Why...”
MARY: “Who are you to question Hank’s gift? Don’t you want a million dollars? Isn’t it worth a little kiss on the ass?”
ME: “Well maybe, if it’s legit, but….”
JOHN: “Then come kiss Hank’s ass with us.”
ME: “Do you kiss Hank’s ass often?”
MARY: “Oh yes, all the time...”
ME: “And has He given you a million dollars?”
JOHN: “Well no. You don’t actually get the money until you leave town.”
ME: “So why don’t you just leave town now?”
MARY: “You can’t leave until Hank tells you to, or you don’t get the money, and He kicks the shit out of you.”
ME: “Do you know anyone who kissed Hank’s ass, left town, and got the million dollars?”
JOHN: “My mother kissed Hank’s ass for years. She left town last year, and I’m sure she got the money.”
ME: “Haven’t you talked to her since then?”
JOHN: “Of course not, Hank doesn’t allow it.”
ME: “So what makes you think He’ll actually give you the money if you’ve never talked to anyone who got the money?”
MARY: “Well, he gives you a little bit before you leave. Maybe you’ll get a raise, maybe you’ll win a small lotto, maybe you’ll just find a twenty-dollar bill on the street.”
ME: “What’s that got to do with Hank?”
JOHN: “Hank has certain ‘connections.’”
ME: “I’m sorry, but this sounds like some sort of bizarre con game.”
JOHN: “But it’s a million dollars, can you really take the chance? And remember, if you don’t kiss Hank’s ass He’ll kick the shit of you.”
ME: “Maybe if I could see Hank, talk to Him, get the details straight from him...”
MARY: “No one sees Hank, no one talks to Hank.”
ME: “Then how do you kiss His ass?”
JOHN: “Sometimes we just blow Him a kiss, and think of His ass. Other times we kiss Karl’s ass, and he passes it on.”
ME: “Who’s Karl?”
MARY: “A friend of ours. He’s the one who taught us all about kissing Hank’s ass. All we had to do was take him out to dinner a few times.”
ME: “And you just took his word for it when he said there was a Hank, that Hank wanted you to kiss His ass, and that Hank would reward you?”
JOHN: “Oh no! Karl has a letter he got from Hank years ago explaining the whole thing. Here’s a copy; see for yourself.”
From the desk of Karl
1.Kiss Hank’s ass and He’ll give you a million dollars when you leave town.
2.Use alcohol in moderation.
3.Kick the shit out of people who aren’t like you.
4.Eat right.
5.Hank dictated this list Himself.
6.The moon is made of green cheese.
7.Everything Hank says is right.
8.Wash your hands after going to
the bathroom.
9.Don’t use alcohol.
10.Eat your wieners on buns, no
condiments.
11.Kiss Hank’s ass or He’ll kick the
shit out of you.
ME: “This appears to be written on Karl’s letterhead.”
MARY: “Hank didn’t have any paper.”
ME: “I have a hunch that if we checked we’d find this is Karl’s handwriting.”
ReplyDeleteJOHN: “Of course, Hank dictated it.”
ME: “I thought you said no one gets to see Hank?”
MARY: “Not now, but years ago He would talk to some people.”
ME: “I thought you said He was a philanthropist. What sort of philanthropist kicks the shit out of people just because they’re different?”
MARY: “It’s what Hank wants, and Hank’s always right.”
ME: “How do you figure that?”
MARY: “Item 7 says ‘Everything Hank says is right.’ That’s good enough for me!”
ME: “Maybe your friend Karl just made the whole thing up.”
JOHN: “No way! Item 5 says ‘Hank dictated this list himself.’ Besides, item 2 says ‘Use alcohol in moderation,’ Item 4 says ’Eat right,’ and item 8 says ‘Wash your hands after going to the bathroom.’ Everyone knows those things are right, so the rest must be true, too.”
ME: “But 9 says ‘Don’t use alcohol.’ which doesn’t quite go with item 2, and 6 says ‘The moon is made of green cheese,’ which is just plain wrong.”
JOHN: “There’s no contradiction between 9 and 2, 9 just clarifies 2. As far as 6 goes, you’ve never been to the moon, so you can’t say for sure.”
ME: “Scientists have pretty firmly established that the moon is made of rock...”
MARY: “But they don’t know if the rock came from the Earth, or from out of space, so it could just as easily be green cheese.”
ME: “I’m not really an expert, but I think the theory that the Moon was somehow ‘captured’ by the Earth has been discounted. Besides, not knowing where the rock came from doesn’t make it cheese.”
JOHN: “Ha! You just admitted that scientists make mistakes, but we know Hank is always right!”
ME: “We do?”
MARY: “Of course we do, Item 5 says so.”
ME: “You’re saying Hank’s always right because the list says so, the list is right because Hank dictated it, and we know that Hank dictated it because the list says so. That’s circular logic, no different than saying ‘Hank’s right because He says He’s right.’”
JOHN: “Now you’re getting it! It’s so rewarding to see someone come around to Hank’s way of thinking.
ME: “But...oh, never mind. What’s the deal with wieners?”
MARY: [She blushes.]
JOHN: “Wieners, in buns, no condiments. It’s Hank’s way. Anything else is wrong.”
ME: “What if I don’t have a bun?”
JOHN: “No bun, no wiener. A wiener without a bun is wrong.”
ME: “No relish? No Mustard?”
MARY: [She looks positively stricken.]
JOHN: [shouting]. “There’s no need for such language! Condiments of any kind are wrong!”
ME: “So a big pile of sauerkraut with some wieners chopped up in it would be out of the question?”
MARY: [Sticks her fingers in her ears.]”I am not listening to this. La la la, la la, la la la.”
JOHN: “That’s disgusting. Only some sort of evil deviant would eat that...”
ME: “It’s good! I eat it all the time.”
MARY: [She faints.]
JOHN: [He catches Mary.] “Well, if I’d known you where one of those I wouldn’t have wasted my time. When Hank kicks the shit out of you I’ll be there, counting my money and laughing. I’ll kiss Hank’s ass for you, you bunless cut-wienered kraut-eater.”
[With this, John dragged Mary to their waiting car, and sped off.]