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Transcript of 7 Certainties About Wealth
José R. Figueroa
www.figueroafinancial.com
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The purpose of my financial coaching is to help you get control of
your money so you can prosper and build wealth.
However, I don’t want you to lose sight of the fact that the pursuit
of wealth is not just a purpose unto itself.
So let’s talk about 7 certainties about wealth based on the
passage below:
17 Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their
money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we
need for our enjoyment.
18 Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and
generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others.
19 By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the
future so that they may experience true life.
I Timothy 6:17-19 (NLT)
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We should not take pride or put our trust in our
wealth.
When we do this, we turn our wealth into an idol
and it becomes the primary driver of our lives.
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the
one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and
despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.“
Matthew 6:24 (NASB)
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Earthly riches are temporary and can be here
today and gone tomorrow.
A job loss, an illness, poor decisions, or a
dramatic socioeconomic event could really cause
our wealth to disappear.
4 Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, cease from your consideration
of it.
5 When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes
itself wings like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
Proverbs 23:4-5 (NASB)
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Our trust should be in God who is the One who
provides everything in our lives.
All good things come from Him including our
ability to work, earn money, and prosper
“But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who
is giving you power to make wealth,”
Deuteronomy 8:18a (NASB)
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Live with a heart full of gratitude.
“in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for
you in Christ Jesus.”
I Thessalonians 5:18 (NASB)
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It is good to enjoy the fruits of our labor.
There is nothing wrong with spending
money wisely.
18 Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and
enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during
the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.
19 Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and
wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive
his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-19 (NASB)
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Our wealth should be used to do good works and
to help those in need.
We should always be ready to share from what
the Lord has provided for us.
“So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all
people, and especially to those who are of the household of
the faith.”
Galatians 6:10 (NASB)
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What we do for others in this life has more
eternal value than anything shown on our
balance sheet.
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and
rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19-21 (NASB)
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“We are not cisterns made for
hoarding, we are channels made for
sharing.”
Reverend Billy Graham
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José R. Figueroa is a Christian Personal
Finance Coach/Blogger @ Figueroa
Financial: Help and Hope for Your
Finances.
He is also the author of the e-books 7
Principles for Financial Success and Not
Mine, Not Yours, But Ours now available @
Amazon.
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