This is a sermon from my Pastor Dr. John R. Adolph. Enjoy!
How can we pay-off our debts and live debt free?
1. SEEK WISDOM FROM GOD REGARDING THE LORD'S MONEY-Never take your lesson on persevering from a weak person that always quits. Never take the advice of a thief on what honesty really is. And never take lessons on your money from someone that is ungodly and totally broke. Seek God about the money that He has placed in your possession because it belongs to Him in the end. This is what this woman does. She comes to the man of God and says I am broke and things are bad. And Elijah gives her wisdom that comes from God that is going to turn her life completely around!
2. START AN ENTERPRISE WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE-This may anger you, but it is true none-the-less. What the Bible calls "slavery" is now defined as "employment". If you have a good job, praise the Lord for it and keep it! But always remember this, jobs come with a financial lid on them. The only way to take the lid off is for you to take what you have and use it like it came from God, because it did. All the woman in the passage has is a little oil. In her eyes it wasn't much. But, in the eyes of God it was the key to her freedom from her creditors that she could not pay. Here's a good question to ask right about now. What do you have that you are not using that came from God? Get this, if you use it, it will multiply before your eyes. If you don't, it won't!
3. SECURE SOME ASSISTANCE FROM PEOPLE THAT WILL HELP-Here's what's deep about this story. This woman has to borrow what she needs to get what she wants. The term "borrow" in the passage does not mean to "lend" in the sense of a loan. But, it means to "give" as it relates to "grace". Are you shouting yet? You should be and here's why! All help is not good help. But when you get started, the Lord is going to place people in your path that you have not seen yet and perhaps don't know yet that will help you and they will not want anything in return! Their mission in life is for them to help you! Hold onto this, the vision of your future will be met by the provisions of God.
4. SHUT THE DOOR ON POTENTIAL INTERFERENCE-Listen, what the Lord is going to do in your life is not for everybody so that means that you will have to close the door. Shut the door on negative, narrowed minded, faithless people that cannot see what God is getting ready to do for you. This woman closes her door. This may seem rude, but remember this, it works!
5. START WORKING-This should translate like this, "she started her hustle!" The Bible says "she poured the oil." It was work it was hard, it tedious, it was laborious, it was time consuming, it was not fun, but she worked! Okay, let me just come right out and say it, debt free living is not the lazy and the loose! It takes work!!!
6. SALE WHAT YOU HAVE-Hear this, the key to poverty is consumption, but the key to financial freedom is what you sale! If you have nothing to sale you will never have anything to gain! Sale a service, an idea, your wisdom, your skill, your labor, or your products! But, you must sale!
7. SERVE THE CREDITOR WITH A PAY-OFF NOTICE AND SAVE THE REST-Here it is, pay off your debts! It happens when the Lord blesses the work of your enterprise and entrepreneurship. Can you see it yet? It is going to happen, but you have to do what this sister did and if it works for her it will work for you too! And here's the shout for the day, God will supply your needs so that it flows onward to your children! This is why your next faith move is so important, the future of your children depend on it! Live these principles and watch God bless, increase, and overflow you with financial strength for your faith and stewardship.
Keep the Faith!
Until next time,
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