Posted on November 16, 2007 by waynecooke
Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Have you ever heard that someone sold their soul to the devil? Although many of us would never dream of doing such a thing, we would not mind having a lot of revenues, even though we might have obtained them a little dishonestly. [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2007 by waynecooke
In the previous post I mentioned generational debt. I hope that everyone has read the passage in 2Kings 4. If not,the woman in the story was very fearful because her husband had died and left an unpaid debt. It was the custom of that day that when someone died with an outstanding debt, the creditors would [...]
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Posted on November 5, 2007 by waynecooke
2 Kings 4
1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2And Elisha said unto [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2007 by waynecooke
1 Timothy 6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain
If I have heard this statement once, I have heard it a thousand times. ” If I only had…” Contentment is a hard thing to find, or a hard place to stay. People all the time associate the meaning of contentment with stuff, money, [...]
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Posted on October 26, 2007 by waynecooke
Prov. 28 : 20 & 22 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. 22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Another big problem that people get into when it comes to finances [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2007 by waynecooke
This may seem like a strange question, especially since we are talking about money. You may be asking,” what do you mean who is my master? I tell my money exactly where to go. ” Or do you? The Bible says in Prov. 22 : 7 “The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2007 by waynecooke
Many marriages in today’s society are stressed because of money problems. Not to mention, the single parents out there struggling, trying to survive. I have copied some facts from Dave Ramsey that I thought were alarming.
57 percent of all fights in marriages are about finances… 9 out of 10 divorces that occur within the first seven [...]
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