You were created with great potential. You have God-given giftings and talents. Sometimes potential is never realized. Realizing your full potential is an ever continuing process of growth. This involves a willingness to try new things, new ways, new ideas.
Dreams worth pursuing do not have to be “big” or “unrealistic.” The important thing is living a dream that is really yours. Those who are most fulfilled know what they want and go after it.
Forget the obvious external definitions of success and check the internal or biblical definition of success. Find out what success is in the eyes of God. The Scripture declares, “I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 NIV
You have great God-given capacity to succeed in life! Your life can be full and rewarding. People who never achieve their full potential live an empty life. If you think you can’t, you won’t. Search for something that can’t be done and do it.
We gain by giving. We lose by withholding! God withholds His blessings from those who refuse to give. He cannot bless an act of disobedience. Our money becomes a curse when we think more of it than we do of God. One of the greatest privileges God has allowed us is to participate in the blessing of regular tithing and the giving of offerings. When we freely give to God, regardless of our own personal need, we allow God to be big in our lives.
This book encourages you to look for ways to optimize your personal cash flow so that you accumulate some cash with which to invest. The pre-investment process begins by being prepared for those unexpected emergencies. Following that you must be on a path to reach those short-term and long-term financial goals. With this out of the way, you can turn your thinking to investing for retirement. If you have already retired, it’s all about preserving what you have and making sure that your money always outlasts you. Good investing is not rocket science, but there are some basics that you need to know.
Do you want to become debt free forever? There is a great danger that all of us will make bad financial decisions. It’s not that we deliberately set out to do so, we just follow cultural norms and wind up deep in debt.
While many are able to recognize bad spending habits and somber patterns and actively take corrective measures, getting out of debt just brings you to the starting line. Next comes a tenacious determination to stay out of debt. After that follows an intentional commitment to building long-term financial security and independence.
Author Rich Brott notes that the Law of Sowing & Reaping involves both obedience and faith. He says that “faith” is a choice, an act of the human will. It is a deliberate choice to place confidence in God and His Word. Unbelief is a sin because it is a deliberate choice to withhold confidence in God and His Word. Faith is a receiving of the truth, an embracing of the truth, and a commitment to the God of truth! And commitment always produces action. That is why faith without works is dead. With no action there is no commitment. With no commitment there is no faith! In this book, you will find 25 faith-building principles that will enlarge your capacity to receive the very best that God has to offer you.
If you are to lead a prosperous and successful life, you must seek biblical wisdom, reflect biblical attitudes, follow biblical instruction to work hard and lead disciplined lives. Attaining financial wisdom comes after learning some personal responsibilities. We are to be accountable in caring for our resources, give generously to God and seek understanding in matters of finances. We must trust in God as our sole provider and the controller of our life in every season.
In the story of the feeding of the five thousand, Christ recognized the need of the crowd of people. Knowing that the people were hungry and should be fed, He took stock of the available resources. All they could find was a lad with five loaves and two fishes. So Christ used that. Through the miracle of multiplication, the entire multitude was fed. Instead of resting in the praise of the contented participants, Jesus was very concerned that nothing be wasted.
What you care about you invest in. It is not about what you have, but what has you. If you center your life around your things, and base your living upon your possessions, you will surely be disappointed. Be a conduit, not a dam.
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
In simple and easy-to-understand language, author Rich Brott explains that financially, you must “live below your means.” If you have been living above your means, you are already in serious debt with no hope of becoming debt-free unless you quickly change your financial habits.
If you have been living within your means, you may be debt-free, but you have little or no savings or investments to carry you through your retirement. What you must begin to do is live below your means. The book will show you how to do just that.
Once you’ve accomplished the basics of getting out of debt, staying out of debt and continuing to live below your means, then the next big hurdle is to set financial goals that will keep you invested in simple, well-diversified, conservative investment vehicles.
The only way to reach a financial goal is to work at it. The most important step in reaching that goal is to develop a plan to achieve it. That’s why it is so important to plan ahead for your retirement and your financial future.
While the idea of planning ahead and building a solid financial strategy for success can sometimes be intimidating and overwhelming, once you get started, it will become easier. With a little planning and a better understanding of what your investment options are, you too can successfully manage your money and pursue your financial goals.