The “Why”
Matthew 16:25-26 “Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self. What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself? What could you ever trade your soul for?” (MSG)
We have looked at all the major aspects of life, our finances, our relationships, physical health, mental health, and so on, that we need to have in place to have a fully transformed life. Over the next few days, we will be focusing on vocational or work metamorphosis. Read the rest of this entry
Be Satisfied
Hebrews 13:5 “Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never leave you; I will never abandon you.” (GNT)
To experience financial metamorphosis, Trust God As Your Source And Supplier, Keep Good Records, Give The First 10% Back To God, Save And Invest For The Future, Set Up A Repayment Plan To Get Yourself Out of Debt, and Budget Your Spending. Read the rest of this entry
Plan
Proverbs 21:5 “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.”
John D. Rockefeller, the first U.S billionaire, in one of his interviews says the secret of his life is the ‘ten-ten-eighty rule’. John D. Rockefeller, the multi-billionaire says the first thing he does is to pay ten percent (10%) as tithe. Then he saves ten percent (10%) and he lives on eighty percent (80%). Read the rest of this entry
Save. Invest. Repay.
Proverbs 13:11 “Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time.”
If I want to experience financial metamorphosis, I Must Trust God As My Source And Supplier, I Must Keep Good Records, I Must Give The First 10% Back To God, and I Must Save And Invest For The Future. The truth is, “If you cannot save money, Read the rest of this entry
Get Wisdom
Proverbs 13:20 “Be friends with those who are wise, and you will become wise. Choose fools to be your friends, and you will have trouble.” (ERV)
The New Living Translation of Proverbs 13:20 reads, “Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.” The Message reads, “Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.” Count five of your closest friends and examine their lives, Read the rest of this entry
Capability
Deuteronomy 8:18 “But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant…” (NIV).
To experience financial metamorphosis, the first thing is, I Must Trust God As My Source And Supplier. The second thing is, I Must Keep Good Records. The third thing is, I Must Give The First 10% Back To God. Pastor Kunle Olawale captured it aptly when he said, Read the rest of this entry
Foremost
Malachi 3:10 “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” (NIV)
We kick off today’s devotional with our final thought from yesterday and that is, to experience financial metamorphosis, I Must Give The First 10% Back To God. I shared yesterday that God taught me how to tithe, and I have been tithing for decades. Read the rest of this entry
Remain
1 John 2:24 “So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.”
Proverbs 27:23-24 “Riches can disappear fast…so watch your business interests closely. Know the state of your flocks and herds” (TLB, emphasis added). Some of us have invested in stocks but we do not even know where the records are. Read the rest of this entry
Source & Steward
Matthew 25:19 “After a long time their master returned from his trip and called them to give an account of how they had used his money.”
To experience financial metamorphosis, the first thing is, I Must Trust God As My Source And Supplier. Your job is not your source. Your business is not your source. Most times, we are so guarded when it comes to our jobs, our careers, Read the rest of this entry
Money Matters
Matthew 6:21 “Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.”
We are still on our journey of positive transformation and over the next few days our focus will be on financial metamorphosis. How to be transformed in your finances, from where you are to where God wants you to be. How to be changed from your current glory to a higher and a new level of glory. Read the rest of this entry
