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5-230-19 Thursday

 

How many times is it ok to get shot in war? 1? 5? 15? as many as it takes as long as you don’t die???

 

 

 

 

List of topics for money matters- pick a few and let me know!

 

 

The history of money

Social Security

Investment Philosophies

Behavioral Finance…anchoring, etc

Financial Advisor types and fees

Accumulation phase of life

Distribution phase of life

Socially responsible investment choices

Estate Planning 101

Money in marriage

Money as a single guy

Insurance Planning 101

Charitable Giving 101

Getting debt under control

Buying a home

Buying a car

Separating financial news from noise

Considerations for small business owners

Considerations for those with stock options

Considerations for inheriting money or winning the lottery

The 5 W’s and H of Savings

 

 

Joe Bezzote and his wife put out another video called Toxic thoughts and mindsets. Here is the link, check it out!

https://vimeo.com/338149846 

 

WARNING! 

TODAYS PODCAST IS MORE OF A RANT!

 

Quit fighting for your excuses…

I hear people all the time say things like Gods grace covers my sin

We all sin

No one is perfect

God didn’t come through

God failed me…

God isn’t like what I used to think

Jesus is not a republican

Jesus wasn’t there when THEY let me down

Todays church is not representative of who Jesus is

 

 

WHY do you let life and circumstances reframe your theology or your outlook on scripture?

 

Scripture is true - 100% true. It does not matter if my wife leaves me, my child dies, I get cancer, I lose my business, I am molested by my pastor, uncle etc…

 

You let satan steal, kill and destroy in your life (and that’s only part of his job) and then he whispers in your ear… Why would God allow this? Why doesn’t he care? 

So rather then run to Christ and seek him, we pull away and begin to create our own new way of thinking about scripture and Jesus. Our own new identity of how we will choose to be a follower of Christ.

 

let me remind you:

The most clear examples in scripture of what our christian walk is like is from Paul the apostle. 2 Tim. 2:3-13

A farmer

An athlete

A soldier

 

The farmer is a fool to shout out at God and say “you didn’t send enough rain, you don’t love me”

The soldier is confused when he says my friends died in battle and you didn’t protect them- you didn’t care.

The athlete is scammed when he says “I tried my hardest and I still lost”… you lied to me!

 

Jesus didn’t say to the disciples… now serve me, it will be easy, if it gets tough you can change my scripture to accommodate your uncomfortableness.

Yes this lifestyle is ok, times change right? 

Yes this religion is well meaning

Yes if you try hard you will get to heaven

and my favorite… I am not sure scripture is really clear on that…

AND THE MOST DANGEROUS ONE OF ALL…(DRUM ROLL PLEASE)

Well what I think…. WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK! 

 

HOW MANY TIMES IS IT OK TO GET SHOT IN WAR? 

Zero!

But it may happen, but I would be a fool to compromise my beliefs and say “well, I will probably get shot, but that’s just the way it is… 

 

My job is to live scripture out implicitly - 100% to the best possible most accurate way I can. Without changing my beliefs because of what has happened to me.

 

I have had 3 cancers, a broken neck, paralysis in my arms, a brain tumor, a sucky marriage, a bankruptcy, friends betray me, people I love lose their fight to addictions, broken promises and crushed dreams AND MORE…

But I am living for God and believing in what his word says, I will not back down, shut up, sit quietly or live any less then 100% for God. I will not be bullied academically, emotionally, circumstantially, politically or socially. I will not fail in my pursuit to live out scripture to it’s fullest regardless of what my family says or how they change or what hurts come my way. I will love the sinner- but I will call it sin!

 

I am all in! Sin is sin!

God is Good. 

I am living for him- just try and stop me!

And when we stand in heaven, I won’t stand as someone who has achieved it all or lived perfectly… but God as my witness- I will have tried with everything in me-with no excuses. 

I am trying to take as many people to heaven with me, I am sharing the gospel unapologetically and I will love the sinner while speaking to his sin as sin! I will not allow the cruelty of life or unknown shadows of circumstances allow me to become captious in my attitude towards the Bible. 

 

Look people are disappointed by others, other Christian leaders, by life and it’s hardships… but let me be clear on one thing: if your mindset was “I tried Jesus/religion/church and it failed me”

I STRONGLY DISAGREE! It tried you and you failed. The Christian walk is a war… and many times it is a spiritual mind/mental warfare. If satan can get you to be disappointed in God and change scripture to accommodate your life… he wins and you lose! 

 

Todays challenge: quit making excuses and just live it!