Costs vs Spending

Study Question:

Who is enjoying our present crazy financial world? What are you hearing about it in the news?  How much did you pay for your most recent tank of gas?  Do you struggle with control issues with the financial world?

We all have something that stirs our desire to purchase it. What stirs you?  New truck?  Atv?  Iphones?  Guns?  Tools?  A Big Mac?  Tell about a time when you gave into the impulse and bought something you really didn’t need.  Tell about a time when you refrained.

There is a balance between making the acquisition of money and possessions your focus and not doing enough to provide for yourself. Read Proverbs 30:7-9. How well do you maintain this balance?  What might help you to stay in balance?

Check out Proverbs 21:5. Do you have a plan for your finances?  Share what your plan is?  Is your plan working?  Is your family aware and involved in working that plan?  Do you feel God would approve your plan? Why/why not?

What potential changes can you make to better influence your financial situation from God’s point of view? Thanksgiving?  Prayer?  Take a Financial Peace class?

 

Hey there men, it is good to be with you in this second podcast of Holy Man.  I heard a few good things about the first one I did last week both the content and the discussion that followed in your life groups, so that was good to hear.

 One thing I want to mention to everyone out there, as I had a question asked of me after last week’s podcast, is that I don’t want anyone to think that I have any of these topics that we will be considering each week as something I have all figured out.  I am not perfect at any of them.  Oh, there might be one or two of the topics that I do better than some of the other topics.   But, every one of you listening could say the same thing.  But, I look forward to the Holy Spirit’s continuing work on me and helping me, like you, to become more and more holy as God calls us to be in all of these areas. 

Here is the deal…I know that living a holy life, or a life like God would want me to live, will be better.  I also know, that this crazy world that we live in makes that holy life hard.  Sin is easy to fall into.  So, thanks be to God for that gift of the Holy Spirit that can bless us if we are willing.

So, here we are looking at another good topic for us men to ponder as we seek to become Holy Men and as we consider those areas of life in which we cannot control, but we potentially can influence in a God honoring way.

I was just watching the news a little this morning to stay on top of whats going on around the world.  I was intrigued by one of the stories I saw on Fox Business that was an interview of a guy who works in an appliance and electronics store.  The store reminded me of a Best Buy type store.  I think many of us know what that looks like.  What was the headline of the story?  Get your Christmas shopping done early this year.  Yep, its October 11th, and they are saying, getter done in regards to Xmas.  Why were they suggesting it?  Well, unless you have had your head in a bucket the last couple months, they were saying this because of the computer chip shortage, and also, inflation.  If you are wanting any electronic device, shop now, they said, because they don’t know what the supply will look like at Christmas, and they couldn’t guarantee what the prices will look like in a couple months.  Possibly, they said, Black Friday sales on electronics this year may not be what they have been in the past due to supply and demand.

That story plays right into what I want us to ponder this week in our jo