Marriage and Money for Men

You are uniquely qualified to tell your story. In the Bible’s stories about Jesus healing the demon possessed man we see that Jesus tells the man to go tell his friends and family. Your perspective matters and we need to make sure that we are willing to speak up. Our minds can tell us that we aren’t good enough, that our opinion doesn’t matter and our ideas are stupid. No! Your opinion is important, your ideas need to be shared and we need to combat those negative thoughts because we don’t know how our words will impact others. Be willing to take action, be willing to toss your pebble or shoot your arrow, then trust that God will use it to His glory. We don’t know why, when, how or who but we do know that God is at work.

How many times have you thought, ‘God, what are You doing?’ ‘Have You forsaken me? Why have You let me go through this season?’ Perhaps it is because we didn’t learn the lesson He had for us during the good times. Perhaps God is making sure that we learn the lesson that we need to learn and that can come during a hard season of life. Focus on the proper perspective, the purpose that God has for us and the Progress you have made.

Loving each other is not always as easy as it seems to be in the movies. We each speak a love language and it is often also true that your spouse and you don’t necessarily speak the same one as your “native” language. So, learning about the 5 love languages helped us understand each other much better and love each other better. Furthermore, we have give each other a playbook or love list filled of things our spouse can do so that we feel loved.

The first few years of marriage can be incredibly challenging. As a couple you are navigating a new set of challenges and opportunities for growth. It can be discouraging working through all these issues if you don’t hold on to the importance of learning and growing. It’s okay to be a novice or a rookie, but let’s train to become the rookie of the year.

Words mean things and the Bible oftentimes warns us to watch our tongue. Listen to this podcast and take the challenge to be more aware of the words you say, the reason you said them and the positive or negative impact they have.

In this episode I discuss the impact of minimalism on our finances, marriage and life in general. We have learned to shift our perspective to focus on our plan and to ignore the distractions.

Questions to ask yourself, reflection tips, assessing your mindset and steps to take towards growing into the man God has called you to be.

Working with a shared purpose is amazing. Working with your spouse to clean up debt is something that has taking so much of our time and attention over the past 4 years of marriage. Kim and I are committed to work and grow together for a purpose we believe in. I urge you to open up and ask questions to find compromise and find a common place of love and understanding. Love each other enough to work together.

In this episode we dig into the hard decisions that we have made to take control of our finances. It is incredibly important to reflect on your behavior as it pertains to managing your money. We are embracing a counter cultural life and provide some ways that we have made changes. Also, the incredible importance of working together and being on the same page working towards a shared goal.

Baby step 1 is the first step which you can take toward your financial future. However, this step means that you are committing to making some changes in your life. You are stepping into a new journey, to carve out a new path which you haven’t done before. You might feel excited, nervous, terrified or anxious, but that’s okay. Find somebody to walk with who will hold you accountable and start today!