Most of us were never taught how to handle money. Not at home, not in school, and for a lot of us, not even in church. But there are over 2,000 verses in the Bible that deal with money, and Jesus said more about it than He did about heaven or hell. In this episode of The Stewardship Coach Podcast, recorded live from the pulpit at Eagle's Nest Church, I preach a message I call a "sermonar," half sermon, half seminar, built on Proverbs 21:20 and one simple idea: if you don't tell your money where to go, you're going to wonder where it went.
I walk through 6 biblical habits that will help you take control of your spending and become a wise steward instead of a foolish one, and I get honest about my own money mistakes along the way, including the Mercedes that cost me a million dollars and the morning I slept in instead of meeting Oprah Winfrey before she was famous. Every spending decision is a spiritual decision. Let's learn how to make them wisely.
00:00 Faith and Finances Meet
00:33 The Series: Money Talks
01:23 The Talking Money in the Shoebox
03:23 The Dollar That Only Goes to Church
04:35 We Weren't Taught This at Home, School, or Church
04:58 Proverbs 21:20, Our Anchor Verse
05:53 If You Don't Tell It Where to Go, You'll Wonder Where It Went
06:43 Every Spending Decision Is a Spiritual Decision
08:32 Today Is a Sermonar
09:13 Wise People vs Foolish People
10:34 The Difference Is Application, Not Knowledge
10:58 Stupid People Spend as Fast as They Get It
11:48 The Mercedes That Cost Me a Million Dollars
13:48 The Morning I Slept In Instead of Meeting Oprah
16:13 Financial Success Is 80% Behavior
17:41 Why It All Starts With Spending
18:43 Habit 1: Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
19:47 The Joneses Are Faking and Broke Too
23:57 Habit 2: Track Where Your Money Is Going
25:59 What Tithing Taught Me About the Other 90%
27:01 Habit 3: Spend Less Than You Earn
28:50 If Your Upkeep Exceeds Your Income
29:18 Build a Spending Plan, Not a Budget
30:31 Habit 4: Stop Impulse Spending
31:22 Money, Marriage, and Communication
32:31 Building Financial Character in Your Kids
33:35 The $100 Sneaker Lesson With My Son
34:41 Habit 5: Stop Being a Conspicuous Consumer
35:07 Are You a Pretender?
35:38 Habit 6: Seek Godly Counsel
36:00 The Word, the People, and the Peace of God
36:58 Paul's Charge to Timothy
38:04 You Are the Rich in This Passage
39:18 A Season to Sharpen Your Stewardship
39:46 Closing Prayer
If something in this message challenged you or gave you a next step, don't just sit on it, do something with it this week. Let me know in the comments what resonated with you the most, give this video a like if it spoke to you, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next. God bless you, and I'll see you in the next one.
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