This Sunday, September 28, we begin a new 6-week sermon series, Life. Money. Legacy. I am excited about this series and I know God will do an amazing work in your life and home, if you will let him. During the series, we will watch 5 video messages from Dave Ramsey that were recorded at […]
God Doesn’t Deserve My Best
“God doesn’t deserve my best,” is exactly what we say when we as “Christ Followers” decide to be consumers rather than contributors. I listened to a message by Perry Noble the other day from NewSpring’s Practical Atheist series. He referenced the verses where Cain and Abel present their offerings to the Lord and how Cain […]
UNLEASH 2010: Breakout Session 2
Breakout Session 2 Giving…Budgeting…Spending Paul Marshall & Joe Sangl Giving: 0-1,000 People – Established Accurate (Excellent) record-keeping (Used Simple Access Database) (Without accurate record keeping, you have a mess!) 1st Time Giving Letter (No matter how much given) Let God be in the equation Build margin, early & often! 1,000 – 5,000 people – Moved […]
Can God Get A Loan?
If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord – and he will repay you! Proverbs 19:17 I found this verse interesting. People always talk about being ‘the hands and feet of Jesus’ to help those who are in need, but how about the ‘bank of Jesus?’ I think a lot of us […]
Our Cash Envelope System
Nicki and I went to the ReThink Money Workshop today that our church put on with Casey Graham. Casey talked about using one of three plans to pre-designate your monthly funds: 1. A written spending plan 2. A Cash Envelope System or 3. A computer method (Quickbooks, Quicken, Etc.). If we used the cash envelope […]