CRITICAL WISDOM FOR SUCCESSFUL LIVING... PART 3A
Text: Ecclesiastes 10 vs 10, 8 vs 1

OBJECTIVE

• To understand three critical wisdom areas for successful living.

INTRODUCTION

Scriptures made Three things clear about wisdom.
• Wisdom is the principle thing. It's the secret behind the making of principal people... Proverbs 4 vs 7.
• Wisdom is a secret of wealth and increase... 1 King 10 vs 24.
• Wisdom is a secret of lifting and favour. Everywhere you see divine wisdom at work, people are lifted and favoured... Genesis 41 vs 39.

THREE CRITICAL WISDOM FOR SUCCESSFUL LIVING.

(1) RELATIONSHIP WISDOM:

(2) TIME-USE WISDOM:

(3) FINANCIAL WISDOM: Note this three things about money;

(1) Money is key to answers in life. Life can be full of questions and problems where money is in short supply... Ecclesiastes 10 vs 19.
(2) Money is a determinant of character and ultimately the destiny of people.
(3) Both the love of money and the lack of money are situations of concern for life and destiny.

SIX FACTS REGARDING MONEY.

• Money management is clue to life management. How well a person can manage money and not miss road will determine how well he can manage his life and destiny without missing road. Poverty and bankruptcy have many causes but one cause of poverty and bankruptcy can be the miss-management of life as a whole.

• More impact can be created with the presence of money than with the absence of money. More good can be done with money than without money.

• The presence of money does not guarantee abundance and the absence of money is not the reason for poverty.

• Habits sustains wealth and habits also sustains poverty.

• Money travels in the direction of wise managers of money and money avoids the ways of unwise managers of the same... Mathew 13 vs 12.

• Attitude towards money and actions with money can determine a persons eternal destiny.

DIVINE WISDOM WAYS OF DEALING WITH MONEY;

(1) Never allow money to take the place of God in your life; Don't live for things, live for God... Matthew 6 vs 24.

(2) Possess vision for supernatural supplies; Provision will travel in the direction of vision. Until the vision is clear, the provision is not there. Avoid the survival mode. Avoid just making a living... Proverbs 29 vs 18.
Visions:
(A) How much money do you want?
(B) What do you want to do for God and mankind?

(3) Focus on investment, not expenditure; Focus not on how to spend money but how to multiply money. Money in your hands is not the end but the means to an end... Luke 19 vs 20 - 22.

(4) Produce something; Produce goods or service that your world will pay you for... Genesis 1 vs 28.

(5) Avoid get-rich-quick schemes. Whatever it's too good to be true is probably not true... Proverbs 13 vs 11 (NLT).

(6) Own money but never allow money to own you.

(7) Obey the Covenant of supernatural supply... Genesis 8 vs 22.

(8) Avoid the lifestyle of borrowing and Indeptedness... Proverbs 22 vs 7.

(9) Build your business first; place impact ahead of comfort... Proverbs 24 vs 27.

(10) Maintain financial integrity... Genesis 39 vs 5 - 6.

(11) Don't make money the basis of life decision and actions. Don't let everything revolved on how much money you are going to make.

(12) Invest in the areas of divine direction, personal potentials, passions, affection or knowledge... 2 Chronicles 26 vs 10.

(13) Avoid waste at all cost... John 6 vs 11 - 12.

(14) Maintain a savings culture. Don't spend everything; pit some money aside no matter how little... Deuteronomy 28 vs 8.

(15) Be Faithful, Reliable, Dependable.

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