FINANCIAL FREEDOM
Managing Money Wisely
"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have." Hebrews 13:5
Do you struggle with handling your finances?
Do you feel like there’s never enough to cover your needs?
Do you secretly compare your financial situation to others and wish for more?
Whether you have an abundance of wealth or are facing financial challenges, true financial peace comes when you recognize that your money isn’t really yours—it belongs to God. Until you embrace this truth, finances will always be a source of stress and discontent.
Our Heavenly Father owns everything, yet we often worry about not having enough. We chase after wealth, only to stress over keeping it. But financial freedom isn’t about accumulating wealth—it’s about trusting God and finding contentment in what He provides.
Wise financial management includes budgeting, saving, and investing, but true financial freedom comes from a heart that rests in God’s provision. Contentment isn’t found in numbers—it’s found in trusting that God will meet your needs.
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God’s Purpose for Money
- To give us what we need
“Do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew 6:31–33)
- To exhibit trustworthiness with heavenly riches
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?” (Luke 16:10–11)
- To gather eternal treasures
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.”(Matthew 6:19–20)
- To live dependently on the Lord
“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’ ” (Hebrews 13:5)
- To exalt the power of God
“Some trust in chariots and some in horses,but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.” (Psalm 20:7)
- To demonstrate His power to bless
“ ‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.’ ” (Malachi 3:10)
- To benefit God’s kingdom
“They gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints. And they did not do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God’s will.” (2 Corinthians 8:3–5)
Key Verses to Learn
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?” (Luke 16:10–11)
Key Passage to Read and Reread
Matthew 6:25–34
"This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Give careful thought to your ways. You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.’ ” (Haggai 1:5–6)