I think a lot of believers have the wrong idea about money.

We read verses like Matthew 19:24…

… it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

and 1 Timothy 6:7-9…

For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

and we condition ourselves to not think unnecessarily about money.

It’s understandable… money definitely has a lot of worldly connotations - greed, jealously, hedonism - but I think having an aversion toward it because of those things is the exact opposite of how we’re supposed to think.

In viewing it this way, we’re letting the enemy take this one. We’re like a decathlete who doesn’t participate in the shotput because it’s uncomfortable for his arm, and he thinks he can still win by working hard in the other nine events.

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Posted on Monday, 7th April 2008 in Faith, Life | Comments (2)

We’re pitched fast-track products every single day.

“Get rich quick!”

“7 minute abs!”

“Forget the fact that you ate Big Macs every single day for the past 14 years & just take this diet pill!”

“Bob’s happy now because Bob started taking INVIGOR-ENIS! You can be just like Bob TODAY!”

99% of them are BS. They’re magic pill propositions that don’t solve the real problem, which is the way you THINK about money, exercise, eating right, and your physique.

A huge light bulb went off for me last year. I realized that there’s this book in the bible called Proverbs, where the second wisest man who ever lived wrote everything he knew about love, money, food, fear, marriage, sex, pride, sin, trust, faith, how to speak, think, and live in a way that honors God & leads to health, wealth, and happiness.

THIS IS A GOLD MINE PEOPLE!

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Posted on Sunday, 6th April 2008 in Faith, Life | Comments (0)

Okay, I’m in.

In for this blogging thing. For real this time. I need to.

I’ll admit that in the midst of building my investment business & launching some online products, I have neglected my relationship with Christ far more than He deserves. I’m not a workaholic, but it’s become difficult for me to idle the part of my brain that thinks business. It seems like it’s constantly thinking, creating, stretching.

But just like with your spouse, if you continually neglect your relationship with your Savior, you’re on a slippery slope toward destruction.

If you’ve known Christ for any length of time, you know where I’m coming from. I believe the #1 strategy the enemy uses to pull us away from Christ is busy-ness… making “obligations” of this life seem more important than time with Jesus.

And — contrary to popular Christian thought — the solution is not “making time” to spend with Christ.

As Christians we do this, don’t we? We think the solution is “I should be spending more time with Jesus, so tomorrow I’ll start setting aside 30 minutes in the morning to read a devotional & pray.”

Wrong. If you think this, you’re missing a step.

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Posted on Saturday, 5th April 2008 in Faith | Comments (2)