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*THE MARRIAGE JUNGLE*
*“*MONEY and the Marriage Safari*”*
Pastor Greg Henneman
May 18, 2003
Text: Proverbs 3:5-6
Key Idea: God can straighten out our finances –if we trust him.
Goal: To challenge people to trust (obey) God with their finances.
*INTRODUCTION*
What would you do if you suddenly received a million dollars?
How many of you have daydreamed “If I had a million dollars, oh, the things I would do!”
If you had a million dollars would you…
· Quit your job?
· Pay off all your debts?
How many would say, “No thank you?
I don’t need a million dollars!”
No one would take a pass on a million dollars!
Even if you have a million dollars you’d gladly take another!
What is it about money that keeps us awake at night and wakes us up early in the morning and creates the biggest fights between you and your spouse?
Did you know that money is cited as the top reason for divorce in the US?
I want to talk to you today about “Money and the Marriage Safari.”
We’ve been talking about “The Marriage Jungle” for several weeks now.
Although God created us to live in a Garden (the Garden of Eden) –although God’s intention was for us to enjoy a marriage garden of delight, the fact is, marriage can be a jungle!
And money is one of the roaming lions in the Marriage Jungle that has torn apart lots of marriages!
As we begin today I put some questions on your outline…
· How much do you worry about money?
· How full are your credit cards?
· How often do you fight about money matters?
· If you keep going as you are, what will be your financial situation in 10 years?
Hopefully you can say, “Greg, I hardly ever worry about money!
I only use my credit cards for convenience and then I pay off the monthly balance each month, so I never pay interest on a credit card.
And my spouse and I seldom fight about money matters, and I hope that God continues to bless us because if we keep going as we are, we’ll be just fine 10 and even 20 years from now.”
But, maybe you’re saying, “Oh Greg!
I worry about money all the time!
My credit cards are maxed out and I’m wondering what bills to pay next month!
And my spouse and I fight all the time about money.
And I don’t want to even think about 10 years from now!”
Listen: Whatever situation you’re in today, I’ve got Good News for you.
If you apply today what we’re going to learn from God’s Word, you can change your situation.
There is hope.
There is help.
Christ can make a difference.
If you let him.
So let’s talk about it.
On your outline you’ll see that there are…
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Two types of people:*
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*1. **The spender*
We have a picture of the spender in…
*/Proverbs 7:20 /*/“He has taken a wallet full of money with him, and he won’t return until later in the month.”/
Here’s a guy out for a good time!
Some of you have this tendency!
It’s payday!
You’ve got a wallet full of money, and you’re going to the mall, and you won’t be back until later in the month –when it’s all gone!
The spender is not necessarily bad.
If you’re a spender you tend to say…
Let’s go out to eat instead of eating at home.
Let’s stay at Holiday Inn instead of grandma’s this time.
It’s ok to go over the budget this week.
We’ve gotta have a little fun!
You just have this tendency to spend!
Some of us are spenders.
But some of us are…
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**The saver*
And again, a saver is not better than a spender and spender is not better than a saver.
Both of them have their strengths and weaknesses.
God wants us to spend and enjoy and he also wants us to save and plan ahead.
The issue is balance and wisdom!
The problem with being a saver is that you can become stingy and selfish.
*Proverbs 23:6-7* "Do not eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies; for he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you."
You know anybody like that?
They’re always thinking about the cost?
They’re so stingy they can hardly enjoy a meal with you (if they’re paying for it) because they’re thinking about the money they could have saved if they hadn’t of had you over for dinner!
So whether you’re a spender or a saver, there are tendencies to look out for.
And you know what happens, don’t you?
Frequently a saver and a spender say “I do” to each other at the altar!
And you talk about a marriage jungle!
I want to give you three…
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Steps to Financial Freedom*
Whatever your financial position today, as followers of Christ we need to apply these three principles in our lives.
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*1. **Realize that all your money is God’s money.*
*Psalm 24:1* “The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.”
God owns everything!
My very life’s breath is a gift from God! God has the right anytime he wants to, to take away my life’s breath and take me home!
My body, my mind, my family, my car, my house, my clothes –everything I have is owned by God!
I am simply a MANAGER of what God has loaned me!
That means that I CANNOT say, “It’s my life!
I can do with it what I want!
It’s my money!
I can spend it however I want!” No! It’s not my life!
It’s not my money!
It all belongs to God and I am responsible to manage it in the way God wants me to!
*Illust:* A dad took his son to Mac Donald’s.
(I’ve told you this story before, but a lot of you are new and haven’t it this story.
Besides I love this story because it perfectly illustrates our relationship to God).
A dad took his son to Mac Donald’s.
They bought some hamburgers and fries and they're sitting there enjoying the meal.
The dad decided he wanted a couple of his son's French fries.
And he reached over there to get a couple of fries and much to his surprise his son pulled the fries back and said, "No!
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