The Soul of Money?

This Sunday @ Grace we will launch a series called “The Soul of Money”. Last year I read a book with this title. The book really helped me to personally think about the concept of money and ask questions like: Where did it come from? What kind of social construct is money? How do most U.S. citizens view money? As an example just consider our national debt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_States#/media/File:USDebt.png 

It is not a coincidence that our national debt increases while personal unsecured debt in the U.S. increases. The average American has little to no money put away for a rainy day (savings). When you look at these two basic markers (debt and savings) you can see that what we as Americans have a poor understanding of the purpose / function of money.  In other words, we don’t understand the Soul of Money. I think that is because we have moved far away from God’s wisdom regarding finance. We are CONSUMED by our financial practices instead of learning God’s wisdom that leads us toward CONTENTMENT with what He has provided for us. 

That is why we will start this new series Sunday! I’m praying that we will see families get ahold of God’s principles regarding finance and from that they will reduce their debt, increase their savings, learn to live within their means, and learn to honor God with their finances. We as a church believe so much in seeing families set free from the burden of poor financial understanding that we will be giving away one of Dave Ramsey’s FPU kits at the end of our 4 week series. The average family pays off over $5,300 in debt in the first 90 days after doing Dave’s seminar and Dave’s principles are based on Biblical Principles: Go Figure? I hope you are able to make it and that you see God move in your financial life as a result.