Biblical Principles for Financial Freedom

By Bazil Howard-Browne

Copyright

Copyright © 1997 By Bazil Howard-Browne

Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are taken from the Amplified Bible.

Introduction

Dear Reader:

I believe that this book “Biblical Principles for Financial Freedom” will be a great blessing to you as you meditate on the Word of God. The Bible says that “faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” The more you hear the Word and meditate on the Word of God, the greater your faith will grow. Remember this, that every promise in God’s Word has a condition or action attached to it. Don’t only be a hearer of the Word but be ye a doer.... When you do what God’s Word says, the promise of Abundant Provision is yours.

God bless you,

Bazil Howard-Browne

I need to remember this at all times, the way in which I sow is the way in which I reap.

[Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings. 2 Corinthians 9:6

Key Note: The more you sow, the more you will reap. You cannot out-give God.

I need to be a cheerful, joyous, hilarious, excited giver.

Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, ‘prompt to do it’) giver [whose heart is in his giving]. 2 Corinthians 9:7

Key Note: The Bible says God loves a cheerful giver. I want to do everything that God loves. Being a cheerful giver is another step of faith. Being cheerful before I see the manifestation is faith.

If I took ten people to a football game.

Five of them loved the game and five didn’t. When a touchdown was made, the five that loved the game would get excited because their heart is in the game; but the other five would just sit there doing nothing. It’s a lot easier to be cheerful if my heart is in my giving.

Everything I do for God needs to come from my heart, including my giving.

Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, ‘prompt to do it’) giver [whose heart is in his giving]. 2 Corinthians 9:7

Key Note: I don’t serve God out of a duty, but out of a relationship I have with Him. If my heart is in my giving, it is a lot easier to be cheerful.

Never wait for your financial condition to change before you begin to give.

He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. Ecclesiastes 11:4

Key Note: If you are waiting for your financial condition to change, you will not sow; and if you do not sow, you will not reap.

As I am a cheerful, joyous giver, and my heart is in my giving, this will enable God to bless me abundantly.

And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. 2 Corinthians 9:8

Key Note. The Bible says that God is able, but does not always do it. We are the ones that enable God to do what His Word says by our faith and actions which are based upon the Word.

It’s time to untie the hands of God and let God bless you. God wants me to be self-sufficient.

And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. 2 Corinthians 9:8

Key Note: It is His will that I be blessed financially. The Bible says “every favor and earthly blessing come to you in abundance.” Abundantly blessed with financial blessing means being self-sufficient.

As a sower, God is the One who provides the seed.

For the service that the ministering of this fund renders does not only fully supply what is lacking to the saints (God’s people), but it also overflows in many [cries of] thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:12

Key Note: Remember, don’t fat your seed; sow it. Seed for the sower means you must be a sower to get seed. If you keep eating it, God won’t give the seed to you.

Ask God for seed to sow now.

As a sower, God also provides bread to eat.

And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity], 2 Corinthians 9:10

Key Note: Eating bread is better than eating seed. God wants to take care of you and give you bread (finances) to eat. You will know what is bread and what is seed. God will prompt you or tell you.

God wants to enrich me in all things and in every way, because I am a giver.

Thus you will he enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous, and [your generosity as it is] administered by us will bring forth thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:11

Key Note: We have been created in the image and likeness of God. We have the nature of Christ. God wants us to be generous because that is His nature. How can we be generous if we have nothing?

I am a doer of the Word.

Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity). 1 John 3:18

Key Note: A doer is not someone who says something. A doer is someone who does something based upon what God has said in His 'Word.

I am pleasing God when I walk by faith.

But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. Hebrews 11:6

Key Note: “Walk by faith” means that | act or do what God’s Word says. When I act on the Word of God and have faith in what God has said, God is pleased. I want to do. everything I can to please God.

As I walk by faith, God is my Rewarder.

But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out], Hebrews 11:6

Key Note: Always keep your eyes fixed upon God because He is your Provider.

Don’t look at your circumstances. Stand on the Word of God and look to Jesus.

As a giver, I am generous of heart, always looking for an opportunity to give.

[Charge them] to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal and generous of heart, ready to share [with others]. 1 Timothy 6:18

Key Note: Pray every day asking God for an opportunity to give. Be ready to share with others.

Money is not the problem, and the problem is not having money. The problem is the love of money.

As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment. 1 Timothy 6:17

Key Note: God does not have a problem with me having money. But I cannot love money more than God. Money can never be my god. Only God the Father, can be my God.

This is a good fight of faith that I am in.

Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold of the eternal life to which you were summoned and [for which] you confessed the good confession [of faith] before many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12

Key Note: The battle has been won, the victor)' is ours through Jesus Christ. It is a good fight, not a bad one. A good fight is something that we have won.

God wants me to enjoy life.

As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment. 2 Timothy 6:17

Key Note: Notice the word “everything” and also “for the enjoyment.” “Everything” means everything. “Enjoyment” means enjoyment. Be a doer and God will bless you.

If I am a giver, it will be given back to me.

Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you. Luke 6:38

Key Note: You cannot out-give God. : You give and do what God’s Word tells you and He always blesses back to you abundantly, “good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over."

God is my Provider.

I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency. Phillipians4:13

Key Note: It does not matter what your circumstance tells you. God is the One that carries you through, sets you free and provides for you.

Don’t look at your circumstances, keep your eyes on God. The Word has first place in my life.

But seek [aim and strive after]first of all His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right], and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. Matthew 6:33

Key Note: If you put God first and the Word first and do what God’s Word says, you do not have to seek things because God said He would add them to you.

God does not have a problem with you having things. He has a problem when those things have got you.

On the cross, Jesus took poverty upon Himself so that today I can walk in divine prosperity.

For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied). 2Corinthians 8:9

Key Note: If Jesus bore poverty upon Himself, then why do I need to live in poverty? Salvation not only included sin and sickness; poverty was also included.

I am not a sayer of the Word only, but I am a doer.

Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside). [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

Key Note: God knows everything about us. There is nothing that we can hide from God. Never say anything to God that you don’t mean or will not go through with. Be a doer.

Giving is not a quick get rich scheme. It is a way of life.

And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. Galatians 6:9

Key Note: If I don’t quit giving, there is an appointed season to reap. I love to give, I live to give.

I am constantly looking for opportunities to give.

So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [morally] to all people [not only being useful or profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith [those who belong to God’s family with you, the believers], Galatians 6:10

Key Note: I need to ask God for opportunities, to be looking for opportunities and be mindful to be a blessing.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

I know how to be abased and Hue humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know also how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation, whether well-fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare or going without and being in want. I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency. Philippians 4:12-13

Key Note: Notice it says “through Christ”, not through yourself. When your faith and trust is in God and }our eyes are fixed on Him, no matter what the circumstances tell you, God will carry you through.

Not considering my circumstance, I need to set myself up for a financial miracle.

As Jesus landed, He saw a great crowd waiting, and He was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. And when the day was already far gone, His disciples came to Him and said, This is a desolate and isolated place, and the hour is now late. Send the crowds away to go into the country and villages round about and buy themselves something to eat. But He replied to them, Give them something to eat yourselves. And they said to Him, Shall we go and buy 200 denarii [about forty dollars] worth of bread and give it to them to eat? And He said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And when they [had looked and] knew, they said, Five [loaves] and two fish. Then He commanded the people all to recline on the green grass by companies. So they threw themselves down in ranks of hundreds and ff ties [with the regularity of an arrangement of beds of herbs, looking like so many garden plots]. And taking the Jive loaves and two fish, He looked up to heaven and, praising God, gave thanks and broke the loaves and kept on giving them to the disciples to set before the people; and He [also] divided the two fish among [them] all. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve [small hand] baskets full of broken pieces [from the loaves] and of the fish. And those who ate the loaves were 5,000 men. Mark 6:34-44

Key Note: You will notice as you read this passage of Scripture, Jesus did not look or consider His circumstances but kept His eyes fixed upon God. He set Himself up for a miracle as He went along. He got so far out there, that there was only one way out for Him, and that was God. In your giving, gel out of the boat and begin to walk on the water. Set yourself up for a miracle. Extend yourself out there and God will come through for you.

I’d rather be a wet water walker than a dry boat sitter. I receive the Word and accept it as final authority in my life.

For they failed to consider or understand [the teaching and meaning of the miracle of] the loaves; [in fact] their hearts had grown callous [had become dull and had lost the power of understanding]. Mark 6:52

Key Note: The disciples’ hearts had become dull and had lost the power of understanding. Even though they were with Jesus, it was not enough. Don’t be led by what others say. Only by led by the Word of God.

Even though I may have many opportunities to back down, I will not because my faith and trust is in God.

In those days when [again] an immense crowd had gathered and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and told them, I have pity and sympathy for the people and My heart goes out to them for they have been with Me now three days and have nothing [left] to eat; and if I send them away to their homes hungry, they will be feeble through exhaustion and faint along the road; and some of them have come a long way. And His disciples replied to Him, How can anyone fill and satisfy [these people] with loaves of bread here in [this] desolate and uninhabited region? And He asked them, How many loaves have you? They said, seven. And He commanded the multitude to recline upon the ground, and He [ then] took the seven loaves [of bread] and, having given thanks, He broke them and kept on giving them to His disciples to put before [ the people], and they placed them before the crowd. And they had a few small fish; and when he had praised God and given thanks and asked Him to bless them [to their use], He ordered that these also should be set before [them]. And they ate and were satisfied; and they took up seven [large provision] baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And there were about 4,000 people. And He dismissed them. Mark 8:1-9

Key Note: Here you will see that even Jesus had another opportunity to back down, but He never did. He kept His eyes on God, set Himself up for another miracle. He prayed, then gave and God came through for Him again. Put your faith in Cod and in His Word and He will never let you down or fail you.

If I don’t sow anything, I can’t expect to reap anything.

Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside). [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

Key Note: If a farmer wants to reap corn, he will plant corn. If the farmer does not plant, he will reap nothing but weeds, which are worthless.

I don’t sow my junk. I give God my best. Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside). [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

Key Note: If you sow garbage, you will reap garbage. Be careful you don’t get it back, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over.

God gave us the best, Jesus Christ. Give God your best, your all. Even the laws of sowing and reaping work with God.

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten [unique] Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. John3:16

Key Note: God gave His only Son Jesus, and He has reaped thousands of children. If the principle of sowing and reaping works for our Daddy, then it must work for us.

Reaping always follows sowing.

And taking the five loaves and two fish, He looked up to heaven and, praising God, gave thanks and broke the loaves and kept on giving them to the disciples to set before the people; and He [also] divided the two fish among [them] all. Mark 6:41

Key Note: When Jesus prayed, the miracle took place in the realm of the supernatural. But the manifestation only took place after Jesus began to give the five loaves and two fishes away. The key here is to GIVE!

God wants me to be self-sufficient.

I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency]. Philippians 4:13

Key Note: Not in myself, but in the All-Sufficient One, Christ’s sufficiency.

Every time I give, there is a harvest of blessings accumulating to my account.

Not that I seek or am eager for [your] gift, but I do seek and am eager for the fruit which increases to your credit [the harvest of blessing that is accumulating to your account], Philippians 4:17

Key Note: A harvest is something that you reap. You have a heavenly bank account. You make a deposit by sowing. Then you are entitled to reap (withdraw).

God wants to (fill to the full) supply my every need.

And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

Key Note: It is time this Scripture worked for us. God wants to meet my every need (in full). If I am a doer, He will honor His Word and set me free.

Thank you, Jesus! Whatever I sow is what I will reap.

Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

Key Note: If I mint a financial harvest*, then I need to sow financial seed.

If I withhold my offerings, I am stealing from God.

Will a man rob or defraud God? Yet you rob and defraud Me. But you say, In what way do we rob or defraud You? [You have withheld your] tithes and offerings. Malachi3:8

Key Note: Above your tithes, give offerings too. Don't be a God robber by not giving an offering. Every opportunity you have to give, give and God will bless you.

I delight and desire to do the Will and Word of God.

Blessed, (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. Psalm 1:1-2

Key Note: I love God so much that anything He says in the Word I want to do. Not only do I desire to do it, but 1 have a delight in doing it.

Everything I do, I prosper in it.

And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity]. Psalm 1:3

Key Note: Doing what God’s Word says causes the blessings of God to flow upon me. Prosperity is of God and it is for you.

About Bazil Howard-Browne:

Bazil Howard-Browne is founder and President of Bazil Howard-Browne Evangelistic Ministry, Inc. He along with his wife, Ann, have been called by God as missionaries to the United States from South Africa. In 1992, they and their three children, Bradley, Kayley and Jessica came to America. Bazil worked alongside his brother, Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne, in the ministry for one year. God's power and anointing continued to increase in his life to minister the Word under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit with signs and wonders following.

Beginning January 1, 1994, he has carried Revival across the United States, spanning from Florida to Alaska, and from California to New York and Hawaii. Many have experienced the healing restoring power of God in Bazil's meetings. Witnessing many salvations, the churches are being stirred up to bring in the lost and the backslidden in heart as they are witnessing the Power of God to save and restore lives in these meetings.

There has been a special anointing over this ministry in seeing people come into financial freedom and the abundant provision God has for them. There have been countless testimonies of financial breakthrough in the lives of people, as they have acted on the Word of God in sowing and reaping. Church finances have doubled and sometimes tripled after a week of revival meetings. The truth holds within itself the power to free up finances in the local church. As the Word is sown in truth, the harvest has been financial breakthrough for the church corporately and the people individually.

For a listing of audio, video and books visit www.bhbem.com

Table of Contents

Biblical Principles for Financial Freedom

Copyright

Introduction

I need to remember this at all times, the way in which I sow is the way in which I reap.

[Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings. 2 Corinthians 9:6

I need to be a cheerful, joyous, hilarious, excited giver.

Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, ‘prompt to do it’) giver [whose heart is in his giving]. 2 Corinthians 9:7

If I took ten people to a football game.

Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, ‘prompt to do it’) giver [whose heart is in his giving]. 2 Corinthians 9:7

Never wait for your financial condition to change before you begin to give.

He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. Ecclesiastes 11:4

As I am a cheerful, joyous giver, and my heart is in my giving, this will enable God to bless me abundantly.

And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. 2 Corinthians 9:8

It’s time to untie the hands of God and let God bless you. God wants me to be self-sufficient.

And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. 2 Corinthians 9:8

As a sower, God is the One who provides the seed.

For the service that the ministering of this fund renders does not only fully supply what is lacking to the saints (God’s people), but it also overflows in many [cries of] thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:12

Ask God for seed to sow now.

And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity], 2 Corinthians 9:10

God wants to enrich me in all things and in every way, because I am a giver.

Thus you will he enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous, and [your generosity as it is] administered by us will bring forth thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:11

I am a doer of the Word.

Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity). 1 John 3:18

I am pleasing God when I walk by faith.

But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. Hebrews 11:6

As I walk by faith, God is my Rewarder.

But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out], Hebrews 11:6

Don’t look at your circumstances. Stand on the Word of God and look to Jesus.

[Charge them] to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal and generous of heart, ready to share [with others]. 1 Timothy 6:18

Money is not the problem, and the problem is not having money. The problem is the love of money.

As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment. 1 Timothy 6:17

This is a good fight of faith that I am in.

Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold of the eternal life to which you were summoned and [for which] you confessed the good confession [of faith] before many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12

God wants me to enjoy life.

As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment. 2 Timothy 6:17

If I am a giver, it will be given back to me.

Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you. Luke 6:38

God is my Provider.

I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency. Phillipians4:13

Don’t look at your circumstances, keep your eyes on God. The Word has first place in my life.

But seek [aim and strive after]first of all His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right], and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. Matthew 6:33

God does not have a problem with you having things. He has a problem when those things have got you.

For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied). 2Corinthians 8:9

I am not a sayer of the Word only, but I am a doer.

Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside). [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

Giving is not a quick get rich scheme. It is a way of life.

And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. Galatians 6:9

I am constantly looking for opportunities to give.

So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [morally] to all people [not only being useful or profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith [those who belong to God’s family with you, the believers], Galatians 6:10

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

I know how to be abased and Hue humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know also how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation, whether well-fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare or going without and being in want. I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency. Philippians 4:12-13

Not considering my circumstance, I need to set myself up for a financial miracle.

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As Jesus landed, He saw a great crowd waiting, and He was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. And when the day was already far gone, His disciples came to Him and said, This is a desolate and isolated place, and the hour is now late. Send the crowds away to go into the country and villages round about and buy themselves something to eat. But He replied to them, Give them something to eat yourselves. And they said to Him, Shall we go and buy 200 denarii [about forty dollars] worth of bread and give it to them to eat? And He said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And when they [had looked and] knew, they said, Five [loaves] and two fish. Then He commanded the people all to recline on the green grass by companies. So they threw themselves down in ranks of hundreds and ff ties [with the regularity of an arrangement of beds of herbs, looking like so many garden plots]. And taking the Jive lo

I’d rather be a wet water walker than a dry boat sitter. I receive the Word and accept it as final authority in my life.

For they failed to consider or understand [the teaching and meaning of the miracle of] the loaves; [in fact] their hearts had grown callous [had become dull and had lost the power of understanding]. Mark 6:52

Even though I may have many opportunities to back down, I will not because my faith and trust is in God.

In those days when [again] an immense crowd had gathered and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and told them, I have pity and sympathy for the people and My heart goes out to them for they have been with Me now three days and have nothing [left] to eat; and if I send them away to their homes hungry, they will be feeble through exhaustion and faint along the road; and some of them have come a long way. And His disciples replied to Him, How can anyone fill and satisfy [these people] with loaves of bread here in [this] desolate and uninhabited region? And He asked them, How many loaves have you? They said, seven. And He commanded the multitude to recline upon the ground, and He [ then] took the seven loaves [of bread] and, having given thanks, He broke them and kept on giving them to His disciples to put before [ the people], and they placed them before the crowd. And they had a few small fish; and when he had praised God and given thanks and asked Him to bless th

If I don’t sow anything, I can’t expect to reap anything.

Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside). [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

I don’t sow my junk. I give God my best. Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside). [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

God gave us the best, Jesus Christ. Give God your best, your all. Even the laws of sowing and reaping work with God.

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten [unique] Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. John3:16

Reaping always follows sowing.

And taking the five loaves and two fish, He looked up to heaven and, praising God, gave thanks and broke the loaves and kept on giving them to the disciples to set before the people; and He [also] divided the two fish among [them] all. Mark 6:41

God wants me to be self-sufficient.

I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency]. Philippians 4:13

Every time I give, there is a harvest of blessings accumulating to my account.

Not that I seek or am eager for [your] gift, but I do seek and am eager for the fruit which increases to your credit [the harvest of blessing that is accumulating to your account], Philippians 4:17

God wants to (fill to the full) supply my every need.

And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

Thank you, Jesus! Whatever I sow is what I will reap.

Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

If I withhold my offerings, I am stealing from God.

Will a man rob or defraud God? Yet you rob and defraud Me. But you say, In what way do we rob or defraud You? [You have withheld your] tithes and offerings. Malachi3:8

I delight and desire to do the Will and Word of God.

Blessed, (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. Psalm 1:1-2

Everything I do, I prosper in it.

And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity]. Psalm 1:3

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Biblical Principles for Financial Freedom

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Introduction

I need to remember this at all times, the way in which I sow is the way in which I reap.

[Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings. 2 Corinthians 9:6

I need to be a cheerful, joyous, hilarious, excited giver.

Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, ‘prompt to do it’) giver [whose heart is in his giving]. 2 Corinthians 9:7

If I took ten people to a football game.

Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, ‘prompt to do it’) giver [whose heart is in his giving]. 2 Corinthians 9:7

Never wait for your financial condition to change before you begin to give.

He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. Ecclesiastes 11:4

As I am a cheerful, joyous giver, and my heart is in my giving, this will enable God to bless me abundantly.

And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. 2 Corinthians 9:8

It’s time to untie the hands of God and let God bless you. God wants me to be self-sufficient.

And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. 2 Corinthians 9:8

As a sower, God is the One who provides the seed.

For the service that the ministering of this fund renders does not only fully supply what is lacking to the saints (God’s people), but it also overflows in many [cries of] thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:12

Ask God for seed to sow now.

And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity], 2 Corinthians 9:10

God wants to enrich me in all things and in every way, because I am a giver.

Thus you will he enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous, and [your generosity as it is] administered by us will bring forth thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:11

I am a doer of the Word.

Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity). 1 John 3:18

I am pleasing God when I walk by faith.

But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. Hebrews 11:6

As I walk by faith, God is my Rewarder.

But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out], Hebrews 11:6

Don’t look at your circumstances. Stand on the Word of God and look to Jesus.

[Charge them] to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal and generous of heart, ready to share [with others]. 1 Timothy 6:18

Money is not the problem, and the problem is not having money. The problem is the love of money.

As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment. 1 Timothy 6:17

This is a good fight of faith that I am in.

Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold of the eternal life to which you were summoned and [for which] you confessed the good confession [of faith] before many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12

God wants me to enjoy life.

As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment. 2 Timothy 6:17

If I am a giver, it will be given back to me.

Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you. Luke 6:38

God is my Provider.

I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency. Phillipians4:13

Don’t look at your circumstances, keep your eyes on God. The Word has first place in my life.

But seek [aim and strive after]first of all His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right], and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. Matthew 6:33

God does not have a problem with you having things. He has a problem when those things have got you.

For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied). 2Corinthians 8:9

I am not a sayer of the Word only, but I am a doer.

Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside). [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

Giving is not a quick get rich scheme. It is a way of life.

And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. Galatians 6:9

I am constantly looking for opportunities to give.

So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [morally] to all people [not only being useful or profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith [those who belong to God’s family with you, the believers], Galatians 6:10

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

I know how to be abased and Hue humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know also how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation, whether well-fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare or going without and being in want. I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency. Philippians 4:12-13

Not considering my circumstance, I need to set myself up for a financial miracle.

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As Jesus landed, He saw a great crowd waiting, and He was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. And when the day was already far gone, His disciples came to Him and said, This is a desolate and isolated place, and the hour is now late. Send the crowds away to go into the country and villages round about and buy themselves something to eat. But He replied to them, Give them something to eat yourselves. And they said to Him, Shall we go and buy 200 denarii [about forty dollars] worth of bread and give it to them to eat? And He said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And when they [had looked and] knew, they said, Five [loaves] and two fish. Then He commanded the people all to recline on the green grass by companies. So they threw themselves down in ranks of hundreds and ff ties [with the regularity of an arrangement of beds of herbs, looking like so many garden plots]. And taking the Jive lo

I’d rather be a wet water walker than a dry boat sitter. I receive the Word and accept it as final authority in my life.

For they failed to consider or understand [the teaching and meaning of the miracle of] the loaves; [in fact] their hearts had grown callous [had become dull and had lost the power of understanding]. Mark 6:52

Even though I may have many opportunities to back down, I will not because my faith and trust is in God.

In those days when [again] an immense crowd had gathered and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and told them, I have pity and sympathy for the people and My heart goes out to them for they have been with Me now three days and have nothing [left] to eat; and if I send them away to their homes hungry, they will be feeble through exhaustion and faint along the road; and some of them have come a long way. And His disciples replied to Him, How can anyone fill and satisfy [these people] with loaves of bread here in [this] desolate and uninhabited region? And He asked them, How many loaves have you? They said, seven. And He commanded the multitude to recline upon the ground, and He [ then] took the seven loaves [of bread] and, having given thanks, He broke them and kept on giving them to His disciples to put before [ the people], and they placed them before the crowd. And they had a few small fish; and when he had praised God and given thanks and asked Him to bless th

If I don’t sow anything, I can’t expect to reap anything.

Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside). [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

I don’t sow my junk. I give God my best. Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside). [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

God gave us the best, Jesus Christ. Give God your best, your all. Even the laws of sowing and reaping work with God.

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten [unique] Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. John3:16

Reaping always follows sowing.

And taking the five loaves and two fish, He looked up to heaven and, praising God, gave thanks and broke the loaves and kept on giving them to the disciples to set before the people; and He [also] divided the two fish among [them] all. Mark 6:41

God wants me to be self-sufficient.

I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency]. Philippians 4:13

Every time I give, there is a harvest of blessings accumulating to my account.

Not that I seek or am eager for [your] gift, but I do seek and am eager for the fruit which increases to your credit [the harvest of blessing that is accumulating to your account], Philippians 4:17

God wants to (fill to the full) supply my every need.

And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

Thank you, Jesus! Whatever I sow is what I will reap.

Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. Galatians 6:7

If I withhold my offerings, I am stealing from God.

Will a man rob or defraud God? Yet you rob and defraud Me. But you say, In what way do we rob or defraud You? [You have withheld your] tithes and offerings. Malachi3:8

I delight and desire to do the Will and Word of God.

Blessed, (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. Psalm 1:1-2

Everything I do, I prosper in it.

And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity]. Psalm 1:3

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