A Prayer for Spending Cash
By Heidi Vegh
“Nobody can serve two masters, for both he’ll hate and love the opposite or be dedicated to the one and despise the opposite. You can’t serve God and cash. – Matthew 6:24
Whether or not we now have lots or are in want, cash may cause points and struggles in our lives and relationships. God is aware of our tendencies as people; a few of us like to spend cash, have a tough time holding onto cash, and are challenged to avoid wasting. Others hoard what they’ve, maintain it for themselves, and by no means share. Neither of those bless the Lord nor those round us. God calls us to have a wholesome relationship with our funds, however it’s only by way of following Jesus and obeying His Phrase that that is attainable.
Nobody is resistant to the detrimental maintain that cash can have on our hearts in lots or in need. I’m a spender. I like to buy and get new issues. Nonetheless, God has taught me all through my life to wish about my spending and to take heed to the nonetheless, small voices that lead me in my monetary selections. God wishes us to reside a lifetime of generosity, placing God earlier than cash. We can’t serve each God and cash. (Matthew 6:24)
What does this appear like virtually? Initially, God calls us to offer. He calls us to take 10% of our revenue and provides it to our church to assist additional the kingdom of God. This generally is a problem for some as they both don’t perceive or have hassle trusting God with that portion of their revenue. This coronary heart concern can solely be resolved between us and the Lord. Nonetheless, in my very own expertise, I’ve trusted the Lord with a portion and have seen His hand on my funds. I’ve by no means gone with out. That’s not to say that I’ve not struggled financially, however God at all times gives. (Philippians 4:19)
“Don’t retailer up for yourselves (materials) treasures on earth, the place moth and rust destroy, and thieves break in and steal. However retailer up for yourselves treasures in heaven, the place neither moth nor rust destroys, and the place thieves don’t break in and steal; for the place your treasure is, there your coronary heart (your needs, your wishes; that on which your life facilities) will even be. – Mathew 6: 19-21 (AMP)
Jesus is asking us to be sensible with our funds. He’s asking us to not put our belief in cash. It’s okay to save cash and make sensible selections about our future. Nonetheless, that may not be our sole supply of safety. Our safety and peace should come from God alone, no matter our monetary life. Our belief ought to be in God alone, as Jesus tells us that He alone is the bread of life.
“Then Jesus declared, ‘I’m the bread of life. Whoever involves me won’t ever go hungry, and whoever believes in me won’t ever be thirsty.’” – John 6:35
Let’s pray:
Lord, thanks for the blessings in my life. Thanks for offering for my wants and giving me what I want day-after-day. Nonetheless, I discover myself worrying over cash and the way I ought to spend it, put it aside, and provides it. Cash generally is a large supply of stress in my life, and I would like to have the ability to reside in peace concerning my funds. I need to reside a life pleasing to you. I lengthy to belief you so totally with my wants that I don’t spend any of my time worrying over how my wants and my household’s wants might be met.
I need to belief you with my funds and present you by giving a portion again to you. I need to obey you, Lord, however generally I get scared that you just received’t come by way of for me. Please assist me to belief you sufficient to place that cash within the basket because it passes by and present me miraculous provision in order that I received’t ever doubt you once more. I ask for monetary blessings, Lord in order that I can use what you present to assist these in want. I don’t need to hoard what you give me, Lord, however I lengthy to be an individual of generosity and a vessel for use to bless these round me.
Educate me easy methods to spend properly, Lord. Communicate to my coronary heart after I make a flawed monetary resolution and convict me after I spend cash on one thing that’s not needed. I lengthy to be content material in all I’ve, whether or not I’ve so much or a little bit. I need to reside in monetary safety due to your presence in my life, not the numbers in my checking account. Present me you thru my funds, Lord. Thanks for being Jehovah Jirah, our supplier. You alone can present what we want.
Please assist me to not rely solely on myself or others to supply for my wants. Give me knowledge with each cent that comes by way of my fingers. God, present me what to offer, save and spend. I need to reside in your will. Thanks, Lord, for caring for my wants and exhibiting me your love and care each day. Please open my eyes to the miraculous ways in which you take care of me.
In your valuable title, Jesus, we pray, amen.
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Heidi Vegh is a author, speaker, and ministry chief dwelling in Western Washington. She is a remarried mom of 4, navigating the blended household life after the lack of her first husband to most cancers in 2013. She longs to make use of her writing as a approach to encourage others who’ve skilled loss and information them on the highway to therapeutic. She contributes to her weblog discovered at www.mrsheidivegh.com , sharing tales and devotionals of religion stemming from her loss and therapeutic, mothering, and her blended and complicated household. She graduated from Southern New Hampshire College with a level in Artistic Writing and English and is engaged on her first guide. Heidi is the Girls’s Ministry Director at her native church and has a deep coronary heart for sharing Jesus with girls and inspiring them of their religion stroll. When she is just not writing, she likes to journey, learn, craft, and experiment within the kitchen. Go to her Fb and Instagram (@mrsheidivegh) to study extra.
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