Creating a God-Honoring Financial Legacy

I want to talk about creating a God honoring financial legacy. I believe that the best way to do this is to live by what I call the five asses of God honoring stewardship business talk about leaving a financial legacy that honors God, so that when you really miss our goal will be pleased with what you which are stewardship. When we understand you are not the owners of your money and financial resources of the word of the God doesn't ask you to give because he wants to shrink your wallet. He asks you to give because he wants to grow your faith hello and welcome to Destin for victory with pastor Paul Shepherd, senior pastor of destiny Christian Fellowship in Fremont, California or something every believer Christian. We are stewards, not owners or time or money in our lives are not our own. For the next two days. Mr. Paul offer five keys to building a financial legacy, one that will honor God will also bring blessing into our lives beyond all that we can imagine. Stay with us here or stop by Pastor Paul.net any time to hear today's message or any recent test message on to me, that's Pastor Paul must join him now as he shares today's Destin for victory message God honoring financial Psalms 19 look again at verses 10 and 12. Here's what it says. The days of our lives are 70 years and if by reason of strength they are 80 years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow for it is soon cut off and we fly away so teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

That's what this is about Lord help us to number our days, knowing our days will go on forever here on earth. Help us to maximize the days we have here on earth, that we may apply wisdom to our hearts and to all that we do so in the opening message of the series. I intentionally caused you to feel rather somber. As we talked about the fact that one of these days all of us to check it out.

The mortality rate of human beings is 100%, meaning we are all going to leave and that's not a fun fact. Nobody has a barbecue select talk about diet. Those are fun facts, but there are necessary facts because if you're not ready to die, you're really not ready to keep living. You gotta stop and get prepared to die and get that in interviews so that as you act between now and your death date and none of us know when that is all of those actions will be intentional.

That's our point. So last time we talked about building a strong spiritual foundation, which is the most important thing at the end of the day. Jesus said, what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his or her soul so it can't be just about money making it's gotta be about being prepared for the inevitable, which is judgment. And so we want to be prepared for that. I talked about three ways to build a strong spiritual foundation for your life.

We looked at Matthew 633 and remembered it's important to prioritize God's kingdom. Jesus said seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and everything you need, Gotto add it to you but you got to seek first the kingdom of God. Then we talked about aiming to be well pleasing to God.

Second Corinthians 5, and nine Paul said. So we make it our name I'm running for my goal is to be well pleasing to God. And finally we looked at Colossians 317 and reminded ourselves that we are to do and say everything that we do and say in the name of Jesus. And that doesn't mean simply saying the words. In Jesus name I pray when you're praying for instant, it means everything you're doing, you do want his authority to do because it is his will you do because it is consistent with what he wants you to do to do and say everything in the name of the Lord now. I want to also talk about in this part to creating a God honoring financial legacy before you leave this earth, you want to create not only a spiritual legacy that you leave so that people who knew you know that you love the Lord, but they also know that you were prepared to share your faith with others and and all of us should be in the business of being a witness so that your your relatives, your friends, your coworkers, everybody knows that as a man that is a woman that is a young man young woman who knew and loved the Lord. If you are a secret agent saint. You need to get out the closet. Do you want to know is still in the closet. The closet whatever they are, however freaky they all freaking day you get all the body is saying that what they we got Kristin still said no in the closet about Jesus being excited about knowing Jesus came to give us life eternal. Enjoy your life. Don't be a sad Kristin you need to be excited about knowing the Lord, the spiritual legacy is very very important that we leave behind not want to talk about creating a God honoring financial legacy. I believe that the best way to do this is to live by what I call the five asses of God honoring stewardship taking notes.these down. This is talk about leaving a financial legacy that honors God, so that when you leave this are will be pleased with what you man, which are stewardship way. Let me help you understand you are not owners of your money and financial resources, or the store would've been with a different store. Take care will belong to somebody else is not made his money automated but is not sure the Lord is the fullness thereof, and so you got understand yeah you made it, but you will give an account to him when you get a chance read Matthew 25 can take you through it.

I am interest of time to see the Papo all the talents and Jesus told us that the one who all everything took a long trip and he went his various amounts of talent that is capital to 111 520 left to the one he left one and then we came back after a long time and they were to give an account that's that's you and I we got to give an account for what we do when our finances, and you know the one with five gave them a 100% return.

You know that story and heard well done and the one who was given to Dave 100% return and heard well done. One who only had one say what you see what happened and that person was rebuilt because instead of using it properly in a God honoring way they dug a hole and put the talent in the ground. In fact, the owner said look, why would you do that you know I was coming back. You know you will have to give an account and so I want to make sure none of us a call with our money having been misused during our lifetime, solicited the five asses of God honoring stewardship I've received before but it's important to printed now in the context of keeping the end in mind.

The first way to have a God honoring financial legacy is to so generously so generously, verse three, beginning at verse five. Now we all know, I intensely started with the versicolor by knows fiber 356 trust along with all your heart and lean not to. You don't understand. Amen. In all your ways acknowledge him, he shall direct your path. Belinda versus you don't read so much.

Do not be wise in your own eyes will come up somebody trying to homophobia all you think you all that.

Don't be wise in your own way you think you're smart.

He said for Lord and depart from evil. Verse eight.

It will be Peltier flesh, and strength to your bones. Look at verse nine, the Lord with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase out of the Lord with your possessions with the firstfruits of all your increase so your barns will be filled with plenty in your bat will overflow with new wine.

What is Solomon saying there is saying everything he puts in your hand. You gotta worship him first.

By giving to the kingdom of God which are possessions seek thinking we saw last week. I Matthew 633 seek first the kingdom means you to the Lord before you get to the mortgage company before you get to your landlord before you give to the one whose financing you know what your car, I'm sorry, God's, and people who fight against tithing and you know I still remember that I didn't teeth having his mandate for the New Testament okay is not mandated in the New Testament. One of the New Testament take you to do to give generously.

You know what generous is is more than the time generous is more like what you get to the mortgage company or the landlord and the Bible is not even asking if it is the same. Be generous and the tie is a standard that you see set up in even before the law. Don't tell me tithing is the law.

Tithing predates the Lord you see tithing in Genesis. Abraham tied to Melchizedek: Isaac time, famine, family time, for the time you can afford not stay with us the second half of Pastor Paul Shepard's message is coming right up. We want to thank all of you who support destined for victory with your prayers and financial support, gifts that help Pastor Paul share the joy the gospel message with a growing audience destined for victory is supported entirely by friends like you. So please prayerfully consider making a generous gift to Destin for victory today. Give online safely and securely from our website.

Pastor Paul.net or give us a call at 855-339-5500 again. The numbers 855-339-5500. The book of Proverbs tells us that the rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender explore that idea next to the rest of today's message creating a God honoring financial legacy. Once again, here's Pastor Paul say what I got myself a real bad: I don't have the faith to give 10% give give generously and give intentionally to honor God and say Lord solicit for you who don't have the faith to type immediately because of the denture and just say okay Lord I'm so sorry… My finances, but I'm going to give generously and once I can. I am going to going to do everything that's in my heart to honor the Lord with the firstfruits. Amen and it says what the promise your barns will be filled.

How many know when you take care God's business. He takes care of Your we got California and charged 34 people. They can only give me 24,000 year 20 4K a year I have moved to California from Philadelphia and my first rent was 995 a month. I had never heard of such a rent back in 1989 I coming from Philly and we had a row Kraków's Cross Street but they shut it down and I had $200 a month mortgage and I get only has 995 a month for some lady I don't even know the make up my mind. Are you won't practice what you preach and how to set it right then and there. I suppose he knows how to play building California and so that's what I this 2000 a month. The church got $200 a month every single month from their past and I was praying that the Lord was going take care of everything and you need to learn God's going to kill you RX of the first S is to so generously number two shrink that systematically shrink that I'm talking about how you can build a God honoring financial legacy. God is honored when you get out of that debt, you got yourself into highly new yeah you got to salvage the Lord they believe any of us into debt. We land sales in today because you got me on as if you will be blessed. Please be honest we got ourselves in debt, you need to know America for most of its history was not a oriented society that did not become allies until after World War II history talk to grandma my grandma whenever you got your family. Ask them how much they paid for the house and how they pay for the house. They then go to the bank.

They bought a little witness in my room whatever they had to do and they put that money together and bought a house, so I bought this house for $27,000. I think back in the before all this happened and that wasn't normal for long time. We've got to get to the place where we stop normalizing what really shouldn't be that and so shrink that you got 22 seven says the rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender's assignment when you're in debt, you're a sleigh.

I know we like cervical servant sounds better.

Very often when you see servant in your Bible.

It really means leave in the translators that they want take you there. We are slaves to tell you in some way that you and so we've got understand the importance of shrinking debt, and their wonderful ways where learning from older Christian financial leaders Dave Ramsey and and no money matters.

The guys who run the money matters ministry there several ministries so you find who helps you one of our friends from first Baptist Michelle Singletary, wife and I recently taught a retreat buried your husband with their and somebody asked me a question during our session about money and I answered a little bit and after the session I sold. Michelle was there money would you send sees a columnist that talks about money, money, and you sit there but we got a large seeking teaches you got bumped coming Michelle Michelle, cold-blooded me, she will cut your credit card straight up said handed over just the first Baptist where she's a member that people to make when they see the financial stuff, so Lord Michelle go get but that's a church that has learned these lessons as a result, their budget every year is tens of millions of dollars were praising God. We are $3 million budget church that's wonderful. We tried to ride by $3 million budget. They are talking tens of millions of dollars every year given to the kingdom of God when they build buildings. They'll say well it's already some percentage paid for when they went into their big warships and I think it was like 60% paid for all that kind of thing. They just built a family life Center, 23, $24 million pay for when they walked in. Why because they will learn how to discipline their money and let God help them get their act together so that they can be blessed and make an impact the region for Jesus Christ. We gotta do it the same way so we got a start by get myself out of that and we have to learn to delay gratification, somebody I know you want to drive nice but you gotta start by driving what you can come in when you can drive nice know I got it one. When I got I came across the country with a car. I was paying for. I had a note in Philly when I was coming to pass the here. I had a note had to pay it off in California that was one of things I do believe going forward that $2000 a month 300 went to a whatever company that was Dodge.

I think it was Janet Dodd's dynasty Dodd's dynasty. It was nice but it had like a 300 note that 2009, 95 already went to this lady so she got the kingdom got 200 is almost $1200 in $2800 left to get month. Anybody ever had too much month at the end of the money too much about what I have too much mom and I okay Lord is all the bills. What you will do with these five, 305 and we got two kids five and three years old, just and ready to start.

Yet they got E Lord, how we go.

God made a way he blessed Chris Christian school with me making 20 4K and my wife and I have decided she's a baby. We start our family and work with. No, I want you to be able to raise our kids the way my mother was able to raise us. I had a stay-at-home mother and I was just like that. I knew the joys of coming home from school when and I said to my wife to the demo system we got married when she was seven month pregnant with Alisha. She left that and she didn't have to go back until she wanted to and so I suggest going to raise his kids and God help us only to make this happen and we trust in God. The whole way. I'm not tell you what I haven't done you gotta do what you do but in those days I need a second car because I got to California I realized thereby need a car jump will set the public transportation and going where you want know here you had no time to tell you but we ask God for car and started looking for used cars and God give me something that we can afford to give me the money to test the hearts of some people who were in a prayer meeting and one day in a prayer meeting basically cross-country. They said the Lord told us to start given money every time we come down the printing that they would have in the whole. They start to put mine together and finally when they had $1700 sit… Asked what little of what we will do it so I sent the legal process and that the pastor Paul in California and they called me and they said can you use $1700 in the store about their prayer meetings that we just got his people from different churches (and when asked the question if the Lord is telling y'all to give me $1700 to send to him because you know so generously shrink systematically those of the first two keys to creating a God honoring financial legacy the next 3 Come Your Way tomorrow, so be sure to join us if you need prayer today for your finances for your family for any reason at all the destined for Victor ministry team would like to join you in prayer, visit pastor Paul.net and use the contact feature to share your prayer request with us. Why would there be sure to sign up for pastor Paul's monthly letter of encouragement. Yours, at no cost or obligation. Well we have a great new resource to share with you today. Not that long ago pastor Paul and his wife Meredith conducted a fireside chat after church.

Destiny Christian Fellowship in Fremont California for three days. Pastor Paul emeritus, shared wisdom about how to improve and strengthen our personal relationships today would like to offer you a booklet that highlights the major themes of their message. It's called creating a relational legacy is our gift to you this month by request for your generous gift to Destin for victory. Just call 855-339-5500 or visit pastor Paul.net to make a safe and secure donation online or mail your gift to Destin for victory PO Box 1767, Fremont, CA 94538. Again, the addresses destined for victory. Box 1767, Fremont, CA 94538. Just because you have. It doesn't mean you've got to spend it as pastor Paul what else do you have to do. You got to say regularly saying let's realize not everything God puts in your hands now is that's next time pastor Paul Shepard's message creating a God honoring financial legacy.

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