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- 1:20What
- 1:20if
- 1:20savings
- 1:21didn't
- 1:21happen
- 1:21after
- 1:22everything
- 1:22else?
- 1:23What
- 1:24if
- 1:24it
- 1:24came
- 1:24first?
- 1:25Most
- 1:26of
- 1:26us
- 1:26were
- 1:26taught
- 1:26to
- 1:27spend
- 1:27what
- 1:27we
- 1:27need,
- 1:28pay
- 1:28what
- 1:28we
- 1:28owe,
- 1:29and
- 1:29save
- 1:29whatever
- 1:30might
- 1:30be
- 1:30left.
- 1:31And
- 1:31most
- 1:32months,
- 1:32let's
- 1:33be
- 1:33honest,
- 1:33there's
- 1:34not
- 1:34much
- 1:34left
- 1:34at
- 1:34all,
- 1:35friend.
- 1:36If
- 1:36savings
- 1:36keeps
- 1:37falling
- 1:37to
- 1:37the
- 1:37bottom
- 1:38of
- 1:38your
- 1:38list,
- 1:38you're
- 1:39not
- 1:39irresponsible.
- 1:40You
- 1:40just
- 1:40file
- 1:41in
- 1:41an
- 1:41order
- 1:41that
- 1:41makes
- 1:42savings
- 1:42feel
- 1:42optional.
- 1:44So
- 1:44today
- 1:44we're
- 1:44going
- 1:44to
- 1:44talk
- 1:45about
- 1:45a
- 1:45simple
- 1:45shift
- 1:46that
- 1:46helps
- 1:46savers
- 1:46actually
- 1:47win.
- 1:47When,
- 1:47without
- 1:48pressure
- 1:48or
- 1:48guilt,
- 1:48we're
- 1:49going
- 1:49to
- 1:49ask
- 1:49this
- 1:49question,
- 1:50the
- 1:50pay
- 1:50it
- 1:51yourself
- 1:51secret.
- 1:52How
- 1:52do
- 1:52savers
- 1:53build
- 1:53wealth?
- 2:15Hey,
- 2:15friend.
- 2:16Ralph
- 2:16Estep
- 2:16Jr.
- 2:17Here.
- 2:17Welcome
- 2:18to
- 2:18Financially
- 2:18Confident
- 2:19Christian,
- 2:19where
- 2:20we
- 2:20learn
- 2:20how
- 2:20to
- 2:20walk
- 2:20through
- 2:21life
- 2:21and
- 2:21money
- 2:21with
- 2:22wisdom,
- 2:22with
- 2:23peace,
- 2:23and
- 2:24with
- 2:24a
- 2:24heart
- 2:24anchored
- 2:24in
- 2:25God's
- 2:25truth.
- 2:26My
- 2:26mission
- 2:26is
- 2:26simple.
- 2:27To
- 2:27help
- 2:27you
- 2:28break
- 2:28the
- 2:28cycle
- 2:28of
- 2:29financial
- 2:29shame,
- 2:30build
- 2:30steady
- 2:31habits
- 2:31rooted
- 2:31in
- 2:31faith,
- 2:32and
- 2:32become
- 2:32the
- 2:33kind
- 2:33of
- 2:33believer
- 2:33who
- 2:34handles
- 2:34money
- 2:34with
- 2:35clarity,
- 2:35with
- 2:36confidence,
- 2:36and
- 2:37with
- 2:37spiritual
- 2:37purpose.
- 2:38Yesterday
- 2:39we
- 2:39talked
- 2:39about
- 2:40those
- 2:40emergency
- 2:40funds,
- 2:41that
- 2:41first
- 2:41layer
- 2:42of
- 2:42financial
- 2:42breathing
- 2:43room.
- 2:44And
- 2:44today
- 2:44we're
- 2:44going
- 2:44to
- 2:44build
- 2:45on
- 2:45that
- 2:45foundation
- 2:45with
- 2:46a
- 2:46habit
- 2:46that
- 2:46quietly
- 2:47changes
- 2:47everything.
- 2:48It's
- 2:49called
- 2:49paying
- 2:49yourself
- 2:50first.
- 2:50Not
- 2:51a
- 2:51rule,
- 2:51not
- 2:52pressure,
- 2:52but
- 2:53a
- 2:53priority.
- 2:54A
- 2:54listener
- 2:55once
- 2:55asked
- 2:55me,
- 2:55ralph,
- 2:56how
- 2:56am
- 2:56I
- 2:57supposed
- 2:57to
- 2:57save
- 2:57when
- 2:58I'm
- 2:58already
- 2:58feeling
- 2:59behind
- 2:59every
- 2:59month?
- 3:00And
- 3:01that
- 3:01question
- 3:01isn't
- 3:01about
- 3:02math,
- 3:02is
- 3:02it?
- 3:03It's
- 3:03about
- 3:03feeling
- 3:04like
- 3:04savings
- 3:05is
- 3:05always
- 3:05for
- 3:05later,
- 3:06for
- 3:06someday,
- 3:07for
- 3:07other
- 3:08people.
- 3:09But
- 3:09under
- 3:09that
- 3:10question
- 3:10is
- 3:10this
- 3:10feeling.
- 3:11I
- 3:12want
- 3:12to
- 3:12do
- 3:12better,
- 3:12but
- 3:13life
- 3:13keeps
- 3:13getting
- 3:13in
- 3:14the
- 3:14way.
- 3:14Ralph,
- 3:15savings
- 3:16feels
- 3:16extra
- 3:17when
- 3:18there's
- 3:18extra.
- 3:19It
- 3:19feels
- 3:19hard
- 3:20when
- 3:20every
- 3:20dollar
- 3:20already
- 3:21has
- 3:21a
- 3:21job.
- 3:22And,
- 3:22friend,
- 3:22that
- 3:23doesn't
- 3:23make
- 3:23you
- 3:23lack
- 3:23discipline.
- 3:24It
- 3:24means
- 3:25the
- 3:25order
- 3:25needs
- 3:25to
- 3:26change.
- 3:27Here's
- 3:27something
- 3:27research
- 3:28shows
- 3:28again
- 3:28and
- 3:29again,
- 3:30people
- 3:30who
- 3:31save
- 3:31first
- 3:31are
- 3:32far
- 3:32more
- 3:32consistent
- 3:33than
- 3:33people
- 3:33who
- 3:33try
- 3:34to
- 3:34save
- 3:34last.
- 3:35That's
- 3:35just
- 3:35facts.
- 3:36It's
- 3:36not
- 3:37because
- 3:37they're
- 3:37stronger.
- 3:38It's
- 3:38because
- 3:38they
- 3:39decide
- 3:39earlier
- 3:40in
- 3:40the
- 3:40process,
- 3:41and
- 3:42over
- 3:42the
- 3:42years,
- 3:42I've
- 3:42worked
- 3:43with
- 3:43people
- 3:43at
- 3:43every
- 3:44income
- 3:44level.
- 3:45The
- 3:45ones
- 3:45who
- 3:46found
- 3:46peace
- 3:46with
- 3:46money
- 3:47weren't
- 3:47perfect.
- 3:48They
- 3:48simply
- 3:49stopped
- 3:49treating
- 3:49savings
- 3:50like
- 3:50an
- 3:50afterthought
- 3:51and
- 3:51started
- 3:51treating
- 3:52it
- 3:52like
- 3:52a
- 3:52priority.
- 3:54That
- 3:54one
- 3:54change
- 3:55made
- 3:55everything
- 3:56feel
- 3:56lighter.
- 3:57I'll
- 3:57never
- 3:57forget.
- 3:57I
- 3:58remember
- 3:58somebody
- 3:58telling
- 3:58me,
- 3:59ralph,
- 3:59I
- 3:59started
- 4:00saving
- 4:00before
- 4:01I
- 4:01paid
- 4:01bills.
- 4:02It
- 4:02felt
- 4:02backwards,
- 4:04but
- 4:04they
- 4:04tried
- 4:04it
- 4:05anyway.
- 4:06Just
- 4:06a
- 4:06small
- 4:06automatic
- 4:07transfer.
- 4:08Now,
- 4:08nothing
- 4:08dramatic
- 4:09changed
- 4:09overnight,
- 4:10but
- 4:10their
- 4:10mindset
- 4:11did.
- 4:11They
- 4:12told
- 4:12me,
- 4:12ralph,
- 4:12for
- 4:13the
- 4:13first
- 4:13time,
- 4:13I
- 4:14feel
- 4:14like
- 4:14my
- 4:14future
- 4:15mattered.
- 4:16So
- 4:17here's
- 4:17today's
- 4:17general
- 4:17question.
- 4:19What
- 4:19would
- 4:19change
- 4:19if
- 4:20Your
- 4:20future
- 4:20came
- 4:21first
- 4:21instead
- 4:21of
- 4:22last.
- 4:22Let's
- 4:23talk
- 4:23about
- 4:23that.
- 4:24See,
- 4:25most
- 4:25people
- 4:25save
- 4:26what's
- 4:27left.
- 4:28Most
- 4:28people
- 4:28don't
- 4:29mean
- 4:29to
- 4:29avoid
- 4:29savings.
- 4:30They
- 4:30just
- 4:30live
- 4:31in
- 4:31this
- 4:31order.
- 4:32They
- 4:32spend
- 4:33first,
- 4:33the
- 4:34bills
- 4:34come
- 4:34first,
- 4:35everyone
- 4:35else
- 4:36first.
- 4:36And
- 4:37then
- 4:37maybe
- 4:37they
- 4:37have
- 4:38enough
- 4:38to
- 4:38save.
- 4:39But
- 4:40that
- 4:40maybe
- 4:40is
- 4:40a
- 4:41liar.
- 4:41Because
- 4:42life
- 4:42will
- 4:42always
- 4:42find
- 4:43a
- 4:43way
- 4:43to
- 4:43use
- 4:43up
- 4:43what's
- 4:44left.
- 4:44Hey,
- 4:44let's
- 4:44be
- 4:44honest
- 4:45with
- 4:45each
- 4:45other,
- 4:45right?
- 4:46There's
- 4:46always
- 4:46something.
- 4:47There's
- 4:48the
- 4:48sale
- 4:48at
- 4:48the
- 4:48store,
- 4:49somebody's
- 4:49birthday,
- 4:50a
- 4:50field
- 4:51trip
- 4:51for
- 4:51the
- 4:51kids
- 4:52that
- 4:52tire,
- 4:53a
- 4:53doctor
- 4:53bill,
- 4:54fast
- 4:54food
- 4:54night
- 4:55because
- 4:55you're
- 4:55exhausted
- 4:56after
- 4:56a
- 4:56long
- 4:56day.
- 4:57And
- 4:58the
- 4:58problem
- 4:58isn't
- 4:59that
- 4:59you're
- 4:59bad
- 4:59with
- 5:00money.
- 5:00The
- 5:00problem
- 5:01is
- 5:01the
- 5:01system
- 5:01is
- 5:01broken.
- 5:03If
- 5:03savings
- 5:03is
- 5:04less,
- 5:04guess
- 5:04what?
- 5:05Savings
- 5:05is
- 5:05optional.
- 5:07And
- 5:07optional
- 5:08things
- 5:08don't
- 5:08survive
- 5:09real
- 5:09life.
- 5:10This
- 5:11is
- 5:11the
- 5:11small
- 5:11shift
- 5:12that
- 5:12changes
- 5:12everything.
- 5:14You
- 5:14save
- 5:15first.
- 5:16Not
- 5:16huge,
- 5:17not
- 5:17dramatic,
- 5:17just
- 5:18first.
- 5:18You
- 5:18put
- 5:18it
- 5:18in
- 5:18front
- 5:19of
- 5:19the
- 5:19line.
- 5:20Because
- 5:20when
- 5:20you
- 5:20pay
- 5:20yourself
- 5:21first,
- 5:21you're
- 5:22telling
- 5:22your
- 5:22money,
- 5:22this
- 5:23matters.
- 5:24This
- 5:24is
- 5:25non
- 5:25negotiable.
- 5:26This
- 5:26is
- 5:26part
- 5:27of
- 5:27life
- 5:27now.
- 5:27This
- 5:27is
- 5:28my
- 5:28reality.
- 5:29Then
- 5:29you
- 5:30spend
- 5:30what's
- 5:30left
- 5:30over.
- 5:31You
- 5:31spend
- 5:31what
- 5:31remains.
- 5:32Not
- 5:32what
- 5:32you
- 5:33wish
- 5:33remained,
- 5:34but
- 5:34what
- 5:34actually
- 5:35remains.
- 5:36And
- 5:36here's
- 5:36what
- 5:37happens.
- 5:37Your
- 5:37lifestyle
- 5:38adjusts
- 5:39to
- 5:39your
- 5:39new
- 5:39priorities.
- 5:40That's
- 5:41why
- 5:41this
- 5:41works.
- 5:42Not
- 5:42because
- 5:42you
- 5:42suddenly
- 5:43become
- 5:43disciplined,
- 5:44but
- 5:44because
- 5:44the
- 5:44order
- 5:45is
- 5:45doing
- 5:45the
- 5:46work.
- 5:46That
- 5:46priority
- 5:47determines
- 5:48the
- 5:48outcome.
- 5:50See,
- 5:50this
- 5:50is
- 5:50about
- 5:51direction,
- 5:51not
- 5:51perfection.
- 5:52I
- 5:52want
- 5:52to
- 5:52say
- 5:52this
- 5:53clearly.
- 5:53It
- 5:54does
- 5:54not
- 5:54have
- 5:54to
- 5:54be
- 5:55a
- 5:55big
- 5:55amount.
- 5:56It
- 5:56just
- 5:57has
- 5:57to
- 5:57be
- 5:57intentional.
- 5:58If
- 5:58all
- 5:58you
- 5:58can
- 5:59save
- 5:59is
- 5:59$10
- 6:00a
- 6:00week,
- 6:00start
- 6:00there.
- 6:01If
- 6:01you
- 6:01can
- 6:02do
- 6:02$25
- 6:03per
- 6:03paycheck,
- 6:03start
- 6:04there.
- 6:04Hey,
- 6:04if
- 6:04you
- 6:04can
- 6:05do
- 6:051%
- 6:05right
- 6:06now,
- 6:07start
- 6:07there.
- 6:07Because
- 6:08the
- 6:08real
- 6:08win
- 6:09isn't
- 6:09the
- 6:09amount.
- 6:10It's
- 6:10the
- 6:10identity
- 6:11shift
- 6:11that's
- 6:11going
- 6:12on.
- 6:12You're
- 6:13becoming
- 6:13someone
- 6:13who
- 6:13saves,
- 6:15someone
- 6:15who
- 6:15plans,
- 6:16someone
- 6:16who
- 6:17prepares.
- 6:19And
- 6:19direction
- 6:19matters
- 6:20more
- 6:20than
- 6:20speed.
- 6:21Those
- 6:21small
- 6:21steps
- 6:22in
- 6:22the
- 6:22right
- 6:22direction
- 6:23still
- 6:23change
- 6:23your
- 6:24life.
- 6:24Because
- 6:25that
- 6:25consistency
- 6:26builds
- 6:26trust.
- 6:27Every
- 6:28time
- 6:28you
- 6:28save
- 6:28first,
- 6:29you're
- 6:29building
- 6:30trust.
- 6:30You're
- 6:31building
- 6:31trust
- 6:31in
- 6:31yourself.
- 6:32You're
- 6:32saying,
- 6:32I
- 6:32can
- 6:33keep
- 6:33a
- 6:33promise.
- 6:34You're
- 6:35building
- 6:35trust
- 6:35in
- 6:35the
- 6:36process.
- 6:37This
- 6:37is
- 6:37working,
- 6:38even
- 6:38if
- 6:38it's
- 6:38slow.
- 6:40And
- 6:40more
- 6:40importantly
- 6:41than
- 6:41that,
- 6:41you're
- 6:41building
- 6:42trust
- 6:42in
- 6:42God's
- 6:43provision.
- 6:44God
- 6:44is
- 6:44not
- 6:44asking
- 6:45me
- 6:45to
- 6:45be
- 6:45perfect.
- 6:46He's
- 6:46teaching
- 6:47me
- 6:47to
- 6:47be
- 6:47faithful.
- 6:49That
- 6:49consistency
- 6:50is
- 6:50how
- 6:50peace
- 6:50gets
- 6:51built.
- 6:51Not
- 6:51all
- 6:52at
- 6:52once,
- 6:52not
- 6:52overnight,
- 6:53but
- 6:53step
- 6:54by
- 6:54step,
- 6:55deposit
- 6:56by
- 6:56deposit,
- 6:57decision
- 6:57by
- 6:57decision.
- 6:58And
- 6:59over
- 6:59time,
- 6:59you
- 6:59look
- 6:59back
- 7:00and
- 7:00realize
- 7:00something.
- 7:01I'm
- 7:01not
- 7:01where
- 7:02I
- 7:02want
- 7:02to
- 7:02be.
- 7:03But
- 7:03I'm
- 7:04no
- 7:04longer
- 7:04where
- 7:04I
- 7:04was.
- 7:06See,
- 7:06that's
- 7:06growth.
- 7:07That's
- 7:08stewardship.
- 7:09That's
- 7:09a
- 7:10new
- 7:10story.
- 7:11Let's
- 7:11look
- 7:11at
- 7:11Matthew,
- 7:12chapter
- 7:126,
- 7:12verse
- 7:1321
- 7:14for
- 7:15where
- 7:15your
- 7:15treasure
- 7:16is,
- 7:16there
- 7:17your
- 7:17heart
- 7:17will
- 7:17be
- 7:17also.
- 7:19Savings
- 7:19first
- 7:20isn't
- 7:20about
- 7:20fear.
- 7:21It's
- 7:21about
- 7:22alignment.
- 7:22It's
- 7:23about
- 7:23choosing
- 7:23what
- 7:24leads
- 7:24your
- 7:24life.
- 7:25How
- 7:25about
- 7:26we
- 7:26pray
- 7:26together?
- 7:27Lord,
- 7:27thank
- 7:28you
- 7:28for
- 7:28teaching
- 7:28us
- 7:28priorities
- 7:29in
- 7:29our
- 7:29life.
- 7:30Help
- 7:30us
- 7:31put
- 7:31first
- 7:31things
- 7:31first
- 7:32without
- 7:32fear
- 7:32and
- 7:33without
- 7:33pressure.
- 7:35Give
- 7:35us
- 7:35faith
- 7:35to
- 7:36save
- 7:36first
- 7:37and
- 7:37to
- 7:37trust
- 7:37you
- 7:38for
- 7:38vision.
- 7:38And
- 7:39we
- 7:39ask
- 7:39this
- 7:39in
- 7:40Jesus
- 7:40name,
- 7:41Amen.
- 7:42Here's
- 7:43today's
- 7:44I
- 7:44want
- 7:44you
- 7:44to
- 7:44set
- 7:44up
- 7:45an
- 7:45automatic
- 7:45transfer
- 7:46to
- 7:46savings
- 7:46before
- 7:47any
- 7:47bills
- 7:47are
- 7:47paid,
- 7:48even
- 7:48if
- 7:48it's
- 7:48small,
- 7:49and
- 7:50let
- 7:50consistency
- 7:51work
- 7:51for
- 7:51you,
- 7:52friend.
- 7:53Many
- 7:53listeners
- 7:53tell
- 7:54me
- 7:54this
- 7:54show
- 7:54feels
- 7:55safe.
- 7:55To
- 7:55them,
- 7:56it
- 7:56feels
- 7:56like
- 7:56a
- 7:56place
- 7:56where
- 7:57money
- 7:57struggles
- 7:58don't
- 7:58define
- 7:58their
- 7:58faith,
- 8:00where
- 8:00progress
- 8:00matters
- 8:01more
- 8:01than
- 8:01perfection.
- 8:03If
- 8:03that's
- 8:03what
- 8:03you're
- 8:04looking
- 8:04for,
- 8:04guess
- 8:04what?
- 8:04You're
- 8:05already
- 8:05home.
- 8:06And
- 8:06if
- 8:06you'd
- 8:06like
- 8:06to
- 8:06stay
- 8:07connected,
- 8:07to
- 8:08keep
- 8:08building
- 8:08steady
- 8:09habits,
- 8:09to
- 8:09get
- 8:09a
- 8:10little
- 8:10extra
- 8:10encouragement
- 8:11and
- 8:11to
- 8:11walk
- 8:11this
- 8:12out
- 8:12with
- 8:12other
- 8:12believers
- 8:13who
- 8:13are
- 8:13learning
- 8:13right
- 8:14alongside
- 8:14you,
- 8:14come
- 8:15join
- 8:15us.
- 8:16Come
- 8:16to
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