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- 0:37Have
- 0:37you
- 0:37ever
- 0:38opened
- 0:38that
- 0:38bank
- 0:38app?
- 0:39And
- 0:39before
- 0:39it
- 0:39even
- 0:39loads,
- 0:40your
- 0:40chest
- 0:40dust
- 0:41tightens.
- 0:42And
- 0:42it's
- 0:42not
- 0:42because
- 0:42you
- 0:43don't
- 0:43trust
- 0:43God,
- 0:44because
- 0:44the
- 0:45math
- 0:45feels
- 0:45loud,
- 0:46because
- 0:46that
- 0:47grocery
- 0:47total
- 0:47keeps
- 0:48climbing,
- 0:49because
- 0:49that
- 0:49rent
- 0:49is
- 0:50due,
- 0:50because
- 0:50that
- 0:50credit
- 0:51card
- 0:51balance
- 0:51didn't
- 0:52go
- 0:52down
- 0:52as
- 0:52fast
- 0:52as
- 0:53you'd
- 0:53hoped.
- 0:54And
- 0:54you
- 0:54truly
- 0:55believe
- 0:55that
- 0:55God
- 0:55provides.
- 0:56You
- 0:56really
- 0:56do.
- 0:57That
- 0:58spreadsheet
- 0:58still
- 0:58feels
- 0:59like
- 0:59it's
- 0:59yelling
- 1:00at
- 1:00you.
- 1:01If
- 1:01that's
- 1:01you
- 1:01friend,
- 1:02first
- 1:02thing
- 1:02I
- 1:02want
- 1:02to
- 1:02do
- 1:03Take
- 1:03you
- 1:03to
- 1:03take
- 1:03a
- 1:03breath.
- 1:04Today
- 1:04isn't
- 1:05about
- 1:05ignoring
- 1:05reality.
- 1:06It's
- 1:06about
- 1:07learning
- 1:07how
- 1:07to
- 1:07hold
- 1:07faith
- 1:08and
- 1:08numbers
- 1:08at
- 1:09the
- 1:09same
- 1:09time.
- 1:31Hey,
- 1:31friend.
- 1:31Ralph
- 1:32Estep
- 1:32Jr.
- 1:32Here.
- 1:33Welcome
- 1:33to
- 1:33Financially
- 1:34Confident
- 1:34Christian,
- 1:35where
- 1:35we
- 1:35learn
- 1:36how
- 1:36to
- 1:36walk
- 1:36through
- 1:36life
- 1:36and
- 1:37money
- 1:37with
- 1:37wisdom,
- 1:38with
- 1:38peace,
- 1:39and
- 1:39with
- 1:39a
- 1:39heart
- 1:40anchored
- 1:40in
- 1:40God's
- 1:41truth.
- 1:41My
- 1:42mission
- 1:42here
- 1:42is
- 1:42simple.
- 1:43To
- 1:43help
- 1:43you
- 1:43break
- 1:44that
- 1:44cycle
- 1:44of
- 1:45financial
- 1:45shame
- 1:45and
- 1:45build
- 1:46steady
- 1:46habits
- 1:47rooted
- 1:47in
- 1:47faith
- 1:48and
- 1:48become
- 1:48that
- 1:49kind
- 1:49of
- 1:49believer
- 1:49who
- 1:50handles
- 1:50money
- 1:50with
- 1:51clarity,
- 1:51with
- 1:51confidence,
- 1:52and
- 1:52with
- 1:53spiritual
- 1:53purpose.
- 1:54Yesterday
- 1:55we
- 1:55talked
- 1:55about
- 1:55celebrating
- 1:56those
- 1:56small
- 1:56ones,
- 1:57and
- 1:57I
- 1:57really
- 1:57hope
- 1:57you
- 1:57did,
- 1:58about
- 1:58noticing
- 1:59progress
- 1:59instead
- 2:00of
- 2:00dismissing
- 2:01it.
- 2:01Today,
- 2:01we're
- 2:02taking
- 2:02the
- 2:02next
- 2:02step.
- 2:03Because
- 2:03sometimes
- 2:04you're
- 2:04doing
- 2:04everything
- 2:05right.
- 2:05You're
- 2:06tracking,
- 2:06you're
- 2:07planning,
- 2:07and
- 2:07you're
- 2:07really
- 2:08trying.
- 2:09But
- 2:09those
- 2:09numbers
- 2:10still
- 2:10feel
- 2:10tight.
- 2:11And
- 2:12this
- 2:12is
- 2:12where
- 2:12faith
- 2:12and
- 2:13finances
- 2:13often
- 2:14collide.
- 2:15A
- 2:15listener
- 2:16asked
- 2:16me
- 2:16this
- 2:17ralph,
- 2:17I
- 2:18truly
- 2:18believe
- 2:18that
- 2:19God
- 2:19provides.
- 2:20But
- 2:20when
- 2:20I
- 2:20look
- 2:21at
- 2:21my
- 2:21budget,
- 2:22I
- 2:22still
- 2:22feel
- 2:23anxious.
- 2:24How
- 2:24do
- 2:24I
- 2:24trust
- 2:25God
- 2:25without
- 2:25pretending
- 2:26the
- 2:26numbers
- 2:26don't
- 2:27matter?
- 2:28That
- 2:28is
- 2:28such
- 2:28an
- 2:28honest
- 2:29question,
- 2:30and
- 2:30it
- 2:30deserves
- 2:31a
- 2:31gentle
- 2:31answer.
- 2:32Because
- 2:32what
- 2:32you
- 2:32might
- 2:33be
- 2:33feeling
- 2:33is
- 2:33this.
- 2:34I
- 2:35don't
- 2:35want
- 2:35to
- 2:35be
- 2:35faithless,
- 2:36but
- 2:36I
- 2:37also
- 2:37don't
- 2:37want
- 2:37to
- 2:37be
- 2:37foolish.
- 2:38I'm
- 2:38stuck
- 2:39between
- 2:39prayer
- 2:39and
- 2:40pressure
- 2:40routes.
- 2:41And
- 2:42friend,
- 2:42that
- 2:42tension
- 2:42doesn't
- 2:43make
- 2:43you
- 2:43a
- 2:43bad
- 2:43Christian.
- 2:44It
- 2:44actually
- 2:45makes
- 2:45you
- 2:45a
- 2:45human.
- 2:46So
- 2:46I
- 2:46want
- 2:46to
- 2:46say
- 2:47this
- 2:47plainly.
- 2:48Faith
- 2:48isn't
- 2:49pretending.
- 2:50Faith
- 2:50is
- 2:51placing.
- 2:51It's
- 2:52not
- 2:52about
- 2:52ignoring
- 2:52the
- 2:53numbers,
- 2:53but
- 2:53placing
- 2:54the
- 2:54weight
- 2:54where
- 2:54it
- 2:55belongs.
- 2:55Because
- 2:55God
- 2:56never
- 2:56asked
- 2:56you
- 2:56to
- 2:57ignore
- 2:57wisdom
- 2:57and
- 2:58he
- 2:58never
- 2:58asked
- 2:58you
- 2:59to
- 2:59carry
- 2:59fear
- 3:00alone.
- 3:01Here's
- 3:01what
- 3:01I've
- 3:01seen
- 3:02again
- 3:02and
- 3:03again.
- 3:04Financial
- 3:04anxiety
- 3:05often
- 3:05arises
- 3:06when
- 3:06it
- 3:06feels
- 3:06like
- 3:06everything
- 3:07rests
- 3:07on
- 3:07your
- 3:08shoulders.
- 3:08Like
- 3:09if
- 3:09you
- 3:09miss
- 3:09one
- 3:09thing,
- 3:10everything
- 3:10is
- 3:11going
- 3:11to
- 3:11collapse.
- 3:12That
- 3:12responsibility
- 3:13turns
- 3:14into
- 3:14pressure,
- 3:15and
- 3:15that
- 3:15pressure
- 3:15just
- 3:16steals
- 3:16your
- 3:16peace.
- 3:17But
- 3:17faith
- 3:18doesn't
- 3:18remove
- 3:18responsibility.
- 3:19It
- 3:20just
- 3:20redistributes
- 3:21the
- 3:21weight.
- 3:22And
- 3:22over
- 3:22the
- 3:22years,
- 3:23I've
- 3:23walked
- 3:23with
- 3:23people
- 3:23through
- 3:24tight
- 3:24season.
- 3:24I'm
- 3:24talking
- 3:25about
- 3:25super
- 3:25tight
- 3:26seasons.
- 3:27Good
- 3:27planners,
- 3:28prayerful
- 3:28people,
- 3:29faithful
- 3:29givers.
- 3:31And
- 3:31I've
- 3:31learned
- 3:31this.
- 3:32Budgets
- 3:33are
- 3:33powerful
- 3:34tools.
- 3:34They
- 3:34are
- 3:34fantastic.
- 3:35But
- 3:36they
- 3:36make
- 3:36terrible
- 3:37masters.
- 3:38They're
- 3:38not
- 3:38meant
- 3:38to
- 3:38serve
- 3:39you.
- 3:39They're
- 3:39not
- 3:40meant
- 3:40to
- 3:40scare
- 3:40you.
- 3:41I
- 3:41think
- 3:42about
- 3:42one
- 3:42couple
- 3:42I
- 3:42work
- 3:43with.
- 3:43They
- 3:43had
- 3:44a
- 3:44solid
- 3:44budget.
- 3:44Man,
- 3:45they
- 3:45were
- 3:45disciplined.
- 3:47Every
- 3:47month,
- 3:47they
- 3:47still
- 3:48felt
- 3:48uneasy.
- 3:49And
- 3:50we
- 3:50talked
- 3:50through
- 3:50it.
- 3:50We
- 3:51realized
- 3:51something.
- 3:52Yeah,
- 3:52they
- 3:52trusted
- 3:53God.
- 3:53In
- 3:53theory,
- 3:53they
- 3:53believed
- 3:54in
- 3:54God.
- 3:54They.
- 3:54They
- 3:55thought
- 3:55he
- 3:55was
- 3:55helping
- 3:55them,
- 3:56but
- 3:56carried
- 3:57distress
- 3:57like
- 3:58everything
- 3:58depended
- 3:58on
- 3:59them
- 3:59alone.
- 4:00So
- 4:00we
- 4:00changed
- 4:00one
- 4:01thing.
- 4:01It
- 4:01was
- 4:01simple.
- 4:02We
- 4:02started
- 4:02praying
- 4:03through
- 4:03the
- 4:03budget,
- 4:03not
- 4:04instead
- 4:04of
- 4:04it.
- 4:05And
- 4:05friend
- 4:05over
- 4:06time,
- 4:06and
- 4:06it
- 4:06didn't
- 4:06happen
- 4:07overnight,
- 4:07peace
- 4:08started
- 4:08to
- 4:08return.
- 4:09The
- 4:09numbers
- 4:09didn't
- 4:10magically
- 4:10change
- 4:10overnight,
- 4:12but
- 4:12their
- 4:12hearts
- 4:13did.
- 4:13Because
- 4:14they
- 4:14stopped
- 4:14treating
- 4:15the
- 4:15budget
- 4:15like
- 4:15a
- 4:15verdict
- 4:16and
- 4:16started
- 4:16treating
- 4:17it
- 4:17like
- 4:17a
- 4:17conversation
- 4:18with
- 4:18God.
- 4:18And
- 4:18that's
- 4:19what
- 4:19a
- 4:19budget
- 4:19really
- 4:19is.
- 4:20It's
- 4:20a
- 4:20conversation
- 4:21with
- 4:22God.
- 4:23So
- 4:23here's
- 4:23today's
- 4:24gentle
- 4:24question.
- 4:25What
- 4:25if
- 4:25trusting
- 4:26God
- 4:26with
- 4:26your
- 4:26money
- 4:27doesn't
- 4:27mean
- 4:27ignoring
- 4:28the
- 4:28numbers,
- 4:29but
- 4:29actually
- 4:30inviting
- 4:30him
- 4:30into
- 4:31them?
- 4:31Let's
- 4:32talk
- 4:32about
- 4:32what
- 4:32that
- 4:32looks
- 4:33like.
- 4:33Here's
- 4:34the
- 4:34first
- 4:34thing
- 4:34I
- 4:34want
- 4:34to
- 4:34say.
- 4:35Budgets
- 4:35show
- 4:36reality,
- 4:36not
- 4:37final
- 4:37authority.
- 4:38Other.
- 4:38A
- 4:38budget
- 4:38tells
- 4:39you
- 4:39where
- 4:39you
- 4:39are.
- 4:40It
- 4:40does
- 4:40not
- 4:40tell
- 4:41you
- 4:41who
- 4:41God
- 4:42is.
- 4:42Yes,
- 4:43numbers
- 4:44inform
- 4:44decisions.
- 4:45They
- 4:45don't
- 4:45define
- 4:46your
- 4:46future.
- 4:46So
- 4:47when
- 4:47you
- 4:47see
- 4:47a
- 4:47tight
- 4:47category,
- 4:48that
- 4:48doesn't
- 4:49mean
- 4:49failure.
- 4:50It
- 4:50just
- 4:50means
- 4:51awareness.
- 4:51And
- 4:52guess
- 4:52what?
- 4:52Awareness
- 4:53is
- 4:53mercy.
- 4:55And
- 4:55that
- 4:55trust
- 4:56is
- 4:56practice,
- 4:56not
- 4:57declared.
- 4:58Trust
- 4:58grows
- 4:58through
- 4:59practice.
- 5:00Just
- 5:00like
- 5:00when
- 5:00you
- 5:00trust
- 5:00somebody
- 5:01else,
- 5:01it
- 5:01grows
- 5:02over
- 5:02time.
- 5:02It
- 5:03grows
- 5:03through
- 5:03prayer,
- 5:04it
- 5:04grows
- 5:05through
- 5:05patience.
- 5:06And
- 5:06yes,
- 5:06it
- 5:07grows
- 5:07through
- 5:07surrender.
- 5:08Here's
- 5:09a
- 5:09simple
- 5:09practice.
- 5:10Before
- 5:10you
- 5:11move
- 5:11money,
- 5:11before
- 5:11you
- 5:12adjust
- 5:12the
- 5:12category,
- 5:13just
- 5:13pause
- 5:14and
- 5:14pray
- 5:14one
- 5:15sentence.
- 5:15Say
- 5:16something
- 5:16like
- 5:16this.
- 5:16Lord,
- 5:17give
- 5:17me
- 5:17wisdom
- 5:18here
- 5:18and
- 5:19give
- 5:19me
- 5:19peace
- 5:19while
- 5:20I
- 5:20obey
- 5:20it.
- 5:21Because
- 5:21that
- 5:21peace
- 5:22comes
- 5:22from
- 5:22partnership,
- 5:23not
- 5:24control.
- 5:25And
- 5:25I've
- 5:25learned
- 5:25this
- 5:25in
- 5:26my
- 5:26own
- 5:26life.
- 5:26When
- 5:26we
- 5:26try
- 5:26to
- 5:27control
- 5:27everything,
- 5:28peace
- 5:28fades
- 5:29away
- 5:29from
- 5:29us.
- 5:30But
- 5:30when
- 5:30we
- 5:30partner
- 5:31with
- 5:31God,
- 5:31guess
- 5:31what
- 5:32happens?
- 5:32Peace
- 5:33returns.
- 5:34Do
- 5:34the
- 5:34planning.
- 5:35I'm
- 5:35not
- 5:35saying
- 5:35not
- 5:36to
- 5:36do
- 5:36the
- 5:36planning,
- 5:36but
- 5:37release
- 5:37the
- 5:37outcome.
- 5:38You
- 5:38are
- 5:38never
- 5:39meant
- 5:39to
- 5:39carry
- 5:39it
- 5:39all
- 5:40alone.
- 5:40And
- 5:40guess
- 5:40what?
- 5:40You
- 5:40can't
- 5:41carry
- 5:41it
- 5:41all
- 5:41alone.
- 5:42Because
- 5:42that
- 5:42provision
- 5:43from
- 5:43God
- 5:44often
- 5:44looks
- 5:44ordinary.
- 5:46God's
- 5:46provision
- 5:46is
- 5:47not
- 5:47this
- 5:47rare.
- 5:48It's
- 5:48rarely
- 5:48dramatic.
- 5:49It's
- 5:49not
- 5:49this
- 5:49big
- 5:50open
- 5:50in
- 5:50heaven
- 5:51things,
- 5:51it
- 5:52looks
- 5:52things
- 5:52like
- 5:52this
- 5:53wisdom
- 5:54to
- 5:54say,
- 5:55no,
- 5:55not
- 5:55this
- 5:56month.
- 5:57Or
- 5:57maybe
- 5:57it's
- 5:57restraint
- 5:58at
- 5:58the
- 5:58store,
- 5:59it's
- 5:59that
- 5:59delayed
- 6:00expense,
- 6:01it's
- 6:01that
- 6:01refund
- 6:02you
- 6:02didn't
- 6:02expect.
- 6:03A
- 6:03conversation
- 6:04that
- 6:04opens
- 6:05a
- 6:05door,
- 6:05a
- 6:05side
- 6:06opportunity.
- 6:07Or
- 6:07maybe
- 6:07it's
- 6:08a
- 6:08need
- 6:08met
- 6:08through
- 6:09Community,
- 6:10I
- 6:10want
- 6:10to
- 6:10remind
- 6:11you
- 6:11of
- 6:11something
- 6:11ordinary.
- 6:12Provision
- 6:13is
- 6:13still
- 6:13provision.
- 6:14That's
- 6:14what
- 6:14God
- 6:14has
- 6:14promised
- 6:15us.
- 6:16Look
- 6:16at
- 6:16what
- 6:16Philippians
- 6:174:19
- 6:17says,
- 6:18and
- 6:18my
- 6:19God
- 6:19will
- 6:19meet
- 6:19all
- 6:19of
- 6:20your
- 6:20needs
- 6:20according
- 6:21to
- 6:21his
- 6:21riches
- 6:22of
- 6:22his
- 6:22glory
- 6:23in
- 6:23Christ
- 6:23Jesus.
- 6:24Notice
- 6:24what
- 6:25it
- 6:25says.
- 6:25It's
- 6:26not
- 6:26according
- 6:26to
- 6:26your
- 6:26spreadsheet,
- 6:27not
- 6:27according
- 6:28to
- 6:28your
- 6:28stress,
- 6:29according
- 6:29to
- 6:30his
- 6:30riches.
- 6:32Lord,
- 6:33we
- 6:33just
- 6:33thank
- 6:33you
- 6:33for
- 6:33caring
- 6:34about
- 6:34both
- 6:34our
- 6:34needs
- 6:35and
- 6:35our
- 6:35worries.
- 6:36Help
- 6:37us
- 6:37to
- 6:37plan
- 6:37wisely
- 6:38without
- 6:38carrying
- 6:38that
- 6:38fear
- 6:39on
- 6:39our
- 6:39shoulders.
- 6:40Teach
- 6:41us
- 6:41to
- 6:41trust
- 6:41you
- 6:41with
- 6:42every
- 6:42number,
- 6:42with
- 6:43every
- 6:43decision,
- 6:44and
- 6:44Lord,
- 6:44with
- 6:45every
- 6:45concern.
- 6:45We
- 6:46place
- 6:46our
- 6:46finances
- 6:47in
- 6:47your
- 6:47hands.
- 6:48We
- 6:48ask
- 6:48this
- 6:49in
- 6:49Jesus
- 6:49name,
- 6:50Amen.
- 6:51Here's
- 6:52today's
- 6:52gentle
- 6:53step.
- 6:53Take
- 6:54your
- 6:54budget
- 6:54and
- 6:54for
- 6:55three
- 6:55minutes
- 6:55I
- 6:55want
- 6:56you
- 6:56to
- 6:56put
- 6:56your
- 6:56finger
- 6:56on
- 6:57just
- 6:57one
- 6:57category
- 6:58at
- 6:58a
- 6:58time
- 6:58and
- 6:59pray
- 6:59one
- 6:59sentence
- 7:00over
- 7:00it.
- 7:01Lord,
- 7:01give
- 7:02me
- 7:02wisdom
- 7:02here.
- 7:04Lord,
- 7:04provide
- 7:05here.
- 7:06Lord,
- 7:06help
- 7:07me
- 7:07obey
- 7:07here.
- 7:08You
- 7:08don't
- 7:09need
- 7:09every
- 7:09answer
- 7:09today.
- 7:10You
- 7:10just
- 7:10need
- 7:10to
- 7:11stop
- 7:11carrying
- 7:11it
- 7:11alone.
- 7:13And
- 7:13friend,
- 7:13if
- 7:13you've
- 7:13ever
- 7:14felt
- 7:14torn
- 7:14between
- 7:15faith
- 7:15and
- 7:15finances,
- 7:16you're
- 7:16not
- 7:16alone
- 7:17feeling
- 7:17like
- 7:17that.
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