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- 0:37Hey,
- 0:37you
- 0:37ever
- 0:38feel
- 0:38like
- 0:38your
- 0:38financial
- 0:38life
- 0:39is
- 0:39just
- 0:39too
- 0:39noisy?
- 0:40You
- 0:41got
- 0:41too
- 0:41many
- 0:41accounts,
- 0:42too
- 0:42many
- 0:43bills,
- 0:43too
- 0:43many
- 0:43subscriptions,
- 0:44too
- 0:45many
- 0:45little
- 0:45things
- 0:46pulling
- 0:46at
- 0:46your
- 0:46piece?
- 0:47And
- 0:48somewhere
- 0:48inside
- 0:48you
- 0:49whisper,
- 0:49why
- 0:50does
- 0:50this
- 0:50feel
- 0:50harder
- 0:51than
- 0:51it
- 0:51should?
- 0:52Friend?
- 0:52First
- 0:53of
- 0:53all,
- 0:53you're
- 0:53not
- 0:53imagining
- 0:54that
- 0:54financial
- 0:55clutter
- 0:55steals
- 0:56your
- 0:56peace,
- 0:56but
- 0:57simplicity
- 0:58gives
- 0:58it
- 0:58back.
- 0:59Let's
- 0:59find
- 0:59some
- 1:00simplicity.
- 1:00On
- 1:00today's
- 1:01show,
- 1:09We
- 1:09ride.
- 1:22Hey,
- 1:23friend.
- 1:23Ralph
- 1:23Estep
- 1:24Jr.
- 1:24Here.
- 1:24Welcome
- 1:25to
- 1:25Financially
- 1:25Confident
- 1:26Christian,
- 1:26where
- 1:27we
- 1:27learn
- 1:27to
- 1:27walk
- 1:27through
- 1:27life
- 1:28and
- 1:28money
- 1:28with
- 1:28wisdom,
- 1:29with
- 1:29peace,
- 1:30and
- 1:30with
- 1:30a
- 1:31heart
- 1:31anchored
- 1:31in
- 1:31God's
- 1:32truth.
- 1:32A
- 1:33mission
- 1:33is
- 1:33simple
- 1:34to
- 1:34help
- 1:34you
- 1:34break
- 1:35that
- 1:35cycle
- 1:35of
- 1:35financial
- 1:36shame,
- 1:37build
- 1:37steady
- 1:37habits
- 1:38rooted
- 1:38in
- 1:38faith,
- 1:38and
- 1:39become
- 1:39the
- 1:39kind
- 1:39of
- 1:40believer
- 1:40who
- 1:40handles
- 1:41money
- 1:41with
- 1:41clarity,
- 1:42with
- 1:42confidence,
- 1:43and
- 1:43with
- 1:43spiritual
- 1:44purpose.
- 1:45Now,
- 1:45yesterday
- 1:45we
- 1:46talked
- 1:46about
- 1:46building
- 1:47habits
- 1:47that
- 1:47actually
- 1:48last.
- 1:48Those
- 1:49simple
- 1:49rhythms,
- 1:50those
- 1:50steady
- 1:50steps,
- 1:51nothing
- 1:52heavy
- 1:52and
- 1:52nothing
- 1:53overwhelming.
- 1:54But
- 1:54today,
- 1:54we're
- 1:55going
- 1:55to
- 1:55take
- 1:55that
- 1:55same
- 1:56spirit
- 1:56and
- 1:57apply
- 1:57it
- 1:57to
- 1:57something
- 1:57that
- 1:58weighs
- 1:58on
- 1:58so
- 1:58many
- 1:59of
- 1:59us.
- 2:00Financial
- 2:00clutter.
- 2:01All
- 2:01those
- 2:01little
- 2:02things
- 2:02that
- 2:02quietly
- 2:03drain
- 2:03money.
- 2:04They
- 2:04drain
- 2:04our
- 2:04peace.
- 2:05And,
- 2:05hey,
- 2:05they
- 2:05even
- 2:06drain
- 2:06our
- 2:06emotional
- 2:07space.
- 2:08Today's
- 2:08goal
- 2:08was
- 2:08simple.
- 2:09Help
- 2:09you
- 2:09breathe
- 2:10again.
- 2:11A
- 2:11listener
- 2:11wrote
- 2:11me
- 2:12recently
- 2:12and
- 2:12said,
- 2:12ralph,
- 2:13I
- 2:13don't
- 2:13spend
- 2:14a
- 2:14ton,
- 2:14but
- 2:15it
- 2:15feels
- 2:15like
- 2:15I'm
- 2:15juggling
- 2:16a
- 2:16hundred
- 2:16little
- 2:16money
- 2:17things.
- 2:17I've
- 2:18got
- 2:18accounts
- 2:18and
- 2:19apps
- 2:19and
- 2:19bills
- 2:20and
- 2:20subscriptions.
- 2:21Is
- 2:22it
- 2:22supposed
- 2:22to
- 2:23feel
- 2:23this
- 2:23stressful?
- 2:25Hey,
- 2:25maybe
- 2:25you
- 2:26feel
- 2:26that,
- 2:26too.
- 2:27You're
- 2:27not
- 2:27drowning.
- 2:28You're
- 2:28just
- 2:28tired.
- 2:29You're
- 2:29tired
- 2:30of
- 2:30keeping
- 2:30track
- 2:30of
- 2:30everything.
- 2:31You're
- 2:32tired
- 2:32of
- 2:32the
- 2:32mental
- 2:32load,
- 2:33tired
- 2:33of
- 2:33wondering,
- 2:34where
- 2:34is
- 2:34all
- 2:35my
- 2:35money
- 2:35going?
- 2:36And
- 2:36maybe
- 2:37a
- 2:37part
- 2:37of
- 2:37you
- 2:37feels
- 2:38embarrassed
- 2:38that
- 2:38something
- 2:39so
- 2:39small
- 2:40feels
- 2:40so
- 2:41overwhelming.
- 2:42Friend,
- 2:42first
- 2:42of
- 2:43all,
- 2:43there's
- 2:43no
- 2:43shame
- 2:44here.
- 2:44Clutter
- 2:45builds
- 2:45quietly,
- 2:46and
- 2:46it
- 2:46wears
- 2:46on
- 2:47your
- 2:47soul
- 2:47more
- 2:47than
- 2:47you
- 2:48realize.
- 2:49Research
- 2:49shows
- 2:49that
- 2:50the
- 2:50average
- 2:50person
- 2:51has
- 2:51more
- 2:52financial
- 2:52accounts,
- 2:53more
- 2:53subscriptions,
- 2:54and
- 2:54more
- 2:55obligations
- 2:55than
- 2:56their
- 2:56brain
- 2:56can
- 2:56comfortably
- 2:57manage.
- 2:57Its
- 2:58overload.
- 2:58For
- 2:58us,
- 2:59we're
- 2:59not
- 2:59made
- 3:00for
- 3:00that
- 3:00kind
- 3:00of
- 3:00constant
- 3:01noise.
- 3:02And
- 3:02when
- 3:02our
- 3:02finances
- 3:03are
- 3:03cluttered,
- 3:04our
- 3:04minds
- 3:04become
- 3:05cluttered,
- 3:05too.
- 3:06Not
- 3:06because
- 3:06we're
- 3:07irresponsible,
- 3:08but
- 3:08because
- 3:08we're
- 3:09human.
- 3:10And
- 3:10for
- 3:10more
- 3:10than
- 3:11three
- 3:11decades,
- 3:11as
- 3:11an
- 3:12accountant
- 3:12and
- 3:12a
- 3:13coach,
- 3:13I've
- 3:14watched
- 3:14people
- 3:14breathe
- 3:15easier
- 3:15the
- 3:15moment
- 3:16they
- 3:16simplify
- 3:16their
- 3:17lives.
- 3:17Not
- 3:18because
- 3:18they
- 3:18made
- 3:18more
- 3:19money,
- 3:19but
- 3:19because
- 3:20they
- 3:20created
- 3:20space
- 3:21for
- 3:21peace
- 3:21to
- 3:22grow.
- 3:22I've
- 3:23seen
- 3:23it
- 3:23with
- 3:23hundreds
- 3:24of
- 3:24families,
- 3:25and
- 3:25I've
- 3:25seen
- 3:25it
- 3:25in
- 3:25my
- 3:25own
- 3:26life,
- 3:26too.
- 3:27And
- 3:27a
- 3:27woman
- 3:27in
- 3:27our
- 3:28community.
- 3:28I'll
- 3:28call
- 3:28her
- 3:29Sarah.
- 3:29She
- 3:30told
- 3:30me
- 3:30her
- 3:30finances
- 3:31felt
- 3:31like
- 3:31a
- 3:31junk
- 3:32drawer
- 3:32with
- 3:32a
- 3:33password
- 3:33can
- 3:33you
- 3:34imagine
- 3:34that?
- 3:34She
- 3:34wasn't
- 3:35overspending.
- 3:36She
- 3:36wasn't
- 3:36reckless.
- 3:37She
- 3:37was
- 3:37just
- 3:38overwhelmed.
- 3:39So
- 3:39she
- 3:39took
- 3:39one
- 3:39Saturday
- 3:40morning.
- 3:40That's
- 3:40what
- 3:40she
- 3:40did.
- 3:41She
- 3:41simply
- 3:41canceled
- 3:42two
- 3:42unused
- 3:43subscriptions.
- 3:44She
- 3:44also
- 3:44closed
- 3:45an
- 3:45old
- 3:45account
- 3:45that
- 3:45she
- 3:45never
- 3:46used
- 3:46anymore
- 3:46and
- 3:47moved
- 3:47all
- 3:47of
- 3:47her
- 3:48bills
- 3:48onto
- 3:48one
- 3:49simple
- 3:49calendar.
- 3:50She
- 3:50emailed
- 3:51me
- 3:51later
- 3:51that
- 3:51day
- 3:51and
- 3:52said,
- 3:52ralph,
- 3:52it
- 3:52feels
- 3:53like
- 3:53I
- 3:53lost
- 3:53ten
- 3:54pounds
- 3:54and
- 3:54I
- 3:55didn't
- 3:55even
- 3:55leave
- 3:55the
- 3:56house.
- 3:56Those
- 3:57small
- 3:57steps
- 3:58brought
- 3:58her
- 3:59big
- 3:59peace.
- 4:00So
- 4:00let
- 4:00me
- 4:00ask
- 4:00you
- 4:01this.
- 4:01What
- 4:02would
- 4:02happen
- 4:02in
- 4:02your
- 4:03financial
- 4:03life
- 4:04if
- 4:04it
- 4:04was
- 4:04simple?
- 4:05Again,
- 4:05I'm
- 4:06not
- 4:06talking
- 4:06about
- 4:06perfection.
- 4:07Nothing
- 4:08dramatic,
- 4:08just
- 4:09simple.
- 4:09Let's
- 4:10walk
- 4:10through
- 4:10this
- 4:10together.
- 4:11Here's
- 4:11the
- 4:11first
- 4:12thing
- 4:12I
- 4:12want
- 4:12to
- 4:12bring
- 4:12to
- 4:12your
- 4:12attention.
- 4:13First
- 4:13thing
- 4:14you
- 4:14can
- 4:14do
- 4:14is
- 4:15cancel
- 4:15what
- 4:15doesn't
- 4:16serve
- 4:16you
- 4:16anymore.
- 4:17Start
- 4:18small.
- 4:18Start
- 4:18kind
- 4:19to
- 4:19yourself.
- 4:20Look
- 4:20at
- 4:20those
- 4:20subscriptions.
- 4:21We
- 4:21all
- 4:22have
- 4:22so
- 4:22many
- 4:22of
- 4:22these
- 4:23streaming
- 4:24and
- 4:24absent
- 4:25trials
- 4:25you
- 4:25signed
- 4:26up
- 4:26for
- 4:26and
- 4:26you
- 4:26forgot
- 4:27about.
- 4:27Many
- 4:28people
- 4:28pay
- 4:28for
- 4:28at
- 4:29least
- 4:29one
- 4:29thing
- 4:29they
- 4:30never
- 4:30use
- 4:30anymore.
- 4:31Canceling
- 4:32it
- 4:32isn't
- 4:33about
- 4:33deprivation.
- 4:34It's
- 4:34actually
- 4:35about
- 4:35freedom.
- 4:35It's
- 4:36about
- 4:36saying,
- 4:36I
- 4:37want
- 4:37my
- 4:37peace
- 4:38back.
- 4:38Here's
- 4:38another
- 4:39thing
- 4:39you
- 4:39can
- 4:39do,
- 4:39just
- 4:39like
- 4:40Sarah
- 4:40did,
- 4:40close
- 4:41or
- 4:41combine
- 4:42some
- 4:42of
- 4:42those
- 4:42accounts.
- 4:43Those
- 4:43old
- 4:43checking
- 4:44accounts,
- 4:44those
- 4:45old
- 4:45savings
- 4:45accounts.
- 4:46I
- 4:46remember
- 4:46the
- 4:46store
- 4:47cards
- 4:47that
- 4:47I
- 4:48had
- 4:48from
- 4:48when
- 4:48I
- 4:48was,
- 4:48like,
- 4:4816
- 4:49and
- 4:4917
- 4:49years
- 4:50old.
- 4:50Are
- 4:50those
- 4:51dusty
- 4:51investment
- 4:52apps.
- 4:53Every
- 4:53extra
- 4:53account
- 4:54creates
- 4:54a
- 4:54little
- 4:54extra
- 4:55stress
- 4:55in
- 4:55your
- 4:56life.
- 4:56If
- 4:56you
- 4:57combine
- 4:57them,
- 4:57it
- 4:58brings
- 4:58everything
- 4:58back
- 4:59into
- 4:59focus.
- 5:00You
- 5:00don't
- 5:00need
- 5:00fewer
- 5:01opportunities.
- 5:01You
- 5:02need
- 5:02fewer
- 5:02distractions.
- 5:03And
- 5:04I
- 5:04love
- 5:04what
- 5:04Sarah
- 5:05did.
- 5:05Nothing
- 5:05I'm
- 5:05going
- 5:05to
- 5:05encourage
- 5:06you
- 5:06to
- 5:06do.
- 5:06Put
- 5:07your
- 5:07bills
- 5:07in
- 5:07one
- 5:08place.
- 5:08Just
- 5:08one
- 5:09calendar,
- 5:09one
- 5:10app,
- 5:10one
- 5:10notebook,
- 5:11one
- 5:11system.
- 5:12We're
- 5:12not
- 5:13talking
- 5:13about
- 5:13perfection
- 5:14here.
- 5:14We're
- 5:14talking
- 5:15about
- 5:15consistency.
- 5:16Because
- 5:17when
- 5:17you
- 5:17know
- 5:17what's
- 5:17coming,
- 5:18you
- 5:18stop
- 5:18living
- 5:19in
- 5:19financial
- 5:20tension.
- 5:20That
- 5:21simplicity
- 5:22is
- 5:22a
- 5:22spiritual
- 5:22gift
- 5:23you
- 5:23give
- 5:23your
- 5:24future
- 5:24self.
- 5:25And
- 5:25finally,
- 5:26if
- 5:26nothing
- 5:27else,
- 5:27let
- 5:28peace
- 5:28be
- 5:28the
- 5:28goal.
- 5:29This
- 5:29isn't
- 5:29about
- 5:29saving
- 5:30money
- 5:30alone.
- 5:31It's
- 5:31about
- 5:31creating
- 5:32space
- 5:32for
- 5:32the
- 5:32Holy
- 5:33Spirit
- 5:33to
- 5:33calm
- 5:34your
- 5:34financial
- 5:35life.
- 5:35That
- 5:36order
- 5:36will
- 5:37make
- 5:37room
- 5:37for
- 5:38peace.
- 5:38And
- 5:38I
- 5:39love
- 5:39what
- 5:39the
- 5:39apostle
- 5:39Paul
- 5:40writes
- 5:40in
- 5:40First
- 5:40Corinthians,
- 5:41chapter
- 5:4214,
- 5:42verse
- 5:4233.
- 5:43For
- 5:44God
- 5:44is
- 5:44not
- 5:44a
- 5:45God
- 5:45of
- 5:45disorder,
- 5:46but
- 5:46of
- 5:46peace.
- 5:47God's
- 5:48heart
- 5:48is
- 5:48not
- 5:49chaos.
- 5:50It's
- 5:50not
- 5:50confusion.
- 5:51It's
- 5:52not
- 5:52clutter.
- 5:53God's
- 5:54heart
- 5:54is
- 5:54peace.
- 5:55And
- 5:55when
- 5:55we
- 5:55can
- 5:56bring
- 5:56order
- 5:56to
- 5:56our
- 5:57financial
- 5:57life,
- 5:58we
- 5:58aren't
- 5:58just
- 5:58budgeting
- 5:59better.
- 5:59We're
- 6:00aligning
- 6:00our
- 6:00souls
- 6:01with
- 6:01the
- 6:01nature
- 6:01of
- 6:02God.
- 6:03Lord,
- 6:04thank
- 6:04you
- 6:04for
- 6:05the
- 6:05gift
- 6:05of
- 6:05peace
- 6:05that
- 6:05comes
- 6:06through
- 6:06simplicity.
- 6:07Help
- 6:07us
- 6:07clear
- 6:08the
- 6:08clutter
- 6:08that
- 6:08weighs
- 6:09on
- 6:09our
- 6:09hearts.
- 6:10Show
- 6:10us
- 6:10what
- 6:10to
- 6:11cancel.
- 6:11Show
- 6:12us
- 6:12what
- 6:12to
- 6:12combine
- 6:13and
- 6:13show
- 6:13us
- 6:14what
- 6:14to
- 6:14let
- 6:14go
- 6:14of.
- 6:15Guide
- 6:16us
- 6:16into
- 6:16order.
- 6:16Lord,
- 6:17free
- 6:17us
- 6:17from
- 6:18waste
- 6:18and
- 6:19steady
- 6:19our
- 6:19steps
- 6:20as
- 6:20we
- 6:20walk
- 6:20with
- 6:21you.
- 6:21And
- 6:21we
- 6:21ask
- 6:21this
- 6:22in
- 6:22Jesus
- 6:22name.
- 6:23Amen.
- 6:24Okay,
- 6:25here's
- 6:25today's
- 6:25step.
- 6:26It's
- 6:26small
- 6:26but
- 6:27powerful.
- 6:27I
- 6:27want
- 6:28you
- 6:28to
- 6:28cancel
- 6:29one
- 6:29unused
- 6:30subscription
- 6:30service.
- 6:31Just
- 6:31one.
- 6:31Everybody's
- 6:32got
- 6:32one
- 6:32they're
- 6:32not
- 6:32using
- 6:33anymore.
- 6:34It's
- 6:34simple,
- 6:34it's
- 6:35clear,
- 6:35and
- 6:35hey,
- 6:36it's
- 6:36doable.
- 6:36And
- 6:37once
- 6:37you
- 6:37do
- 6:37it,
- 6:38let's
- 6:38let
- 6:38the
- 6:38peace
- 6:38begin.
- 6:39One
- 6:39of
- 6:39our
- 6:40community
- 6:40members
- 6:40wrote
- 6:41this
- 6:41recently
- 6:41to
- 6:41us
- 6:42said
- 6:42Ralph,
- 6:42I
- 6:43joined
- 6:43the
- 6:43financially
- 6:44confident
- 6:44Christian
- 6:44community
- 6:45because
- 6:45I
- 6:45was
- 6:45tired
- 6:46of
- 6:46doing
- 6:46everything
- 6:46alone.
- 6:47The
- 6:47daily
- 6:48prompts
- 6:48keep
- 6:48me
- 6:49steady.
- 6:49The
- 6:49encouragement
- 6:50feels
- 6:50gentle
- 6:51and
- 6:51never
- 6:51pushy.
- 6:52And
- 6:52knowing
- 6:53I'm
- 6:53not
- 6:53the
- 6:53only
- 6:53one
- 6:53working
- 6:54through
- 6:54money
- 6:54and
- 6:55faith
- 6:55has
- 6:55been
- 6:56such
- 6:56a
- 6:56relief.
- 6:57Friend,
- 6:58you
- 6:58don't
- 6:58have
- 6:58to
- 6:58walk
- 6:58this
- 6:59path
- 6:59alone
- 6:59either.
- 7:00Come
- 7:00join
- 7:00us
- 7:01in
- 7:01a
- 7:01free,
- 7:01supportive
- 7:02and
- 7:02shame
- 7:02free
- 7:03environment.
- 7:03Go
- 7:03to
- 7:04financiallyconfidentchristian.com/join
- 7:07again.
- 7:07That's
- 7:08financiallyconfidentchristian.com/Join
- 7:11because
- 7:11we
- 7:12walk
- 7:12this
- 7:12road
- 7:12together.
- 7:13Remember
- 7:14this,
- 7:14friend,
- 7:15God
- 7:15is
- 7:15with
- 7:16you
- 7:16in
- 7:16every
- 7:17small
- 7:17step.
- 7:18That
- 7:18simplicity
- 7:19brings
- 7:19peace
- 7:20to
- 7:20your
- 7:20life
- 7:20and
- 7:21peace
- 7:21brings
- 7:22clarity.
- 7:22So
- 7:23go
- 7:23out
- 7:23there
- 7:23today.
- 7:23Be
- 7:24patient
- 7:24with
- 7:24yourself,
- 7:26be
- 7:26gentle
- 7:27with
- 7:27your
- 7:27journey
- 7:28and
- 7:28trust
- 7:29that
- 7:29God
- 7:29is
- 7:29guiding
- 7:30you
- 7:30one
- 7:30quiet
- 7:31step
- 7:31at
- 7:31a
- 7:31time.
- 7:31Let's
- 7:31all
- 7:32go
- 7:32out
- 7:32there
- 7:32today
- 7:32and
- 7:33be
- 7:33financially
- 7:34confident
- 7:34Christians.
- 7:35You
- 7:36can
- 7:36do
- 7:36this.
- 7:36I've
- 7:37got
- 7:37confidence
- 7:37in
- 7:37you.
- 7:38Stay
- 7:38financially
- 7:39savvy.
- 7:39God
- 7:40bless
- 7:40you
- 7:40and
- 7:40I'll
- 7:40see
- 7:41you
- 7:41again
- 7:41on
- 7:41tomorrow's
- 7:41show.