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- 1:20Have
- 1:20you
- 1:20ever
- 1:21tried
- 1:21to
- 1:21save
- 1:21for
- 1:21something
- 1:22big
- 1:23but
- 1:24felt
- 1:24discouraged
- 1:25by
- 1:25how
- 1:25small
- 1:25your
- 1:26progress
- 1:26looks?
- 1:27Because
- 1:28a
- 1:28house
- 1:28feels
- 1:29massive
- 1:30and
- 1:31$50
- 1:31a
- 1:31paycheck
- 1:32almost
- 1:33feels
- 1:33insulting,
- 1:35like
- 1:35that
- 1:35can't
- 1:35possibly
- 1:36make
- 1:36a
- 1:36difference.
- 1:38So
- 1:38you
- 1:39start
- 1:39strong
- 1:39and
- 1:39then
- 1:40you
- 1:40look
- 1:40at
- 1:40the
- 1:40balance
- 1:40and
- 1:41you
- 1:41think,
- 1:42am
- 1:42I
- 1:42even
- 1:42getting
- 1:43anywhere?
- 1:45I
- 1:45want
- 1:45you
- 1:46to
- 1:46hear
- 1:46this.
- 1:47Small
- 1:47savings
- 1:48is
- 1:48not
- 1:48pointless.
- 1:50Small
- 1:50savings
- 1:51is
- 1:51proof
- 1:52that
- 1:52you're
- 1:52building
- 1:52a
- 1:52new
- 1:53pattern.
- 1:54And
- 1:54today
- 1:54on
- 1:55this
- 1:55show,
- 1:55I'm
- 1:55going
- 1:55to
- 1:55show
- 1:55you
- 1:56how
- 1:56$50
- 1:58can
- 1:58become
- 1:58momentum
- 1:59without
- 1:59losing
- 2:00heart.
- 2:23Hey,
- 2:23friend.
- 2:23Ralph
- 2:23Estep
- 2:24Jr.
- 2:24Here.
- 2:25This
- 2:25is
- 2:25financially
- 2:26confident
- 2:27Christian,
- 2:28where
- 2:28every
- 2:28day
- 2:28on
- 2:28the
- 2:29show
- 2:29I'm
- 2:29helping
- 2:29you
- 2:29break
- 2:30that
- 2:30cycle
- 2:30of
- 2:30financial
- 2:31shame
- 2:32and
- 2:32live
- 2:32in
- 2:33confidence.
- 2:35And
- 2:35today
- 2:35I
- 2:35want
- 2:35to
- 2:36talk
- 2:36about
- 2:37the
- 2:37whole
- 2:37feeling
- 2:38of
- 2:38does
- 2:38saving
- 2:39a
- 2:39small
- 2:39amount
- 2:39matter
- 2:40for
- 2:40a
- 2:40big
- 2:40goal
- 2:41like
- 2:41a
- 2:41house?
- 2:42Which
- 2:43leads
- 2:43me
- 2:43to
- 2:43today's
- 2:43listener
- 2:44question.
- 2:45And
- 2:45this
- 2:45is
- 2:46a
- 2:46question
- 2:46I
- 2:46get
- 2:46pretty
- 2:47frequently,
- 2:48Ralph.
- 2:49I
- 2:49want
- 2:49to
- 2:49save
- 2:49for
- 2:50a
- 2:50house,
- 2:51but
- 2:51right
- 2:51now
- 2:51I
- 2:52can
- 2:52only
- 2:52set
- 2:52aside
- 2:53$50
- 2:53a
- 2:53paycheck.
- 2:55It
- 2:55feels
- 2:55so
- 2:56small
- 2:56that
- 2:56part
- 2:56of
- 2:57me
- 2:57wonders
- 2:57if
- 2:57it
- 2:57even
- 2:58matters.
- 2:59Yeah,
- 3:00I
- 3:00start
- 3:00strong
- 3:01and
- 3:01then
- 3:02I
- 3:02get
- 3:02discouraged
- 3:03and
- 3:03I
- 3:03question
- 3:04if
- 3:04I'm
- 3:04just
- 3:04fooling
- 3:05myself.
- 3:06I
- 3:06don't
- 3:07want
- 3:07to
- 3:07give
- 3:07up
- 3:07on
- 3:07this
- 3:08dream.
- 3:10How
- 3:10do
- 3:10I
- 3:10build
- 3:10real
- 3:11momentum
- 3:12and
- 3:13stay
- 3:13encouraged
- 3:14when
- 3:14the
- 3:15progress
- 3:15feels
- 3:16painfully
- 3:16slow?
- 3:20I
- 3:20want
- 3:20to
- 3:20start
- 3:20by
- 3:21saying
- 3:21thank
- 3:21you
- 3:21so
- 3:21much
- 3:21for
- 3:22your
- 3:22vulnerability
- 3:22and
- 3:23asking
- 3:23that
- 3:23question.
- 3:25You
- 3:25see
- 3:26this
- 3:26mountain
- 3:26ahead
- 3:26of
- 3:27you.
- 3:27You
- 3:27want
- 3:27to
- 3:27buy
- 3:27this
- 3:27home,
- 3:28and
- 3:28I
- 3:28think
- 3:28that
- 3:28is
- 3:28awesome.
- 3:30But
- 3:30you're
- 3:31thinking,
- 3:31I
- 3:31can
- 3:31only
- 3:31do
- 3:32$50
- 3:33per
- 3:33paycheck.
- 3:35That's
- 3:35not
- 3:35a
- 3:35small
- 3:36amount.
- 3:37And
- 3:38small
- 3:38savings
- 3:39becomes
- 3:39big
- 3:39progress
- 3:40when
- 3:40it's
- 3:40consistent
- 3:41and
- 3:41it's
- 3:42protected.
- 3:43So
- 3:44let's
- 3:44get
- 3:44right
- 3:44into
- 3:45that.
- 3:45I
- 3:46want
- 3:46to
- 3:46start
- 3:46by
- 3:46encouraging
- 3:47you
- 3:47to
- 3:47do
- 3:47the
- 3:47math
- 3:48so
- 3:48your
- 3:49mind
- 3:49stops
- 3:49lying
- 3:50to
- 3:50you.
- 3:51$50
- 3:52a
- 3:52paycheck
- 3:53matters.
- 3:55Just
- 3:55think
- 3:55about
- 3:55it
- 3:55like
- 3:56this.
- 3:56If
- 3:56you're
- 3:56paid
- 3:57bi
- 3:57weekly,
- 3:58that's
- 3:58$100
- 3:59a
- 4:00month.
- 4:01That's
- 4:01twelve
- 4:02hundred
- 4:02dollars
- 4:03a
- 4:03year.
- 4:04That's
- 4:04real
- 4:04money.
- 4:06And
- 4:06once
- 4:07you
- 4:07have
- 4:07that
- 4:07system,
- 4:08maybe
- 4:08you
- 4:08can
- 4:08increase
- 4:09it
- 4:09later.
- 4:10But
- 4:11first
- 4:11we
- 4:11make
- 4:11the
- 4:12first
- 4:12proof.
- 4:12Yes,
- 4:13you
- 4:13can
- 4:13be
- 4:14consistent.
- 4:16So
- 4:17treat
- 4:17that
- 4:17$50
- 4:18like
- 4:18a
- 4:18non
- 4:19negotiable
- 4:19seed.
- 4:20I
- 4:21like
- 4:21to
- 4:21use
- 4:21garden
- 4:21analogies
- 4:22I've
- 4:22shared
- 4:22with
- 4:22you
- 4:23before.
- 4:23My
- 4:23grandfather
- 4:23was
- 4:24a
- 4:24gardener,
- 4:24spent
- 4:25a
- 4:25lot
- 4:25of
- 4:25great
- 4:27summer
- 4:27evenings
- 4:28and
- 4:28afternoons
- 4:29just
- 4:29out
- 4:29there
- 4:29in
- 4:29the
- 4:30garden.
- 4:32So
- 4:32don't
- 4:32judge
- 4:33that
- 4:33seed
- 4:33for
- 4:34not
- 4:34being
- 4:34a
- 4:34full
- 4:34grown
- 4:35tree.
- 4:37Seeds
- 4:37are
- 4:37supposed
- 4:38to
- 4:38be
- 4:38small.
- 4:39I
- 4:39remember
- 4:40praying
- 4:40a
- 4:41row
- 4:41of
- 4:41stuff
- 4:41in
- 4:41my
- 4:42grandfather's
- 4:42garden.
- 4:43Those
- 4:43seeds
- 4:43were
- 4:43super
- 4:44Small.
- 4:45But
- 4:46then
- 4:46by
- 4:46mid
- 4:46July,
- 4:47many
- 4:47things
- 4:47were
- 4:48towering
- 4:48over
- 4:48our
- 4:48heads.
- 4:50That
- 4:51$50
- 4:51is
- 4:52not
- 4:52your
- 4:52down
- 4:52payment
- 4:53for
- 4:53your
- 4:53house,
- 4:54but
- 4:55it
- 4:55is
- 4:55the
- 4:55discipline,
- 4:57it's
- 4:57the
- 4:57habit.
- 4:58It's
- 4:58that
- 4:58identity
- 4:59shift.
- 5:00It's
- 5:01you
- 5:01saying
- 5:01to
- 5:01yourself,
- 5:02I
- 5:03am
- 5:03someone
- 5:03who
- 5:04prepares
- 5:06and
- 5:06that's
- 5:06powerful.
- 5:08Now
- 5:08one
- 5:08of
- 5:08the
- 5:08ways
- 5:09you
- 5:09can
- 5:09protect
- 5:09that
- 5:10is
- 5:10with
- 5:10automation
- 5:11and
- 5:11distance.
- 5:13I
- 5:14think
- 5:14automating
- 5:14these
- 5:15things
- 5:15are
- 5:15great.
- 5:16I
- 5:17also
- 5:17believe
- 5:17putting
- 5:17in
- 5:18a
- 5:18separate
- 5:18account
- 5:18is
- 5:18a
- 5:19good
- 5:19idea
- 5:19because
- 5:19if
- 5:19it
- 5:19stays
- 5:20in
- 5:20your
- 5:20checking
- 5:20account,
- 5:21it's
- 5:21really
- 5:21easy
- 5:22for
- 5:22that
- 5:22to
- 5:22disappear.
- 5:24So
- 5:24I'm
- 5:24going
- 5:24to
- 5:24encourage
- 5:25you
- 5:25to
- 5:25do
- 5:25this
- 5:25auto
- 5:26transfer
- 5:26that
- 5:26$50
- 5:27the
- 5:27same
- 5:28day
- 5:28you
- 5:28get
- 5:28paid
- 5:29into
- 5:29a
- 5:29separate
- 5:30fund.
- 5:30Maybe
- 5:30build
- 5:31a
- 5:31house
- 5:31fund
- 5:32account.
- 5:33That'll
- 5:33give
- 5:33you
- 5:34a
- 5:34little
- 5:34motivation
- 5:36because
- 5:36out
- 5:37of
- 5:37sight
- 5:37helps
- 5:37it
- 5:37grow.
- 5:39Not
- 5:39because
- 5:40you're
- 5:40weak,
- 5:41but
- 5:42because
- 5:42you're
- 5:42human.
- 5:44Here's
- 5:44another
- 5:44thing
- 5:45I'm
- 5:45going
- 5:45to
- 5:45encourage
- 5:45you
- 5:45to
- 5:45do.
- 5:46A
- 5:46lot
- 5:46of
- 5:47people
- 5:47don't
- 5:47think
- 5:47about
- 5:47this
- 5:47one,
- 5:48but
- 5:48add
- 5:48some
- 5:49boost
- 5:49moments
- 5:51instead
- 5:51of
- 5:51trying
- 5:51to
- 5:51overhaul
- 5:52your
- 5:52entire
- 5:52life.
- 5:53You
- 5:54don't
- 5:54need
- 5:54to
- 5:54jump
- 5:55from
- 5:55$50
- 5:56to
- 5:56$500
- 5:57a
- 5:57paycheck.
- 5:58Probably
- 5:58not
- 5:58doable,
- 5:59you
- 6:00can't
- 6:00get
- 6:00to
- 6:00there.
- 6:01But
- 6:02maybe
- 6:02what
- 6:02you
- 6:02can
- 6:02do
- 6:03is
- 6:03subsidize
- 6:03this
- 6:03from
- 6:04time
- 6:04to
- 6:04time.
- 6:04Right
- 6:05now
- 6:05we're
- 6:05in
- 6:05tax
- 6:05refund
- 6:06season.
- 6:07If
- 6:07you
- 6:07got
- 6:08a
- 6:08tax
- 6:08refund
- 6:08coming
- 6:08in,
- 6:09this
- 6:09is
- 6:09a
- 6:09great
- 6:09time
- 6:10to
- 6:10boost
- 6:10that
- 6:10savings.
- 6:12Maybe
- 6:12you're
- 6:12going
- 6:13to
- 6:13get
- 6:13a
- 6:13bonus.
- 6:15Strategically
- 6:15plan
- 6:16that
- 6:16bonus.
- 6:18Maybe
- 6:18you
- 6:18pick
- 6:18up
- 6:18an
- 6:18extra
- 6:19side
- 6:19job,
- 6:20extra
- 6:20money,
- 6:20or
- 6:20maybe
- 6:21you
- 6:21sell
- 6:21some
- 6:21stuff
- 6:21that
- 6:22just
- 6:22sitting
- 6:22around
- 6:22collecting
- 6:23dust
- 6:25because
- 6:25those
- 6:26boosts
- 6:26create
- 6:26visible
- 6:27progress
- 6:28without
- 6:28destroying
- 6:29your
- 6:29monthly
- 6:29budget.
- 6:31And
- 6:32in
- 6:32the
- 6:32end,
- 6:32I
- 6:32want
- 6:32to
- 6:32encourage
- 6:33you
- 6:33to
- 6:33do
- 6:33this.
- 6:33Track
- 6:34some
- 6:34milestones,
- 6:35not
- 6:35the
- 6:35finish
- 6:36line.
- 6:38Saving
- 6:38for
- 6:38a
- 6:38house
- 6:39can
- 6:39take
- 6:39time.
- 6:40It
- 6:40can
- 6:40take
- 6:40years.
- 6:42So
- 6:43don't
- 6:43sit
- 6:43there
- 6:43and
- 6:43stare
- 6:44at
- 6:44that
- 6:44mountain
- 6:44every
- 6:45day
- 6:46because
- 6:46you
- 6:46will
- 6:47get
- 6:47discouraged.
- 6:49But
- 6:49put
- 6:49some
- 6:49milestones
- 6:50out
- 6:50there
- 6:50for
- 6:50yourself.
- 6:51Celebrate
- 6:51those
- 6:52milestones.
- 6:52Maybe
- 6:52your
- 6:53first
- 6:53$250
- 6:55or
- 6:55your
- 6:56first
- 6:56$500
- 6:57or
- 6:58thousand
- 6:58dollars
- 6:58or
- 6:59maybe
- 6:59even
- 6:59your
- 6:59first
- 7:00$2,500.
- 7:02Put
- 7:03those
- 7:03as
- 7:03the
- 7:03milestones
- 7:05because
- 7:05those
- 7:06milestones
- 7:06will
- 7:07create
- 7:07momentum
- 7:08and
- 7:08momentum
- 7:09creates
- 7:09staying
- 7:09power
- 7:10for
- 7:10the
- 7:10long
- 7:10term.
- 7:11And
- 7:11listen,
- 7:11if
- 7:11you're
- 7:11going
- 7:11to
- 7:12do
- 7:12this,
- 7:13this
- 7:13is
- 7:13a
- 7:13long
- 7:14term
- 7:14strategy.
- 7:16But
- 7:17those
- 7:17small
- 7:17starts
- 7:19still
- 7:19build
- 7:20homes
- 7:20in
- 7:20the
- 7:20end.
- 7:22So
- 7:22here's
- 7:23your
- 7:23win
- 7:23for
- 7:23today.
- 7:24I
- 7:25want
- 7:25you
- 7:25to
- 7:25name
- 7:25your
- 7:25house
- 7:26fund
- 7:26account
- 7:27and
- 7:27automate
- 7:28that
- 7:28$50
- 7:28transfer.
- 7:29I'm
- 7:29addressing
- 7:30your
- 7:30question
- 7:31directly.
- 7:32Set
- 7:32up
- 7:33a
- 7:33separate
- 7:33account
- 7:33for
- 7:33that.
- 7:34Make
- 7:34it
- 7:34automatic,
- 7:35make
- 7:36it
- 7:36protected
- 7:37and
- 7:37make
- 7:37it
- 7:38real.
- 7:38In
- 7:38your
- 7:38life.
- 7:40That's
- 7:40my
- 7:40encourage
- 7:40you
- 7:41for
- 7:41your
- 7:41one
- 7:41win
- 7:41today.
- 7:42Well,
- 7:43let's
- 7:43get
- 7:43into
- 7:43the
- 7:43word
- 7:43of
- 7:44God.
- 7:44We're
- 7:44going
- 7:44to
- 7:44go
- 7:44to
- 7:44the
- 7:44Book
- 7:45of
- 7:45Zachariah,
- 7:46chapter
- 7:464,
- 7:47verse
- 7:4710.
- 7:48It
- 7:49says,
- 7:49who
- 7:49dares
- 7:50despise
- 7:50the
- 7:51day
- 7:51of
- 7:51small
- 7:52beginnings?
- 7:53Since
- 7:54the
- 7:54eyes
- 7:54of
- 7:54the
- 7:54Lord
- 7:55rejoice
- 7:55to
- 7:55see
- 7:56the
- 7:56work
- 7:56begin
- 7:57in
- 7:57the
- 7:57hands
- 7:57of
- 7:57Zerubbabel.
- 7:59These
- 8:00are
- 8:00the
- 8:00seven
- 8:00eyes
- 8:01of
- 8:01the
- 8:01Lord
- 8:01which
- 8:02reigns
- 8:02throughout
- 8:02the
- 8:03earth.
- 8:05And
- 8:05I
- 8:05love
- 8:06this
- 8:06verse
- 8:06because
- 8:06it
- 8:07celebrates
- 8:07faithful
- 8:08beginnings.
- 8:11And
- 8:11he'll
- 8:12let
- 8:12it
- 8:12grow
- 8:13if
- 8:13you
- 8:14keep
- 8:14showing
- 8:14up
- 8:15to
- 8:15do
- 8:15it.
- 8:16How
- 8:16about
- 8:17we
- 8:17pray
- 8:17together?
- 8:18Lord,
- 8:20thank
- 8:20you
- 8:20for
- 8:21giving
- 8:21my
- 8:21friend
- 8:21a
- 8:21dream
- 8:22to
- 8:22own
- 8:22a
- 8:22house.
- 8:24And
- 8:24thank
- 8:24you
- 8:24for
- 8:25giving
- 8:25them
- 8:25the
- 8:25courage
- 8:25to
- 8:26start
- 8:26even
- 8:26with
- 8:27that
- 8:27small
- 8:27amount.
- 8:29So
- 8:29I
- 8:29ask
- 8:30right
- 8:30now
- 8:30that
- 8:30you
- 8:30would
- 8:30guard
- 8:31them
- 8:31from
- 8:31discouragement,
- 8:33help
- 8:33them
- 8:33to
- 8:34stay
- 8:34consistent,
- 8:36give
- 8:36them
- 8:36wisdom
- 8:37to
- 8:37protect
- 8:37their
- 8:38savings
- 8:38and
- 8:39give
- 8:39them
- 8:39the
- 8:39ability
- 8:40to
- 8:40provide
- 8:41opportunities
- 8:41to
- 8:41increase
- 8:42that
- 8:42progress
- 8:43over
- 8:43time.
- 8:44And
- 8:45let
- 8:45this
- 8:45small
- 8:45step
- 8:46become
- 8:46momentum.
- 8:47And
- 8:47let
- 8:48that
- 8:48momentum
- 8:48over
- 8:49time
- 8:49become
- 8:49confidence.
- 8:51And
- 8:51Lord,
- 8:52let
- 8:52that
- 8:52confidence
- 8:53become
- 8:53peace.
- 8:55And
- 8:55we
- 8:55ask
- 8:56this
- 8:56in
- 8:56Jesus
- 8:57name.
- 8:59Amen,
- 9:01friend.
- 9:01You
- 9:01don't
- 9:02have
- 9:02to
- 9:02save
- 9:02fast.
- 9:04You
- 9:04just
- 9:04have
- 9:05to
- 9:05save
- 9:06faithfully.
- 9:07It's
- 9:08not
- 9:08about
- 9:08being
- 9:08fast,
- 9:09it's
- 9:09about
- 9:10being
- 9:10faithful.
- 9:12And
- 9:12if
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