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10 Habits That Are Quietly Destroying Your Future (Biblically Proven_) · Bible Ascent

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  Speaker 1: You have been praying for years. You wake up before dawn,
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  Speaker 1: you fast, you quote scripture, you sow your seeds. Yet
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  Speaker 1: somehow your financial situation never changes. Your business ideas keep failing.
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  Speaker 1: Your career feels stuck, and you look around at people
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  Speaker 1: who do not even go to church, and they are thriving.
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  Speaker 1: So you start asking the dangerous question, does God even
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  Speaker 1: care about my success? Here is what nobody wants to
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  Speaker 1: tell you. God cares deeply about your prosperity. But prosperity
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  Speaker 1: is not random, It is not luck. It is the
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  Speaker 1: result of obedience to specific principles, and right now you
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  Speaker 1: are unknowingly violating those principles every single day. See what
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  Speaker 1: keeps most believers poor is not one catastrophic sin. It
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  Speaker 1: is not some massive moral failure. It is the small, silent,
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  Speaker 1: invisible habits that slowly drain your potential like a leak.
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  Speaker 1: You cannot see. Habits so normal, so accepted, so common
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  Speaker 1: that you do not even realize they are destroying your future. Today,
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  Speaker 1: we are going to expose ten of them. And I
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  Speaker 1: am telling you right now, habit number ten is the
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  Speaker 1: one that even pastors miss. It is the one that
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  Speaker 1: will completely change how you approach success. So if you
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  Speaker 1: have ever wondered why you work hard but stay broke,
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  Speaker 1: why you have faith but see no fruit, Why you
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  Speaker 1: are gifted but go nowhere? This video will answer every question.
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  Speaker 1: Let us dive in. But before we get into these
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  Speaker 1: ten game changing habits, I need you to do something.
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  Speaker 1: If biblical wisdom on wealth, success, and living a life
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  Speaker 1: like this every single week that will transform how you
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  Speaker 1: think about money and success. Now, let us expose these
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  Speaker 1: ten silent killers. Habit number one, the trap of improvisation.
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  Speaker 1: Most people think that faith and planning are opposites. They
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  Speaker 1: believe that if you plan too much, you are not
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  Speaker 1: trusting God. If you strategize too much, you are being worldly.
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  Speaker 1: So they just wing it. They pray and hope things
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  Speaker 1: work out. But that is not faith. That is presumption,
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  Speaker 1: and presumption always leads to poverty. Proverbs twenty one, verse
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  Speaker 1: five says the plans of the diligent lead to profit
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  Speaker 1: as surely as haste leads to poverty. Notice that word plans.
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  Speaker 1: God is not impressed by chaos. He is not honored
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  Speaker 1: by disorder. Look at one of the wealthiest men in
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  Speaker 1: Biblical history, Joseph. When Pharaoh had a dream about seven
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  Speaker 1: years of abundance followed by seven years of famine. Joseph
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  Speaker 1: did not just pray about it. He planned for fourteen years.
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  Speaker 1: He built warehouses, he organized a distribution system, He calculated
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  Speaker 1: how much grain Egypt would need. He created a nationwide strategy.
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  Speaker 1: And because of that plan, Egypt became the wealthiest nation
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  Speaker 1: on Earth, while every other country was starving. Meanwhile, those
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  Speaker 1: other nations were probably praying too, but they had no plan.
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  Speaker 1: And prayer without planning is just religious noise. Faith is
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  Speaker 1: not flying blind. Faith is hearing God's vision and then
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  Speaker 1: building the blueprint to execute it. If you are always improvising,
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  Speaker 1: always reacting, always figuring it out as you go, you
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  Speaker 1: are violating a core principle of prosperity. So ask yourself
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  Speaker 1: right now, do you have a financial plan for the
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  Speaker 1: next five years. Do you have a written strategy for
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  Speaker 1: your business? Do you know exactly where you want to
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  Speaker 1: be and how you are going to get there, or
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  Speaker 1: are you just hoping it all works out? Because hope
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  Speaker 1: is not a strategy, And if you do not have
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  Speaker 1: a destination, any road will take you there. Most of
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  Speaker 1: those roads lead to regret. Habit number two the microwave mentality.
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  Speaker 1: We live in the most impatient generation in human history.
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  Speaker 1: We want instant results, instant wealth, instant success. We see
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  Speaker 1: someone blow up on social media and think that is
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  Speaker 1: how it works for everyone. But wealth that lasts is
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  Speaker 1: never built overnight. Proverbs thirteen, verse eleven says wealth gained
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  Speaker 1: hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase.
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  Speaker 1: The key phrase is little by little, not all at once,
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  Speaker 1: not in six months, not because you found some secret hack.
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  Speaker 1: Real wealth is built through consistency, discipline, and patience over years,
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  Speaker 1: but most people quit the second it gets hard. They
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  Speaker 1: start a business and expect milis millions in the first year.
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  Speaker 1: When it does not happen, they say the business model
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  Speaker 1: is broken. They start investing and panic when the market dips.
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  Speaker 1: They learn a new skill for three weeks and quit
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  Speaker 1: because they are not an expert yet. That is poverty thinking.
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  Speaker 1: That is the microwave mentality. You want everything cooked in
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  Speaker 1: two minutes, but generational wealth is built in a crockpot, slow, steady, consistent.
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  Speaker 1: Think about King Solomon. He did not become the wisest
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  Speaker 1: and wealthiest king in one day. He spent years learning
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  Speaker 1: from his father David. He studied, he observed, He built
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  Speaker 1: wisdom little by little, and by the time he took
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  Speaker 1: the throne, he was ready. Meanwhile, there are people who
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  Speaker 1: inherit millions and lose it all in five years. Why
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  Speaker 1: because they never developed the discipline to manage wealth slowly.
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  Speaker 1: If you cannot delay gratification, you will never experience lasting
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  Speaker 1: abundant period. Habit number three, the pride of ignorance. Here
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  Speaker 1: is one sentence that will keep you poor for life.
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  Speaker 1: I already know enough. The moment you stop learning, you
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  Speaker 1: stop earning. The moment you think you have it all
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  Speaker 1: figured out, you become unteachable. And when you become unteachable,
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  Speaker 1: you become useless. Proverbs fifteen, verse thirty two says whoever
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  Speaker 1: ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof
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  Speaker 1: gains intelligence. That means refusing to learn is self destruction.
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  Speaker 1: You cannot out earn your level of knowledge. If you
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  Speaker 1: want to make more money, you have to become more valuable,
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  Speaker 1: and you become more valuable by constantly learning. That means
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  Speaker 1: reading books, taking courses, finding mentors, listening to people who
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  Speaker 1: are ten steps ahead of you. But pride whispers in
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  Speaker 1: your ear. You do not need that you are good.
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  Speaker 1: You all aready, know what matters, and that voice will
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  Speaker 1: keep you exactly where you are for the next twenty years.
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  Speaker 1: Think about the wealthiest people on the planet. Warren Buffett
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  Speaker 1: reads five hundred pages a day. Bill Gates reads fifty
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  Speaker 1: books a year. Elon Musk taught himself rocket science by reading.
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  Speaker 1: They are billionaires and they are still learning. Meanwhile, the
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  Speaker 1: broke person says, I do not need to read that
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  Speaker 1: I am fine where I am. No, you are not fine,
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  Speaker 1: and your bank account proves it. Humility opens the door
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  Speaker 1: to wisdom, and wisdom opens the door to wealth. But
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  Speaker 1: pride locks both doors and throws away the key habit
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  Speaker 1: number four, the bare minimum syndrome. Let me ask you
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  Speaker 1: a question. How much effort are you really putting in?
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  Speaker 1: Are you showing up on time or five minutes late.
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  Speaker 1: Are you doing excellent work or just enough to not
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  Speaker 1: get fired? Are you going the extra mile? Or stop
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  Speaker 1: being right at the bare minimum? Because mediocrity is a
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  Speaker 1: sin against your own potential. Colossians three, verse twenty three says,
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  Speaker 1: whatever you do, work at it with all your heart
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  Speaker 1: as working for the Lord, not for human masters. That
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  Speaker 1: means your work is worship. When you show up late,
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  Speaker 1: do sloppy work, take long breaks, and give half effort,
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  Speaker 1: you are not just disrespecting your employer, you are disrespecting God.
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  Speaker 1: Excellence is how you honor God in the marketplace. And
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  Speaker 1: here is the secret. Most people miss excellence opens doors
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  Speaker 1: that talent cannot think about it. There are two employees
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  Speaker 1: in the same office. One does exactly what is asked
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  Speaker 1: and leaves at five o'clock sharp. The other stays late
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  Speaker 1: to finish projects, volunteers for difficult assignments, and delivers work
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  Speaker 1: that exceeds expectations. Six months later, one gets promoted, the
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  Speaker 1: other wonders why they got passed over. That is the
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  Speaker 1: difference between bare minimum and excellence. You might not be
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  Speaker 1: the smartest person in the room, you might not have
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  Speaker 1: the best resume, but if you are the most excellent,
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  Speaker 1: you will be the most successful. People notice excellence. Bosses
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  Speaker 1: promote excellence, Clients pay for excellence. But if you are
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  Speaker 1: doing just enough to get by, do not be shocked
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  Speaker 1: when you get just enough to survive. Excellence is not
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  Speaker 1: about working harder. It is about working with intention. And
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  Speaker 1: when you bring excellence to everything you do, opportunities chase
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  Speaker 1: you instead of you chasing opportunities. Habit number five the
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  Speaker 1: stewardship failure. This one will convict a lot of people.
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  Speaker 1: You are praying for a financial breakthrough, You are believing
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  Speaker 1: God for a million dollars, but you cannot even manage
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  Speaker 1: the thousand you have. Luke sixteen, Verse ten says whoever
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  Speaker 1: can be trusted with very little can also be trusted
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  Speaker 1: with much. And whoever is dishonest with very little will
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  Speaker 1: also be dishonest with much. God will not give you
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  Speaker 1: more until you prove you can handle what you already have.
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  Speaker 1: That is stewardship. Money does not change who you are.
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  Speaker 1: It reveals who you are. It amplifies your character. If
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  Speaker 1: you are irresponsible with a little, you will be irresponsible
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  Speaker 1: with a lot. If you are generous with a little,
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  Speaker 1: you will be generous with a lot. I know someone
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  Speaker 1: who constantly complained about not having enough money, But when
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  Speaker 1: I looked at their spending, they had three streaming services,
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  Speaker 1: they never used a gym membership, they had not touched
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  Speaker 1: in months, and they were eating out five times a week.
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  Speaker 1: They were not broke, they were irresponsible. So before you
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  Speaker 1: ask God for more, ask yourself these questions. Do I
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  Speaker 1: have a budget, Do I know where every dollar goes?
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  Speaker 1: Am I paying my bills on time? Am I saving
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  Speaker 1: at least ten percent? Am I giving? Or am I
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  Speaker 1: just spending everything that comes in and praying for more?
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  Speaker 1: Because if you cannot steward a paycheck, you are not
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  Speaker 1: ready for a business. If you cannot manage a credit card,
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  Speaker 1: you are not ready to manage investments. God tests you
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  Speaker 1: with small things before he trusts you with big things.
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  Speaker 1: And if you keep failing the small tests, you are
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  Speaker 1: never getting to the big blessings. Fix your stewardship and
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  Speaker 1: you will unlock your breakthrough Habit number six. The fools
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  Speaker 1: broadcast Proverbs seventeen, verse twenty seven says whoever restrains his
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  Speaker 1: words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit
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  Speaker 1: is a man of understanding. Translation wise, people talk less
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  Speaker 1: and listen more. But broke people love to talk. They
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  Speaker 1: announce every idea before they execute it. They post every
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  Speaker 1: plan on social media before they start. They tell everyone
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  Speaker 1: what they are about to do, and then six months
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  Speaker 1: later nothing happened. You know why, because talking releases the
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  Speaker 1: energy you need to execute. Every time you broadcast your plans,
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  Speaker 1: you get a little hit of dopamine. People say, wow,
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  Speaker 1: that is amazing, that sounds great, and your brain thinks
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  Speaker 1: you already did it, so you never actually do it. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: successful people move in silence. They work quietly, They build
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  Speaker 1: in private. They only announce after it is done. Poverty
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  Speaker 1: talks about what it is going to do. Wealth does
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  Speaker 1: it first, then talks think about Jesus. He often told people,
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  Speaker 1: do not tell anyone about this miracle. Why because premature
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  Speaker 1: exposure kills momentum. So stop posting your business idea before
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  Speaker 1: you launch, Stop telling everyone your next move. Move in silence,
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  Speaker 1: let your results do the talking. Habit Number seven the
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  Speaker 1: poverty echo chamber. Proverbs thirteen, verse twenty says walk with
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  Speaker 1: the wise and become wise. For a companion of fools
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  Speaker 1: suffers harm. Show me your five closest friends, and I
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  Speaker 1: will show you your future. You cannot surround yourself with broke,
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  Speaker 1: negative excuse making people and expect to become successful. You
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  Speaker 1: will become the average of the people you spend the
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  Speaker 1: most time with. If everyone around you complains about the economy,
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  Speaker 1: blames the government and makes excuses, you will start thinking
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  Speaker 1: the same way. But if your circle is full of builders, learners, investors,
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  Speaker 1: and dreamers, you will be pushed to rise. Iron sharpens iron,
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  Speaker 1: but rust spreads to rust. David had Jonathan, Jesus had
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  Speaker 1: his disciples, Paul had Timothy. Even the greats needed the
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  Speaker 1: right people around them. So evaluate your circle. Are they
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  Speaker 1: celebrating your growth or quietly resenting it? Are they pushing
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  Speaker 1: you forward or holding you back? Because sometimes the biggest
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  Speaker 1: obstacle to your success is not your lack of skill,
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  Speaker 1: it is your circle. And until you are willing to
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  Speaker 1: upgrade your relationships, your life will never upgrade. Habit number eight,
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  Speaker 1: the scarcity grip. This one is controversial, but it is
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  Speaker 1: biblical truth. If you are stingy, you are going to
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  Speaker 1: stay broke. Second Corinthians nine, verse six says whoever sows
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  Speaker 1: sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will
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  Speaker 1: also reap generously. Generosity is not just a nice gesture,
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  Speaker 1: It is a spiritual law. When you hoard, you block
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  Speaker 1: the flow. When you give, you open the windows of heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Now I am not talking about manipulative giving. I am
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  Speaker 1: not talking about giving to try to force God's hand,
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  Speaker 1: I am talking about a heart posture. Stingy people operate
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  Speaker 1: from fear. They think there is not enough. They think
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  Speaker 1: if they give, they will lose. But generous people operate
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  Speaker 1: from faith. They know God is their source. They know
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  Speaker 1: you cannot outgive God. Look at the widow who gave
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  Speaker 1: her last two coins. Jesus said she gave more than
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  Speaker 1: everyone else because she gave from her need, not her surplus,
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  Speaker 1: and God honored that. Meanwhile, the rich people gave from
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  Speaker 1: their abundance and got nothing. Why because their hearts were closed.
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  Speaker 1: Generosity is not about the amount. It is about the
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  Speaker 1: attitude you have to give to receive. You have to
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  Speaker 1: sow to reap. And if you are gripping your money
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  Speaker 1: with a tight fist, God cannot put more in your hand.
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  Speaker 1: Loosen your grip and watch what God does. Habit number nine.
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  Speaker 1: The emotional spender. Proverbs twenty nine, verse eleven says a
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  Speaker 1: fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise
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  Speaker 1: person quietly holds it back. That applies to spending too.
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  Speaker 1: If you make financial decisions based on how you feel
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  Speaker 1: you are broke by design bad day at work, you
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  Speaker 1: buy something to feel better. Feeling stressed online shopping therapy.
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  Speaker 1: Feeling happy, celebrate with an expensive dinner you cannot afford.
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  Speaker 1: That is emotional spending, and it is a trap. Wealthy
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  Speaker 1: people make financial decisions based on logic and strategy. Poor
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  Speaker 1: people make decisions based on emotions, and emotions change every hour.
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  Speaker 1: That is why you have a closet full of clothes
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  Speaker 1: with tags still on them. That is why you have
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  Speaker 1: subscriptions you forgot about. That is why your credit card
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  Speaker 1: is maxed out. You spent to feel good in the moment,
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  Speaker 1: but now you feel worse because you are in debt.
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  Speaker 1: Here is what you need to do. Create a rule.
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  Speaker 1: Every non essential purchase over fifty dollars requires a twenty
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  Speaker 1: four waiting period. If you still want it tomorrow, buy it.
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  Speaker 1: Most of the time you will forget about it. That
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  Speaker 1: is proof you did not need it. Master your emotions,
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  Speaker 1: or your emotions will master your money. Habit number ten
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  Speaker 1: the self reliance idle. This is the biggest one. Proverbs three,
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  Speaker 1: verses five and six say trust in the Lord with
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  Speaker 1: all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.
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  Speaker 1: In all your ways. Submit to him and he will
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  Speaker 1: make your paths straight. Most believers plan first and pray later.
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  Speaker 1: They make the decision, then ask God to bless it.
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  Speaker 1: That is backwards. True success starts with asking God for
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  Speaker 1: direction before you take the first step. You can have
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  Speaker 1: the best plan in the world, you can work harder
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  Speaker 1: than everyone, but if God is not in it, it
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  Speaker 1: will crumble. When God is not directing you, you are
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  Speaker 1: on your own and you were never designed to succeed alone.
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  Speaker 1: The wealthiest believe in history asked God, first, Lord, where
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  Speaker 1: do you want me to go? What do you want
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  Speaker 1: me to build? What door should I walk through? And
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  Speaker 1: then they obeyed. That is the secret, not self reliance,
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  Speaker 1: but God reliance. Before your next business decision, career move,
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  Speaker 1: or investment, stop and ask God. His direction is worth
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  Speaker 1: more than a thousand strategies. So there they are ten
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  Speaker 1: silent habits stealing your success. Prosperity is not luck, it
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  Speaker 1: is obedience to God's principles. Pick one habit today, just one,
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  Speaker 1: and break it, not tomorrow today, because small changes create
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  Speaker 1: massive results, and the life you want is on the
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  Speaker 1: other side of the habits you are willing to change.
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