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- 0:37Have
- 0:37you
- 0:37ever
- 0:38made
- 0:38a
- 0:38budget
- 0:38you
- 0:38felt
- 0:39great
- 0:39about
- 0:39and
- 0:39in
- 0:39two
- 0:40weeks
- 0:40later
- 0:40wondered,
- 0:41where
- 0:41in
- 0:41the
- 0:41world
- 0:42did
- 0:42my
- 0:42money
- 0:42even
- 0:43go?
- 0:44Budgets
- 0:44don't
- 0:44fail
- 0:45because
- 0:45they're
- 0:45bad.
- 0:46They
- 0:46fail
- 0:46because
- 0:47we
- 0:47stop
- 0:47tracking.
- 0:48But
- 0:48tracking
- 0:49doesn't
- 0:49have
- 0:49to
- 0:49be
- 0:49overwhelming.
- 0:50It
- 0:50can
- 0:50be
- 0:51simple,
- 0:51it
- 0:51can
- 0:52be
- 0:52gentle,
- 0:52and
- 0:53it
- 0:53can
- 0:53be
- 0:53surprisingly
- 0:54freeing.
- 0:54And
- 0:55today,
- 0:55I'm
- 0:55going
- 0:55to
- 0:55show
- 0:55you
- 0:55how
- 0:55to
- 0:56get
- 0:56started
- 0:56tracking
- 0:57your
- 0:57money
- 0:57so
- 0:57that
- 0:58you
- 0:58can
- 0:58do
- 0:58it
- 0:58right.
- 1:20Hey,
- 1:20friend.
- 1:20Ralph
- 1:20Estep
- 1:21Jr.
- 1:21Here.
- 1:22Welcome
- 1:22to
- 1:22Financially
- 1:23Confident
- 1:23Christian,
- 1:24where
- 1:24we
- 1:24learn
- 1:24how
- 1:24to
- 1:25walk
- 1:25through
- 1:25life
- 1:25and
- 1:26money
- 1:26with
- 1:26wisdom,
- 1:27with
- 1:27peace,
- 1:28and
- 1:28with
- 1:28a
- 1:28heart
- 1:29anchored
- 1:29in
- 1:29God's
- 1:30truth.
- 1:30The
- 1:30mission
- 1:31is
- 1:31simple.
- 1:31To
- 1:32help
- 1:32you
- 1:32break
- 1:32that
- 1:33cycle
- 1:33of
- 1:33financial
- 1:34shame
- 1:34and
- 1:34build
- 1:34steady
- 1:35habits
- 1:35rooted
- 1:36in
- 1:36faith
- 1:37and
- 1:37become
- 1:37the
- 1:37kind
- 1:37of
- 1:38believer
- 1:38who
- 1:38handles
- 1:39money
- 1:39with
- 1:39clarity,
- 1:40with
- 1:40confidence,
- 1:41and
- 1:41with
- 1:42spiritual
- 1:42purpose.
- 1:43Yesterday
- 1:44we
- 1:44built
- 1:44a
- 1:44simple
- 1:45life
- 1:45giving
- 1:45budget,
- 1:46one
- 1:46that
- 1:46actually
- 1:46works
- 1:47and
- 1:47doesn't
- 1:48overwhelm
- 1:48your
- 1:48heart.
- 1:49And
- 1:49today
- 1:49we're
- 1:50going
- 1:50to
- 1:50take
- 1:50the
- 1:50next
- 1:50step.
- 1:51How
- 1:51do
- 1:51you
- 1:51track
- 1:52your
- 1:52spending
- 1:52without
- 1:53feeling
- 1:53stressed,
- 1:53without
- 1:54feeling
- 1:54guilty,
- 1:55or
- 1:55feeling
- 1:55glued
- 1:56to
- 1:56your
- 1:56phone?
- 1:57Because
- 1:57tracking
- 1:58is
- 1:58where
- 1:59clarity
- 1:59grows
- 2:00and
- 2:00confidence
- 2:00begins.
- 2:01A
- 2:02listener
- 2:02recently
- 2:02wrote
- 2:02me
- 2:03and
- 2:03said,
- 2:03ralph,
- 2:03I
- 2:04want
- 2:04to
- 2:04track
- 2:04my
- 2:04spending,
- 2:05but
- 2:05I
- 2:06get
- 2:06overwhelmed
- 2:07so
- 2:07fast.
- 2:08I
- 2:08feel
- 2:08like
- 2:08I
- 2:09mess
- 2:09it
- 2:09up
- 2:09every
- 2:09time
- 2:10I
- 2:10try.
- 2:10Is
- 2:11there
- 2:11a
- 2:11simple
- 2:11way
- 2:12to
- 2:12do
- 2:12this?
- 2:13Maybe
- 2:14you
- 2:14feel
- 2:14that,
- 2:14too.
- 2:15You
- 2:16want
- 2:16to
- 2:16be
- 2:16consistent,
- 2:17but
- 2:17life
- 2:18gets
- 2:18busy.
- 2:18You
- 2:19want
- 2:19to
- 2:19stay
- 2:19aware,
- 2:20but
- 2:20the
- 2:20idea
- 2:20of
- 2:20tracking
- 2:21feels
- 2:21like
- 2:22way
- 2:22too
- 2:22much
- 2:22work.
- 2:23You
- 2:23want
- 2:23to
- 2:23be
- 2:24faithful,
- 2:24but
- 2:25you
- 2:25don't
- 2:25want
- 2:25to
- 2:25live
- 2:25with
- 2:26that
- 2:26constant
- 2:26pressure.
- 2:27And
- 2:28maybe
- 2:28deep
- 2:28down,
- 2:29you
- 2:29even
- 2:29feel
- 2:30a
- 2:30little
- 2:30shame
- 2:30when
- 2:31you
- 2:31forget
- 2:31to
- 2:31track
- 2:31for
- 2:32a
- 2:32few
- 2:32days.
- 2:33Friend,
- 2:33first
- 2:33thing,
- 2:33let
- 2:33that
- 2:34go.
- 2:35Tracking
- 2:35isn't
- 2:36about
- 2:36perfection.
- 2:37It's
- 2:37about
- 2:37awareness.
- 2:38Just
- 2:38gentle
- 2:39awareness.
- 2:40Studies
- 2:41show
- 2:41that
- 2:41even
- 2:41a
- 2:42little
- 2:42bit
- 2:42of
- 2:42tracking
- 2:43I'm
- 2:43talking
- 2:43about
- 2:43just
- 2:43a
- 2:43few
- 2:44minutes
- 2:44a
- 2:44day,
- 2:45dramatically
- 2:45increases
- 2:46financial
- 2:47confidence.
- 2:48Not
- 2:48because
- 2:48people
- 2:49spend
- 2:49less,
- 2:50but
- 2:50because
- 2:50they
- 2:50finally
- 2:51know
- 2:51what's
- 2:51really
- 2:52happening.
- 2:53That
- 2:53awareness
- 2:54creates
- 2:54peace.
- 2:55That
- 2:56silence
- 2:56creates
- 2:57anxiety.
- 2:57And
- 2:58I've
- 2:58seen
- 2:58this
- 2:58over
- 2:59more
- 2:59than
- 2:59three
- 2:59decades.
- 3:00As
- 3:00an
- 3:00accountant
- 3:01and
- 3:01a
- 3:01coach,
- 3:02I've
- 3:02taught
- 3:02people
- 3:03every
- 3:03tracking
- 3:04system
- 3:04imaginable.
- 3:05I'm
- 3:05talking
- 3:06about
- 3:06apps
- 3:06and
- 3:07spreadsheets
- 3:07and
- 3:08notebooks
- 3:08and
- 3:08envelopes.
- 3:10But
- 3:10here's
- 3:10what
- 3:10I've
- 3:11learned.
- 3:11The
- 3:12best
- 3:12system
- 3:13is
- 3:13the
- 3:13one
- 3:13you'll
- 3:14actually
- 3:14use.
- 3:15It's
- 3:15that
- 3:15simple.
- 3:16Simple
- 3:16systems
- 3:17build
- 3:17consistency,
- 3:18that
- 3:19consistency
- 3:19builds
- 3:20confidence,
- 3:20and
- 3:21that
- 3:21confidence
- 3:22builds
- 3:22peace.
- 3:23A
- 3:23woman
- 3:23in
- 3:24our
- 3:24community,
- 3:24and
- 3:24we'll
- 3:25call
- 3:25her
- 3:25Beth,
- 3:25told
- 3:26me
- 3:26she
- 3:26hated
- 3:27tracking
- 3:27her
- 3:28spending.
- 3:28She
- 3:28said,
- 3:28Rafa
- 3:28hate
- 3:29it.
- 3:29She
- 3:30said
- 3:30it
- 3:30feels
- 3:30like
- 3:30homework.
- 3:31I'm
- 3:31constantly
- 3:32behind
- 3:32on
- 3:32Kind
- 3:32of
- 3:33like
- 3:33when
- 3:33you
- 3:33were
- 3:33in
- 3:33school.
- 3:34So
- 3:34she
- 3:35tried
- 3:35something
- 3:35new.
- 3:35Instead
- 3:36of
- 3:36tracking
- 3:36everything
- 3:37perfectly
- 3:38like
- 3:38a
- 3:38financial
- 3:38detective,
- 3:39she
- 3:40checked
- 3:40in
- 3:40once
- 3:40a
- 3:40day
- 3:41for
- 3:41just
- 3:41about
- 3:41one
- 3:41minute.
- 3:42Just
- 3:42one
- 3:42minute.
- 3:43She
- 3:43looked
- 3:43at
- 3:44her
- 3:44bank
- 3:44account.
- 3:44She
- 3:45wrote
- 3:45down
- 3:45one
- 3:45or
- 3:45two
- 3:46expenses.
- 3:46And
- 3:46then
- 3:47she
- 3:47took
- 3:47a
- 3:47deep
- 3:47breath.
- 3:48Here's
- 3:48what
- 3:49she
- 3:49told
- 3:49me.
- 3:49She
- 3:49said,
- 3:49ralph,
- 3:50for
- 3:50the
- 3:50first
- 3:51time
- 3:51in
- 3:51my
- 3:51life,
- 3:52I
- 3:52don't
- 3:52feel
- 3:53scared
- 3:53of
- 3:53my
- 3:53money
- 3:54anymore.
- 3:55Just
- 3:55that
- 3:55one
- 3:56quiet
- 3:56check
- 3:57in
- 3:57a
- 3:57day
- 3:57changed
- 3:58everything.
- 3:59So
- 4:00let
- 4:00me
- 4:00ask
- 4:00you,
- 4:00what
- 4:01would
- 4:01happen
- 4:01if
- 4:01tracking
- 4:02didn't
- 4:02feel
- 4:02stressful
- 4:03anymore?
- 4:03But
- 4:04simple.
- 4:04Let's
- 4:05build
- 4:05that
- 4:05together.
- 4:06Here's
- 4:06what
- 4:06I
- 4:06want
- 4:06you
- 4:07to
- 4:07do.
- 4:07Number
- 4:07one
- 4:07thing,
- 4:08choose
- 4:08the
- 4:08method
- 4:09that
- 4:09fits
- 4:09your
- 4:09personality.
- 4:11You
- 4:11have
- 4:11options.
- 4:11There's
- 4:12apps,
- 4:13spreadsheets,
- 4:14hey,
- 4:14the
- 4:14envelope
- 4:15method,
- 4:15notebooks,
- 4:16even
- 4:16your
- 4:16phone
- 4:17notes.
- 4:17None
- 4:18of
- 4:18these
- 4:18are
- 4:18better
- 4:18or
- 4:19worse
- 4:19than
- 4:19the
- 4:19other.
- 4:20None
- 4:20of
- 4:20them
- 4:20are
- 4:20more
- 4:21spiritual
- 4:21than
- 4:21any
- 4:21other.
- 4:22Just
- 4:22pick
- 4:23the
- 4:23one
- 4:23you're
- 4:23actually
- 4:24going
- 4:24to
- 4:24stick
- 4:24with
- 4:24and
- 4:25you're
- 4:25actually
- 4:25going
- 4:25to
- 4:26use.
- 4:26Because
- 4:27here's
- 4:27the
- 4:27truth.
- 4:27Simple
- 4:28always
- 4:28beats
- 4:28complicated.
- 4:29You
- 4:30do
- 4:30not
- 4:30need
- 4:30to
- 4:30track
- 4:3142
- 4:31categories.
- 4:32People
- 4:32get
- 4:33scared
- 4:33because,
- 4:33Ralph,
- 4:33there's
- 4:34all
- 4:34these
- 4:34categories.
- 4:34No,
- 4:35start
- 4:35with
- 4:35the
- 4:36basics.
- 4:36Food,
- 4:37gas,
- 4:38extras,
- 4:39bills.
- 4:40That
- 4:40clarity
- 4:41will
- 4:41grow
- 4:41when
- 4:42complexity
- 4:42shrinks.
- 4:43That's
- 4:43what
- 4:43scares
- 4:43a
- 4:44lot
- 4:44of
- 4:44people
- 4:44away.
- 4:44Because
- 4:45here's
- 4:45the
- 4:45key.
- 4:46Awareness
- 4:46is
- 4:47power.
- 4:48Tracking
- 4:48isn't
- 4:48about
- 4:49guilt.
- 4:49It's
- 4:49about
- 4:50knowledge.
- 4:51And
- 4:51once
- 4:51you
- 4:51get
- 4:51that
- 4:52knowledge,
- 4:52it
- 4:52helps
- 4:52you
- 4:53catch
- 4:53those
- 4:53problems
- 4:54early.
- 4:54It
- 4:54helps
- 4:55you
- 4:55celebrate
- 4:55wins.
- 4:56It
- 4:56helps
- 4:56you
- 4:56make
- 4:57faithful
- 4:57adjustments.
- 4:58And
- 4:58in
- 4:58the
- 4:59end,
- 4:59it
- 4:59helps
- 4:59you
- 5:00feel
- 5:00more
- 5:00confident.
- 5:01That
- 5:02awareness
- 5:02creates
- 5:02a
- 5:02sense
- 5:03of
- 5:03peace
- 5:03in
- 5:03your
- 5:04soul.
- 5:05And
- 5:05those
- 5:06small
- 5:06daily
- 5:06check
- 5:07ins
- 5:07are
- 5:08so
- 5:08much
- 5:08greater
- 5:08than
- 5:09monthly
- 5:09panic.
- 5:10Just
- 5:10one
- 5:10minute
- 5:11a
- 5:11day.
- 5:11Hey,
- 5:11we
- 5:11can
- 5:11all
- 5:12find
- 5:12a
- 5:12minute,
- 5:12right?
- 5:13That
- 5:13one
- 5:13minute
- 5:13can
- 5:14beat
- 5:14hours
- 5:14of
- 5:15stress
- 5:15at
- 5:15the
- 5:15end
- 5:15of
- 5:15the
- 5:16month.
- 5:16A
- 5:16quick
- 5:17glance,
- 5:17a
- 5:18few
- 5:18recorded
- 5:18expenses,
- 5:19just
- 5:19a
- 5:19moment
- 5:20of
- 5:20clarity.
- 5:21That's
- 5:21all
- 5:21it
- 5:21takes.
- 5:22You're
- 5:22building
- 5:23a
- 5:23small
- 5:23rhythm
- 5:24and
- 5:24you're
- 5:24going
- 5:24to
- 5:24get
- 5:24a
- 5:25win
- 5:25every
- 5:25time.
- 5:26Look
- 5:26at
- 5:27what
- 5:27Proverbs
- 5:2727:23
- 5:28says.
- 5:29Be
- 5:29sure
- 5:30to
- 5:30know
- 5:30the
- 5:30condition
- 5:30of
- 5:31your
- 5:31flocks.
- 5:32Give
- 5:32careful
- 5:32attention
- 5:33to
- 5:33your
- 5:33herds.
- 5:34Now
- 5:34this
- 5:34one
- 5:34hits
- 5:35home
- 5:35for
- 5:35me
- 5:35because
- 5:35I
- 5:36raise
- 5:36Black
- 5:36Angus
- 5:37cows.
- 5:37I've
- 5:38got
- 5:38to
- 5:38be
- 5:38paying
- 5:38attention
- 5:39to
- 5:39what's
- 5:39going
- 5:39on
- 5:40with
- 5:40them
- 5:40out
- 5:40there.
- 5:41Well,
- 5:41in
- 5:41ancient
- 5:42times,
- 5:42flocks
- 5:42were
- 5:43wealthy,
- 5:43they
- 5:44were
- 5:44a
- 5:44livelihood,
- 5:44they
- 5:45were
- 5:45provisioned.
- 5:46So
- 5:46God
- 5:46is
- 5:47reminding
- 5:47us,
- 5:48know
- 5:48what
- 5:48you
- 5:49have
- 5:50and
- 5:50care
- 5:50for
- 5:50what
- 5:50you've
- 5:51been
- 5:51giving.
- 5:52Trackling
- 5:52is
- 5:53simply
- 5:53modern
- 5:54day
- 5:54stewardship.
- 5:55It
- 5:55can
- 5:56be
- 5:56gentle,
- 5:57it
- 5:57can
- 5:57be
- 5:57faithful,
- 5:58and
- 5:58in
- 5:58the
- 5:58end,
- 5:59it's
- 5:59wise.
- 6:01Lord
- 6:01thank
- 6:01you
- 6:01for
- 6:02the
- 6:02resources
- 6:02you've
- 6:02trusted
- 6:03us
- 6:03with.
- 6:04Help
- 6:04us
- 6:04to
- 6:04track
- 6:05them
- 6:05with
- 6:05wisdom
- 6:06and
- 6:06with
- 6:06care.
- 6:07Give
- 6:08us
- 6:08consistency,
- 6:09give
- 6:09us
- 6:09clarity
- 6:10and
- 6:11give
- 6:11us
- 6:11peace
- 6:11as
- 6:12we
- 6:12build
- 6:12healthy
- 6:13rhythms
- 6:13in
- 6:13our
- 6:13lives.
- 6:14And
- 6:14we
- 6:15ask
- 6:15this
- 6:15in
- 6:15Jesus
- 6:16name.
- 6:17Amen.
- 6:18Here's
- 6:18today's
- 6:19step.
- 6:19I
- 6:19want
- 6:19you
- 6:20to
- 6:20write
- 6:20down
- 6:20every
- 6:21expense
- 6:21for
- 6:22the
- 6:22next
- 6:22three
- 6:22days.
- 6:23Every
- 6:23one
- 6:23of
- 6:23them.
- 6:23Not
- 6:24forever,
- 6:24just
- 6:24three
- 6:25days.
- 6:25Bear
- 6:25with
- 6:25me
- 6:26here.
- 6:26Then
- 6:26I
- 6:27want
- 6:27you
- 6:27to
- 6:27watch
- 6:27for
- 6:27some
- 6:28simple
- 6:28patterns
- 6:29because
- 6:30that
- 6:30awareness
- 6:30is
- 6:31the
- 6:31beginning
- 6:31of
- 6:32wisdom.
- 6:33A
- 6:33member
- 6:33of
- 6:33our
- 6:34community
- 6:34shared
- 6:34this.
- 6:35Tracking
- 6:35used
- 6:36to
- 6:36stress
- 6:36me
- 6:36out,
- 6:37Ralph,
- 6:38but
- 6:38the
- 6:38group
- 6:38helped
- 6:38me
- 6:39see
- 6:39it's
- 6:39just
- 6:39about
- 6:40paying
- 6:40attention.
- 6:41No
- 6:42more
- 6:42shame,
- 6:42no
- 6:43more
- 6:43pressure.
- 6:43Just
- 6:44small
- 6:44daily
- 6:45steps.
- 6:46And
- 6:46friend,
- 6:46you
- 6:47don't
- 6:47have
- 6:47to
- 6:47walk
- 6:47this
- 6:47alone
- 6:48either.
- 6:48Come
- 6:49and
- 6:49join
- 6:49us.
- 6:49It's
- 6:50a
- 6:50free,
- 6:50it's
- 6:51a
- 6:51supportive
- 6:51and
- 6:52it's
- 6:52a
- 6:52judgment
- 6:52free
- 6:53zone.
- 6:53Get
- 6:53it@financiallyconfidentchristian.com
- 6:55join
- 6:57again.
- 6:58That's
- 6:58financiallyconfidentchristian.com
- 7:01join.
- 7:02We
- 7:02walk
- 7:02this
- 7:03road
- 7:03together.
- 7:04Remember
- 7:04this
- 7:05tracking
- 7:06isn't
- 7:06about
- 7:06catching
- 7:07mistakes.
- 7:08It's
- 7:08about
- 7:08gaining
- 7:09wisdom.
- 7:10Because
- 7:10I
- 7:10know
- 7:10that
- 7:11you
- 7:11are
- 7:11growing,
- 7:12you
- 7:12are
- 7:12learning,
- 7:13and
- 7:13you're
- 7:13becoming
- 7:13more
- 7:14aware
- 7:14of
- 7:14what
- 7:14God
- 7:15has
- 7:15given
- 7:15you.
- 7:16Go
- 7:17out
- 7:17there
- 7:17today
- 7:17and
- 7:18be
- 7:18a
- 7:18financially
- 7:19confident
- 7:19Christian.
- 7:20You
- 7:20can
- 7:20do
- 7:21this.
- 7:21I
- 7:21have
- 7:21confidence
- 7:22in
- 7:22you.
- 7:22And
- 7:23the
- 7:23Lord
- 7:23is
- 7:23working
- 7:23with
- 7:24you
- 7:24as
- 7:24well.
- 7:24Stay
- 7:25financially
- 7:25savvy.
- 7:26God
- 7:26bless
- 7:26you
- 7:26and
- 7:27you
- 7:27have
- 7:27a
- 7:27great
- 7:27day
- 7:27today.