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Understanding Our Finances
Intimacy Builder: What did you teach your children about finances?

Proverbs 24: 3 By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established Hebrews 13: 5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."(NIV)
1. Why is it better to relish what you have, then resent what you're missing?

Malachi 3: 8You people are robbing me, your God. And, here you are, asking, "How are we robbing you?" You are robbing me of the offerings and of the ten percent that belongs to me.Proverbs 21: 20Be sensible and store up precious treasures-- don't waste them like a fool. (CEV)
2. Where do we find security and safety, with uncertain wealth or with God?

Proverbs 16: 7When we please the LORD, even our enemies make friends with us.(CEV)
3. How do we attract our enemies when we put our energy into pleasing God?

Proverbs 21: 5Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.Proverbs 20: 18Plans succeed through good counsel; don't go to war without the advice of others. (NLT)
4. Why does God advise us to seek counsel?

Proverbs 21: 17Heavy drinkers and others who live only for pleasure will lose all they have.(CEV)
5. How does following God bring us pleasure?

1 Corinthians 16: 1When you collect money for God's people, I want you to do exactly what I told the churches in Galatia to do. 2That is, each Sunday each of you must put aside part of what you have earned. If you do this, you won't have to take up a collection when I come. (CEV)
6. Why are finances an important part of Gods teachings ?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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