Financial Planning
Proverbs 21:5; Luke 14:28-31
Tim Nay

January 1, 2023

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. —Proverbs 21:528 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? —Luke 14:28-31

Plan to give the first fruits to the Lord.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. —Matthew 6:21

Plan to spend less than you earn - make a budget

Plan for unforseen circumstances

33 Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plentiful years. 35 And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 36 That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine.” —Genesis 41:33-36

Takeaway: Come up with a plan