Revelation 13:16-17

Revelation 13:16-17It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark...

The Coming EconomicARMAGEDDON

Part 2 - How to Handle Your Personal Economics God’s Way

To Handle Your Personal Economics God’s Way...

A. Keep your head in the game.Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.


A. Keep your head in the game.1 Chronicles 12:32 ... from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do.


B. Keep your house in order.Proverbs 16:16 How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!

Proverbs 4:5-6Get wisdom... she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.


1. The Desire Principle – The more we have, the more we want.

Ecclesiastes 5:10Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.

Matthew 6:19-20Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven ...


2. The Discipline Principle – The more we have, the more we spend.

Ecclesiastes 5:11 As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?

Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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3. The Divided Principle – The more we have, the more we worry.

Ecclesiastes 5:12The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but as for the rich, their abundance permits them no sleep.

Matthew 6:31-34 So do not worry... your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteous-ness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.”



Matthew 6:31-34 So do not worry.... your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteous-ness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.”

Merimna (Greek) - worry, being troubled with cares & anxiety.Merizo (Greek) - to divide.



Matthew 6:31-34 So do not worry.... your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteous-ness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.”

to be drawn in different directions. Merizo (Greek) - to divide. Merimna (Greek) -


4. The Depreciation Principle – The more we have, the more we have to lose.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners, or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children there is nothing left for them to inherit.

Matthew 6:19-20... where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.


5. The Descendent Principle – The more we have, the more we leave behind.

Ecclesiastes 5:14-17... so that when they have children there is nothing left for them to inherit. Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.Proverbs 13:22A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children.


5. The Descendent Principle – The more we have, the more we leave behind.

2 Corinthians 12:14Children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.


6. The Devotion Principle – The more we give, the more we receive.

Proverbs 3:9-10Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.

Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.


C. Keep your heart trusting in Jesus Christ.Jeremiah 17:7-8Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river.

Lamentations 3:21-26This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope.... His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “ The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “ Therefore I hope in Him!” The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly.

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