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Read  Matthew 25:14-30 Path to Prosperity (Part Three) Priorities and Patience With the Piggy Bank Y ou   can tell a lot about a person, by how they prioritize things in their life. Do they put effort into spending time with family or do they  see them when it’s convenient? Do they make other people’s feelings and emotions a priority or is it mainly about their own wants, desires, needs and concerns? Do they spend their money on materialistic things that aren’t necessities or do they put it away and invest? There are few things that will trip us up more than having our priorities wrong. Of course, our first priority should be to put God first, but what’s next? Since we are talking about prospering monetarily, we will focus on how we should prioritize our money. Hopefully we can tackle “life” priorities soon. Proverbs 24:27 Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house. This verse is short...

Read Proverbs 6:6-11 Path To Prosperity (Part Two) Work Hard Photo by  Jeremy Bishop  on  Unsplash One of my favorite movies of all time is Where the Red Fern Grows . Even though I “ugly" cry every single time I watch it! There’s so many great lessons in the book and movie. There is one specific movie scene that stuck out to me as a kid and I have hung on to it for years and years. Every time I am lacking something or wanting something RIGHT NOW, I remember the scene when Billy was talking to his grandpa about wanting hounds some kind of bad: Grandpa: Well, it’s been my experience God helps those who help themselves. Now, don’t get me wrong. If God wanted to, he could give you hounds as easy as cuttin’ lard. But that wouldn’t do much for your character. Billy: I don’t want character! I want dogs! Grandpa: And if you want them bad enough, you’ll get them, Billy. And if you want God’s help bad enough, you’ll meet him half way . God p...

Read : Matthew 6:25-33 Path To Prosperity (Part One): Seek God First   I have been told since I was attending Sunday school in my white patent leather shoes and blonde curls that I should always put God first. To a child that seemed very easy. I was to love God more than anything, even more than my horse and mac and cheese. Which I loved a lot. I would pray every morning and pray every night. Simple, right? Now fast forward 20+ years and putting God first became a much harder task. With work, deadlines, housekeeping, family, friends and just things in life I had to do to survive, I pushed God back. I didn’t push him all the way down to the bottom of the list but he lived right in the middle somewhere among grocery shopping and hair cut appointments. You know, the “I’ll get to it when I can things”. I still loved God but he wasn’t my priority. I was running behind life trying to catch it and hold on, when all I had to do was just stop running altogether, hit my knees and ...