Biblical principles and actions to survive and thrive in the current financial climate

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• Biblical principles and actions to survive and
  thrive in the current financial climate Part 2

Errol Gerri Vassell www.safeguarded.co.uk
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Teaching Overview

• Orientation
• Purpose for our finances
• Obedience and our finances
• Wisdom and our finances
• Encouragement for our finances
• Restoration of our finances

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Orientation

• The Potential for our success explained in
  scripture
• The Perversion for our success exposed in
  scripture
• The Programme for our success established in
  scripture

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Purpose for our finances

• Charge them that are rich in this world, that
  they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain
  riches, but the living God, who giveth us richly
  all things to enjoy
• That they do good, that they be rich in good
  works, ready to distribute, willing to
  communicate
• Laying up in store for themselves a good
  foundation against the time to come, that they
  may hold on eternal life (I Tim 6 v 17-19)

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Obedience and our finances

• Romans 6 16 (paraphrased)
• Who you chose to obey, you become
• servants to!
• We want to serve the Lord Jesus Christ
• by correctly interpreting the Word of God
• through the promptings of the Holy Spirit

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Obedience and our finances

• 2 Timothy 2 15
• Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
• workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
• rightly dividing the word of truth.
• Financial Intelligence is key
• Eg. Crown Financial Ministries (www.crown.org/)

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Teaching Tasters (to come)!

• Financial intelligence
• The 10/10/80 Rule
• Earn, Spend, Taxed v Earn, Taxed, Spend
• How to get out of debt
• Why a job is only the first step
• The need for Charitable Organisations
• The need for Business Enterprises
• The need for Savings and Investments

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• What does the Bible say about obedience and money?

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Group Exercise

• What scriptures / biblical stories, which clearly
  talks to us about obedience and money, are you
  familiar with?
• Maximum of 3 examples per group

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My Favourite Bible Scriptures

• Blessings on Obedience (Deuteronomy 28 v 1 - 14)
• Blessings are conditional
• Do Not Rob God (Malachi 3 v 8 - 12)
• 10/10/80 Rule
• Give and You Shall Receive (Luke 6 v 38)
• Reciprocal law As you give you will receive

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Tax Basics

• Tax Evasion
• Tax Avoidance
• Tax Migitation (Tax Planning)
• Matthew 22 v 21 - Render unto Caesar the things
  which
• are Caesars and unto God the things that are
  Gods

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Tax Planning

• Individual Taxable Income Rate of Tax
• 0 2440 (savings only) 10
• 0 37400 20 (Basic Tax)
• Over 37,400 40 (Higher Tax)
• Over 150,000 50 (Higher Earners Tax)
• Small Companies 21
• (Up to 300,000)
• Medium Companies 21 - 28
• (300,000 to 1,500,000)
• Large Companies 28
• (Over 1,500,000)
• Charities Charitable activities tax exempt!

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• Salvation it is easy and free!
• Romans 10 v 9 (Paraphased)
• Confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and
  believe God raised him from the dead , you are
  saved!

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• In partnership with God
• Joshua 1 v 8 (Parapahsed)
• Speak the Word, mediate on the Word (day and
  night), follow what the Word says, then you shall
  make your way prosperous and have good success

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• God has good plans for us
• Jeremiah 29 v 11 (KJV)
• For I know the thoughts that I have toward you,
  saith the Lord, thought s of peace, and not of
  evil, to give you an expected end