![]() ![]() Financial humility is living within our means, being generous and helping others when we can. HUMILITY (counteracts pride)īeing in touch with who you truly are – not considering yourself to be better or worse than you actually are. Having a bad relationship with money can wreck pretty much every aspect of our lives, but exercising temperance and living with a well-designed plan can free us up to enjoy it beyond belief. intentionally living within our means, being generous to causes we care for, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, an up to date estate plan, appropriate insurance for ourselves and our possessions and a financial future that is helpful to both our children and our future self. In financial terms, temperance might be best described as having a budget or adhering to a financial plan… i.e. It takes radical strength to maintain balance when the world around us is so consumed with gluttonous behavior. ![]() Seeks moderation, balance, self-control and restraint… while it can sound weak, it is very much in fact the opposite. If we take the “LOGG” acronym for the 4 things you can do with money (Live/Owe/Give/Grow) and we draw our own personal pie chart, which slice of your pie is oversized? Which is undersized? Ideally, what does your pie chart look like next month, next year, in 5 years, in 10? If we want to be more fiscally responsible, we can map it out, we can set goals and diligently move towards them. This is about using our talents, gifts and attributes for growth and the good of our community and ourselves.ĭiscipline is the bridge between who we are and who we want to be. DILIGENCE AND PERSEVERANCE (counteracts sloth)Ī personal favorite, perseverance develops when we diligently move toward a goal. If we can simplify the money conversation, we can make money a tool for accomplishing greater good, rather than let money enslave us to climb a ladder of lies. Live on it, owe it (taxes or debt), give it away or grow it (invest, build a business etc). There are only 4 things you can do with it: Live, Owe, Give, Grow. ![]() Money is simply a means to an end – a multiplier of what’s already inside of us. ![]() money cannot buy happiness (as if happiness is the be all end all goal anyway – happiness cannot hold a candle to joy!) Material or monetary satisfaction cannot fill the void or emptiness we seek because there is no top of the socioeconomic ladder on which we can stand fulfilled. In financial terms, purity is simply not letting money be your god… i.e. This particular type of giving is nothing short of intoxicating – and once discovered cannot ever be fully satisfied or complete. In my experience, giving is at its most pure when we seek nothing in return, when there is no award, reward or expectation of recognition. It is about listening, discerning when someone is in need and opening our hearts to them. Giving is not limited to a cut of our income – giving is about being present to anyone in our home, office, or community. I’m not sure we can classify our standard of giving as “sacrificial” overall, but I do believe the more we give, the more we see we have to give. Another stat I’ve heard which fascinates me is, Americans spend more money on Halloween costumes… for their pets… than we share with the poorest people groups on Earth (source: Andrew Scott, Operation Mobilization US). One of my favorite quotes from our Pastor is “Increase your standard of giving, not only your standard of living.” Statistics vary but generous Americans on average give something like 2-2.5% of their income. An attitude of unselfishness, sharing ourselves and our possessions with others. ![]()
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