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Five more things to do to find financial freedom
1
Cook a meal — Discover the kitchen occasionally and reduce the number of take-aways. Almost everyone enjoys eating out occasionally. So make it part of your “entertainment” budget; but then stick to it. Save to eat at a nice place for special events rather than squandering it on fast food non-events.
2
Get in the car — Take a local holiday — there are interesting things to see and fun things to do within a day’s drive of where you live. People spend hundreds of dollars they can’t afford to travel thousands of miles to see things they might not remember next year.
3
Don’t keep up with the Jones’s — They’re in debt, too (and you can be sure they won’t make your payments for you)! Envy is the desire to achieve based on the observation of other people’s successes. Don’t set your goals based on what others have. In the long run envy and wanting what other people have will still leave you empty, because you’ll never have enough.
4
Keep the “ultimate driving machine” — You know…the one that’s paid for. Most people buy new cars because they don’t budget car-maintenance money for the car they own; when it breaks down they can’t afford to repair it.
5
The number one thing you can do to find Financial Freedom: If you are a Christian you can pray each day before you pay because emotional and spiritual balance will lead to Financial Freedom. So ask God to guide you and give you strength to follow the first nine steps; they are expanded and explained further at our Web site www.crown.org.nz. If you are not a Christian I suggest you turn to page 11 to discover how you may become one.

Don’t be resentful for what you don’t have. Instead be grateful for what God has provided. God’s provision is true whether you know Him personally or not. The issue is whether we want to acknowledge He is our provider or not. Financial Freedom will bring contentment; and contentment grows out of an attitude of gratitude.

Courtesy Crown Financial Ministries New Zealand, www.crown.org.nz

 
Challenge Good News Paper - 342 December 2011



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