The document discusses how to weather financial storms. It advises building wisely by being content with what you have, storing up treasure in heaven through generosity and seeking God's kingdom, and being a good steward of what God has entrusted. It also questions whether you are ready for storms and have faith to endure them, referencing biblical stories of Jesus calming a storm and overcoming the world's troubles.

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2. Finances -Weathering the Storm
Are you ready for the storm?
• John 16:33 “In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
• Job 5:7 “Yet man is born to trouble as surely as
sparks fly upward.”
• Do not be surprised when situations come
which seriously test your faith

3. Are you building wisely?
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them
into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The
rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat
against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on
the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does
not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on
sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew
and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
Matthew 7:24 – 27 NIV
Finances -Weathering the Storm

4. Are you building wisely?
“Stability is necessary for our future economic success. The
British economy of the future must be built not on the
shifting sands of boom and bust, but on the bedrock of
prudent and wise economic management for the long term.
It is only these firm foundations that we can raise Britain’s
underlying economic performance.”
Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 20 May 1997
Finances -Weathering the Storm

5. Are you building wisely?
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them
into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The
rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat
against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on
the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does
not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on
sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew
and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
Matthew 7:24 – 27 NIV
Finances -Weathering the Storm

6. Are you building wisely?
1. Be content with what you have
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money
and be content with what you have, because
God has said,
“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5-6 (NIV)
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7. Finances -Weathering the Storm
Are you building wisely?
2. Store up treasure in Heaven
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where
moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and
steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not
break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV)
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8. Are you building wisely?
3. Be a good steward
20 The man who had received five bags of gold brought the
other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags
of gold. See, I have gained five more.’
21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant!
You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in
charge of many things. Come and share your master’s
happiness!’
Matthew 25:20-21 (NIV)
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9. Are you building wisely?
1. Be content with what you have
– Do not covet or be greedy
– Be satisfied in God
2. Store up treasure in Heaven
– Seek first His Kingdom
– Give generously
3. Be a good steward
– Be wise with what God has entrusted to you
– Live free from debt
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Do you have faith to ride out the storm?
35 That day when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Let us go over to the
other side.’ 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in
the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and
the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the
stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher,
don’t you care if we drown?’ 39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the
waves, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
40 He said to his disciples, ‘Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?’
41 They were terrified and asked each other, ‘Who is this? Even the wind and the
waves obey him!’
Mark 4:35-41 (NIV)
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11. Are you building wisely?
1. Be content with what you have
– Do not covet or be greedy
– Be satisfied in God
2. Store up treasure in Heaven
– Seek first His Kingdom
– Give generously
3. Be a good steward
– Be wise with what God has entrusted to you
– Live free from debt
Finances -Weathering the Storm

12. • Are you ready for the storm?
• Are you building wisely?
• Do you have faith to ride out the storm?
Finances -Weathering the Storm