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Economic Empowerment Part 1: Attack Your Lack Series
Contributed by Ken Hubbard on Feb 2, 2010 (message contributor)
Summary: This sermon addresses an attitude of "lack" in relation to financial situation and how to combat it.
INTRO
He was a man that feared the Lord
Just because you love God doesn’t mean you won’t have lack
Pay your debt
Live on the rest
It’s always a challenge to deal with finances
o Whenever I deal with it while I am trying to help some not to make a mistake
o Those who have already messed up get mad
Example – divorce
o Some aren’t in the ditch
o Some are out of the ditch
o Some are heading toward the ditch
o I want to talk about the ditch
I realize the playing field is not level
The rules are different in different economic levels
o Rules change as you move from level to level
Example – language
People who constantly live in lack USE language different and different language than CEO’s
Rules – are different
o If you were a Kennedy you could sleep until noon
Body value is different
o Low levels of economy have a tendency to use your body to get over
Mentality is different
o What changes in the mind
o Will change in time
o If you have a poverty mindset – money won’t help you
o You will continue to bring your life back to the place of your mindset
o If you can’t handle $100, you can’t handle $1 Million
I’ve watched some get saved and right away give
Tithe
Talent
Time
Others been saved 20 years. And I still can’t change their mind
Faith will change your mind
Generosity
Stingy
Lack is based on 3 things
1. Mismanagement
2. Entitlement
3. Victimization
1. MISMANAGEMENT
• Almost every parable that Jesus teaches
• Has to do with people mismanaging what God has given them
• The Bible teaches that if you mismanage what God gave you
• You’re not allowed to ask for more!
o I mismanaged – haven’t asked for more
• This takes responsibility off the devil
o And on you
• The good news is that if mismanagement is creating lack
• Then appropriate management can end your lack
o Attack your lack
o Make a plan
o Stop casting out devils
o Men, let your wife be a help mate
EXAMPLE: If your utility bill is too high because you leave the front door open
Then stop yelling at the devil and close the door!
• Management of money changes based on where you’re at!
• And where you’re trying to go
EXAMPLES
2. ENTITLEMENT
• Walking through life acting like the world owes you something
EXAMPLE: When my mom was on welfare & food stamps
She never acted like the world owed her
She took it as a leg up! She paid tithes on her food stamps
• Quit waiting for someone else to get you through
We have particular target
Even the church
The church isn’t a bank
Waiting for someone to see how bad you had it and give you their:
o Car
o House
o Money
It won’t happen
When you realize that you don’t deserve anything but have access to everything
Then you can be blessed
3. VICTIMIZATION
• I was a victim
• I never learned about abundance
• Don’t walk around through life with your theme song being gloom despair and agony on me.
• Victim mindset trying to tell everyone how bad you have it.
• Thoughts from our text
o There is situational lack and
o There is generational lack
Situational Lack came from an unforeseen situation
• Economy
• Layoffs
• Real estate down turn
EXAMPLE ROC Church
Built, Borrowed
Then economy, etc.
• If the situational lack is not taken care of
o Don’t let situation become a stronghold
• If the situational lack is prolonged
o It grows roots
o Establishes ground
o Becomes a mindset
• Then the situational lack becomes a generational lack
• Situation – Father died (life insurance ) for my natural and church family
• The creditors are coming
• Generational – now the boys will be enslaved to work out of the hole the father’s situation put them in.
o Remember, the playing field isn’t always level.
o Got a loan at 15, couldn’t go to college
• Go borrow (verse 3)
Owe no man means; pay your bill on-time
Note; borrowing isn’t always bad
Good debt vs. bad debt
This borrowing was going to make her money
If you could buy a $200,000 house for $75,000
• Go borrow the money
Don’t go borrow money to buy a couch because relatives are coming over
With no payments until 2010
