Danger Signs: Entering the Debt Trap!

1. Living on                                instead of                     .

   "Don't withhold repayment of your debts. Don't say `some other time,' if you can pay now."
   Proverbs 3:27-28

   • shows a lack of                                                         (Luke 3:14)

   •                                          on the future (Proverbs 27:1)

2. Delaying                                          or paying the                                    .

   "Let no debt remain outstanding."
   Romans 13:8 (NIV)

3. Unable to                           or                     .

   "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob Me. But you ask, `How do we rob You?' In tithes and offerings."
   Malachi 3:8 (NIV)

   "The wise man saves for the future, but the foolish man spends whatever he gets."
   Proverbs 21:20 (LB)

4. Unable to                                          .

   "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."
   Matthew 22:21 (NIV)

5. Extravagant                                         .

   "Indulging in luxuries, wine, and food will never make you wealthy."
   Proverbs 21:17 (GN)

6. Looking for                                                                ideas.

   "Steady plodding brings prosperity; hasty speculation brings poverty."
   Proverbs 21:5 (LB)

   "Dreaming instead of doing is foolishness."
   Ecclesiastes 5:7 (LB)

Step Out Of the Debt Trap

1. Debt of Sin --                                         

   But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
   Romans 5:8

2. The right motivation

   I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
   Philippians 4:13

3.                                to becoming debt free                !

   "The wicked borrow and do not repay"
   Psalm 37:21 (NIV)

4. Start paying                 and                                first.

   "The purpose of tithing is to teach you always to put God first in your lives."
   Deuteronomy 14:23 (LB)

5. Get good                                and establish a                     

   "Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity"
   Proverbs 21:5 (NLT)

   "Get advice if you want your plans to work."
   Proverbs 20:18 (NCV)

6. Add no                      !

   "Be content with what you have"
   Hebrews 13:5 (NIV)

7.                                                                   !

   "Let us not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't get discouraged and give up."
   Galatians 6:9 (LB)