“Stay plugged into the Woman Evolve community: www.womanevolve.com www.womanevolve.tv download the app from any mobile device’s app store, first 7 days are FREE! Want to support this ministry? Text GIVE to (833) 611-9066 or click here FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIALS: Instagram: Women Evolve and Sarah Jakes Roberts Twitter: Woman Evolve and SJakesRoberts Facebook: Woman Evolve and Sarah Jakes RobertsWoman Evolve TV app! ”
you see I’m the first one in my family
to effectively manage my finances now
those children that I thought that I had
failed and that I felt so guilty of
bringing them through everything with me
they honor God and they are good money
managers as well
that house that went into foreclosure
three times is now an investment
property so someone is being blessed
living there I literally changed the
tides for generations to come
and so can you that’s my goal for you
it’s because it’s for the future
remember this is all for the future
you literally came to the right place
because I’m passionate about money and
I’m passionate about helping you
sometimes the world just Turns Upside
Down and we don’t have the tools order
resources to ride out the storms or to
just kind of keep holding on
and let’s be honest a lot of people are
living the the Instagram life where
everything looks perfect and it looks
like everything is all together but
behind the scenes it’s a total mess
comparing themselves to others spending
more money than they have experiencing
sleepless nights
having the day-to-day worries of paying
the bills and feeding your family and
one job isn’t enough I know that all so
well
and then we ask when is the struggle
going to stop when will I ever get ahead
you know we spend more time on social
media than we do working on the things
that God has given us to do
if you’re like me my spirit was saying I
shouldn’t be here this is this whole
situation is lying on me I should be
here God has more for me than this
over the last 10 plus years and
thousands of people that I’ve worked
with in the financial workshops I hear
the same recurring worries and fears I
want to do better but I don’t even know
where to start
I have a budget but I don’t seem to stay
be able to stay on track
I make 250 000 plus dollars a year and I
have no idea where my money is going
no matter how hard I try
I just can’t keep up with the bills it’s
never ever enough
and the two top things that I hear the
most that people come to me for help
with is credit card debt and student
loans
I’m drowning in debt and I don’t know
how to get out of it
at the start of my financial workshops I
always ask people what their expectation
is you see I like clear communication I
want to be I want to make sure that what
you’re asking me to help you with that
I’m able to do it and I’m clear to tell
you if I can’t do that or not in most
cases when it comes to money I can I
either can or I can show you where to go
to get your help
but the most common answers that people
ask me is or the most common answers
that they give me when I ask their
expectations is I want peace I want
empowerment I want stability I need hope
I want hope I want accountability I want
to learn money management and I want
Financial Freedom
today
did I tell you that this you are
destined to be in here I know it because
we’ve been praying for you today I’m
going to give you tools to move past
many of your fears and your challenges
because it is enough of just getting by
those days are gone it’s time to start
multiplying your coins not just for
today but it’s for the future
so now I want to teach you how to marry
your works with your faith so we know
we’ve had Faith here we need to bring
that work the works up
so let’s get started with putting a
little work with our faith let’s roll up
our sleeves
I want you to get a notepad and a pen
because we’re going to class and you’re
gonna have to take notes and if you’ve
ever been in any of my workshops I give
you homework
because we need it to stick
and I also want to tell you that this is
hard soil that we’re digging up so a few
times you’re going to say ouch but don’t
worry about that you’re in a safe place
and we’re going to move past all of that
but you must address it
think of yourself as a
farmer
we’re digging up an area of soil that’s
now that hasn’t been tilled that has
it’s just hard soil so we’re digging up
hard soil we’re going to dig it up we’re
going to plant some seeds God is going
to water it and you’re going to have a
harvest
so let’s get started take a deep breath
and relax
and let’s go
so two questions I want to ask you
and I want you to take a moment to
answer yes or no just take a moment and
think about it and answer yes or no the
first question is are you partnering
with God
that means are you consistent consistent
being the key word
with honoring God with your tithes and
your offerings
consistency is a lifestyle
it’s not paying your tithes when you
have the money and then when things get
tight you don’t
and it’s not giving your offerings and
calling that as tides
in question I’m going to ask you is are
you effectively managing what he has
given you effectively managing is the
key word meaning it’s a lifestyle
do you use a monthly budget
do you know how much you need to run
your household
either for your business and your
household do you know how much you need
monthly for that
do you hold yourself accountable for
what’s coming in and what’s going out
and do you have a savings and an
emergency
so we take a minute with that
now my guess is that you’ve answered no
to at least one of those questions
don’t feel bad
remember my story
I answered no to everything
that’s how I can relate to you with all
of this
literally all you have to do is add and
subtract God is going to multiply he
literally is going to multiply that’s
what he does best
he’ll multiply once we start honoring
him and once we put things in order
I’m reminded in Matthew 14 of the two
fish in the five loaves of bread
and nothing was wasted Not only was
nothing wasted oh my God but they had 12
baskets left over if that’s not
multiplication I don’t know what is from
two fish and five loaves of bread
so we have to do the first make the
first things first we have to put God
first with our tithes and offerings
can you honor God above everything
forsaking all things and give to him
first no matter if the cell phone is due
no matter if the electric bill is due
can you honor him and give to him first
before you get started with divvying up
your money it literally is like building
an altar I’m reminded in the Book of
Joshua every time he went in to possess
the land and God was with him he didn’t
do anything before he went and created
and built an aunt an altar for God it’s
like building an altar honoring God
that’s amazing
when you honor God with your money
you’re acknowledging that he and he
alone is your only source that’s the
absolute truth he and he alone is your
only source
that’s ushering in and when you’re
saying that to him that’s ushering in an
intimacy that’s so rich and so pure and
so much blesses God
from him blessing us
and then I’ll also ask can you be
obedient to the word
do what the word says and then can you
stand on the Promises
of Malachi 3 10-12 when it comes to your
tithes of second Corinthians 9 6 through
10 when it comes to your offering can
you do what those scriptures ask you to
do and then can you stand on the promise
and wait until you see the Promise
manifesting
it never takes long we have to pay God
first that puts us in alignment that
puts us in Covenant and that puts us in
partnership with God the best place you
can ever be
not just with your money but in anything
in life
so number two second point now we’re
going into Mastering the Art of Money
Management
so I go back to a question I asked
before how are you managing it
are you being a good Steward of what God
has given you
you can answer that you see money is
only a resource it’s the vehicle that
takes you where you want to go
you can have as many game plans business
plans the ideas that you have unless you
have that vehicle which is your finances
in order which is the money to make that
thing happen it’s still just going to be
in black and white and on paper it’s not
going to come to fruition
your budget is your blueprint your game
plan your part of your strategy it’s
literally part of your strategy
but most importantly and I found this
out that it’s your place of peace
when you don’t have to worry about your
rent your bills have spending more and
and not having enough
when you don’t have to worry about that
on a monthly basis there is a peace that
comes over you
there is a creativity that begins to
flow and start in you
it’s a place of peace that if you ever
get there you’ll never ever ever move
out of that spot
I know what I’m talking about with those
three children and my story
I know you think you know what you need
so did I I know we got it all up here
but it’s not real until you write it
down just like that business plan isn’t
real until you write it down
and until you write it down how do you
know if you’re on track or off track
you can’t manage what you don’t measure
you can’t you don’t know if you actually
spent what you said you were going to
spend you have to have it written down
think about what you would accomplish if
you were not worried about money
I know people ask those questions but if
you were not worried about money what
would you be doing
so
let’s remember we pay God first and put
him in divine order and position now we
go to another sore spot that I hear with
people that are not doing it we pay
ourselves second
it’s God first a second and then your
expenses
we pay ourselves second you were never
ever meant to work and not have
something to show for it that was never
to be John 10 10 says that he came that
we would have life and have it more
abundantly
how am I going to have it more
abundantly if I don’t have something for
myself never give to someone else
without having something for yourself
that should be savings that should be
emergency what’s the difference between
savings and emergency savings is to
actually save for something save a nest
egg save and put it to the side your
emergency is for when life happens and
life will happen
but you don’t have to be taken out when
life happens