The Journey from Financial Slavery Life is a journey and we all have the choice as to how we choose to travel and where we choose to travel in this lifetime. The journey of the Children of Israel, from slavery in Egypt through the backside of the desert wilderness to the Promised land in Canaan, […]
Wealth
The Shrewd Manager
How could Jesus commend the Shrewd Manager? Perhaps you’ve noticed there are some difficult passages in the Bible. I’ll be honest, the parable of the shrewd manager is one which irritated me for years. If you are not familiar with it, Jesus tells the story of a business owner who discovers that he has a dishonest […]
The Wealthy Messiah
The Poor or the Wealthy Messiah? The Christmas story of Jesus birth has been so distorted that without fail people believe that Jesus was born in a stable because his parents were so poor that they could not afford to stay in the inn. But the truth is that Jesus: the wealthy messiah was born […]
The Promised Land
The Bible uses many metaphors to teach principles. One such metaphor is the nation of Egypt which represented slavery to the system of the world, in other words, survival or dependence on man. God miraculously delivered Israel from Egypt and took his people through the desert, a place that was used to make them independent from […]
Our Responsibility
Deuteronomy 8:18 reveals that there is an action required on our part in order to be entrusted with greater wealth. It goes back to the “seek and you shall find” principle. You have to seek to find it. Great wealth doesn’t just fall from the sky and land in our laps as we sit and […]
Agents of Change
Miracles are great but they are not the best that the Lord has for us. Receiving a miracle of healing is great when you need bypass surgery except that without a lifestyle change you will soon need another miracle. Similarly, a financial miracle is great when you are desperate for provision but without a lifestyle change you […]
Teach a Girl to Hunt
My Grandfather was a highliner off the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. Despite his success as a fisherman bringing in some of the biggest hauls of fish, his son took to big game hunting as a young man for subsistence living and it became one of his life-long passions. And, so it was that […]