“Wise people store up choice things but a foolish person consumes everything he has” (Proverbs 21:20). Ever wonder how people who seemed not to have much end up with significant amounts of money when they need it? 

“He who gathers money little by little makes it grow” (Proverbs 13:11). Some of the harshest words Jesus spoke were about the “wicked” servant who didn’t put the master’s money in the bank so it would earn interest (see: Matthew 25:27).

“We spend everything we earn (and more) and then complain how unfair it is when we can’t make it through a rainy day. Here’s a 2,000 year old news flash… It’s gonna rain! Are you ready for a stormy year?”(Glen Williams, EHF, Web-church.com)

The Bible says that “it rains on the just and the unjust” so we can count on the fact that we will encounter storms at times. And when the storms come, we can also lose a lot in the process. That’s when we can encounter financial problems.

But how do we deal with situations like that? The Bible also talks about being prepared for the storms. “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.”

Below are three articles that will help you to deal with financial trouble so when a “storm” hits, you are better prepared, or if you are currently going through a financial storm, you can learn some ways to get through it and also learn how to better build your financial house on a more solid footing.

One article is written by Dennis Rainey and is posted on the web site for the ministry of Family Life Today, another is written by Deborah McNauton, and is posted on the web site for Marriage Partnership Magazine. And the last one is written by Mary Hunt and is posted on the web site for Crosswalk. Click onto the links below to read each one:

• HOW DO WE DEAL WITH FINANCIAL TROUBLE?
• SURVIVING FINANCIAL CRISIS
• RECOGNIZING CRITICAL FINANCIAL DECISION POINTS
  

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