• Being Wise About Finances (seeker-friendly)
• Practical Christian Finances
• Reality of Debt Free Living
• Reality of Financial Freedom
• Financial Freedom: Breaking Free From Bondage 
• Honoring God with Our Finances

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Being Wise About Finances (seeker-friendly)

Money management is a personal and powerful matter in our lives. We live in a world that revolves around money….needing it, getting it, keeping it, managing it and saving it! Join the chat discussion today.

• What values shape how you spend your finances?
• Why is it important to be deliberate as a consumer? How does our culture affect our lifestyle choices?
• How does money affect a person?
• Discuss the thought, ‘Greed is not defined by what something costs but rather by what it costs you.’
• In what ways can debt control us?
• How can one change from money managing us to us managing money? Share how discipline and planning has helped you manage your finances.
• Define what true riches mean to you.
• How can money become the currency of self-worth?
• How can your life be made rich and prosperous by a relationship with God?

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Practial Christian Finances

Related Article: Are You a Financially Competent Woman?

http://www.womentodaymagazine.com/money/financialwoman.html

Finances can often seem to be our key to life or to the barriers of what we want to accomplish in life. This can cause incredible struggles and conflicts. Finances can also appear to be the ultimate answer and hope to all things. Unfortunately it does not always turn out to be that. There are times when we feel our finances are completely out of our control and in those times it is so difficult to imagine how we can put order into our financial world.

How we spend and handle our finances can reveal how we incorporate our values into our lives. God cares about our finances because He mentions finances frequently in His Word. Our finances is a vital aspect of who we are and how we live our lives. Please join us tonight as we share God’s perspective of finances.

• What is the practicality of involving God in our finances?
• How do we know that God is really interested in financial matters?
• What does the word of God say about finances?
• What is God’s financial plan for us, and how does that plan work?
• Should we plan for our future or should we live by faith everyday? How can you separate worry and future planning?
• Who is a woman’s provider?

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Reality of Debt Free Living Related Article: Digging Out Of Debt

http://www.womentodaymagazine.com/money/digoutofdebt.html
“Don’t Pay Until Next Spring” advertising tempts us. Many of us “buy” into the simple solution to obtain those things that our hearts desire. However, are we truly ahead when spring finally does come? The joy of the purchase often has long worn off and we are left to struggle with our endeavor to make those hefty payments. Please join us as we share tips as to how you can strive towards debt-free living.

• What does the Bible say about debt?
• What are some practical steps to getting out of debt?
• How can a person determine “good” debt and “bad” debt?
• What are some creative ways to save money?
• What are some concepts the Bible teaches about money?
• How can we develop some grounded values that will stop us from getting into debt?

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Reality of Financial Freedom

Related Article: How to Become Debt Free

http://www.christianwomentoday.com/money/debtfree.html

Many relationships are challenged by financial pressures. The freedom to focus on marriages and families is often lost in a debt-ridden home. The burdens can be so heavy that every issue becomes a conflict. Financial freedom is a reality and hope is available. Please join us as we discuss practical steps as to how you too can obtain financial freedom. If you are already there, please join us to share your ideas with others.

• How do finances affect our relationships?
• How can we resolve some of the conflicts that arise when dealing with finances?
• Is there an ideal budget system?
• How can one effectively communicate on financial issues with their spouse?
• Some people take the couch potato attitude towards work, others are work-a-holics, how do these differences affect our view on finances? –
• How does the value of contentment relate to our finances?
• How can one maintain a debt free living?

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Financial Freedom: Breaking Free From Bondage

Money can be a great tool, but it is a terrible tyrant when we allow it to control our lives. Many are in bondage, and may think that financial freedom is only a distant dream. Join us as we consider money, bondage and freedom.

• How do we keep our lives free from the love of money?
• Describe what financial bondage means.
• Does one have to have a lot of money or be in great debt to be preoccupied with money?
• What is the key to financial freedom?
• What does the Bible say about money?
• What does Matthew 25: 14-30 talk about? (parable of the loaned money)
• How can we better understand and implement good spending habits?
• What does contentment have to do with good stewardship and financial management?

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Honoring God with Our Finances

Related Article:Priorititizing Your Finances

http://www.christianwomentoday.com/money/prioritizingyourfinances.html

Spending money is a very personal issue. Is it possible that God cares how you spend your money and what percentage you spend on what? For anyone who has discovered the joy of giving, you will discover that God looks after us when our priorities are in line with His. Please join us as we discuss the reality of honoring God with our finances.

• What is a tithe?
• How does one determine how much and where to tithe?
• What creative ways can one tithe with an unsupportive spouse?
• How do you deal with tithing when confronted with financial difficulties?
• What are the benefits of tithing?