Friday, June 6, 2008

Overcoming Debt Burdens

By Rev. Stephen Okhutu
+256 712 734 661
s_okhu@yahoo.com

The Lord will open the heavens to bless all the work of your hands. You
will lend to nations but Will borrow from none.

A brief study in today's deliverance crusades reveals that almost half of the problem that people seek deliverance is Debt burden.

Unless I teach you how to control your debts, my efforts to help you prosper will be in vain.
You will agree with me that all what God want you to be is a prospered being, regardless of your current situation.

Have you considered how much you spent last month? then ask yourself, did I spent my money in useful ventures? Am emphasising money because it is the major cause of problems in today's life.

Most people spend a lifetime trying to please others while suffering silently.

I know of a lady who tried to deceive the world that she is well off. In the process she borrowed from all avenues in order to fulfil her mission. This lasted for a short while until debts characterised her life.

Is this not the trend in which people are living? Borrowing and spending unnecessarily to please others instead of spending carefully to plan for their life!

Tips on Debt relief.
Let me first handle the preventive measures to help you minimise debts lest you fail to solve the problem after falling into it!

Before you start spending your money, Budget! It will be stupid to buy things which you will afterwards regret buying!

Previously I asked some of the youths here what they can do with $10,000 in case they get it by luck. Some of them told me that this may be the beginning of their death! while others said they will first buy 'Good' food and eat, drink until they are satisfied!

If it were you, how would you spend this money? Do you have a ready plan for such huge amounts of money?

before buying anything, ask yourself, do I want it? If you want it then ask yourself, Do I need it? this will help you from buying things you don't need but just want it because someone has bought it!

But still, even when you need it, again ask yourself, Can I do without it? if the answer is yes, then you should postpone it and spend the money in another thing. Simple!

Avoid following other people's ideas. You may also do the same thing but with your idea and this will make more important to you!

Let me give an example, We all need clothes. But do you need to spend half of your monthly income on a trouser and become a begger afterwards when you can get one that can even make you look more smarter at less than quarter the price of the other? And yes, when you are buying it, who do you intend to please, you or that person in your community?

I think in everything you do, it is better for you to be satisfied before you could think of pleasing others because they may even fail to be pleased!

Money Will never satisfy anybody unless we control our expenditures. But when you get credit from anyone, make sure you pay back, always avoid your debts to be written off because this may affects your financial image. Most people write off debts only to get rid of their debtors. So please don't fall in that category, work and think hard to solve your financial problems.

Remember Friends are better than your blood relatives (Poverbs 27:10), so if you are to destroy the relationship with your friends, do it at your own risk! Don't pay your debts and you will be sucessful in creating enemies around yourself!

May be I should tell you this before I stop this article, do you know that people are the avenue through wich God blesses you? However much you pray, however much you fast, all the money you want will come through people. It is through people that God will answer your prayers, so treat them in the very way you wish to be treated.

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