BBC premarital counseling booklet-1 - Flipbook - Page 33
1.
Establish written plans and goals. A written goal provides a visible objective
standard towards which to work. In the home, that plan is called a budget. (Later
we will design a home budget.)
Proverbs 16:3 defines how to make our plans compatible with God’s will.
What is the first step? ________________________________________________
Proverbs 16:9 describes how that is accomplished.
What is our role? ____________________________________________________
What is God’s input? _________________________________________________
2.
Commit God’s portion first.
Although this principle is developed more fully later, it is an essential element in
any financial plan.
Discuss why that is true from the following scripture:
Proverbs 3:9-10 _____________________________________________________
2 Corinthians 9:11____________________________________________________
3.
Reduce or eliminate the use of credit.
In some families the total elimination of credit buying may not be feasible. However,
every family can reduce its use. As previously discussed, families in bondage must
stop the use of credit from getting out of control.
Proverbs 27:12 describes one who proceeds in the face of the future trouble as:
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