Mix Tape: Finding the Right Mix for your Money

“Arguments about money are by far the top predictor of divorce,” - Sonya Britt

“It doesn’t matter how much money you have or don’t have. Couples fight about money regardless of what their income is. Some couples argue over whether to go to Barbados or Europe for their vacation; other couples fight over whether they can afford a vacation at all. Higher incomes can reduce stress, but they don’t stop the fighting.” - Les Parrott

"32% of married adults said that money was the most important issue for couples to discuss prior to getting married." - Les Parrott

“Research indicates that married people experience less poverty and more prosperity than any other living arrangement, including being single or living together." - Ann & Chuck Bentley

1. Understand Belongs to God.

…for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. 1 Chronicles 29:11-12

Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness! Matthew 25:21

2. Keep No .

“You are only as sick as your secrets.”

There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs. Luke 12:2-3

3. Make a .

Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare. Proverbs 20:13

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man. Proverbs 24:33-34

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! Proverbs 6:6

- Financial Goals

- Budget

- Deal with Debt

We want you to be equipped to do these three exercises so we have put three worksheets up online for you to set financial goals, map out a budget, and then to retire debt. You can find them on our website at www.sagebrush.church/money.

4. Communicate, , Communicate.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Matthew 19:5-6

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12