2 Corinthians 5:17 5:17 What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone.

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2 Corinthians 5:17 5:17 What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun! John 10:10 “…. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. “

Extreme Makeover: Finance Edition 2 Corinthians 5:17 What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun! John 8:32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Extreme Makeover: Finance Edition (pt1) God’s Financial Plan is not About #1 Name it and Claim it #2 Becoming wealthy and living on an island of your choice. God’s Financial Plan is About FINANCIAL FREEDOM! Lord, Makeover my FINANCES!

Extreme Makeover: Finance Edition Psalm 118:5 (NCV) “I was in trouble, so I called to the Lord; he answered me and set me free.

What matters Most? 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge,

Extreme Makeover: Finance Edition Solomon’s Distress Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 2:10 Anything I wanted, I got. I did not deny myself any pleasure. I was proud of everything I had worked for, and all this was my reward. 2:11 Then I thought about all that I had done and how hard I had worked doing it, and I realized that it didn't mean a thing. It was like chasing the wind of no use at all.

True Meaning of Finances Ecclesiastes 5:10,13,15 (NLT) 5:10 Those who love money will never have enough. How absurd to think that wealth brings true happiness! 5:13 There is another serious problem I have seen in the world. Riches are sometimes hoarded to the harm of the saver, 5:15 People who live only for wealth come to the end of their lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day they were born.

Extreme Makeover: Finance Edition It doesn’t matter how much you make… It’s what you do with what is placed in your hands. Ecclesiastes 7:13 Notice the way God does things; then fall into line. Don't fight the ways of God, for who can straighten out what he has made crooked?

God wants us Financially Free and Prosperous Deut. 8:18 Always remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you power to become rich, and he does it to fulfill the covenant he made with your ancestors. Deut. 28:12 The LORD will send rain at the proper time from his rich treasury in the heavens to bless all the work you do. You will lend to many nations, but you will never need to borrow from them. Luke 12:32 "So don't be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.