1. FINANCIAL FITNESS PT.2 *Cell phone companies have rollover minutes that are able to be used in the next month when not used up. *Financial Fitness is when money from one month rolls over into the next because we don’t spend it all in one month.

2. FINANCIAL FITNESS PT.2 *Money is not the root of all evil. 1Timothy6:10 “For the LOVE OF MONEY is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” (EX: JUDAS)

3. FINANCIAL FITNESS PT.2 3 STEPS TO FINANCIAL FITNESS 1.USE MONEY! DON’T LET IT USE YOU! MATT.6:24(NLT) "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” 2.PAY WHO YOU OWE: ECC.5:5 “Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”

4. FINANCIAL FITNESS PT.2 3 STEPS TO FINANCIAL FITNESS 3.INVEST YOUR MONEY! MATTHEW25:14-30 A.)VS.15- God gives us money according to our abilities; If we are wondering why we don’t have more, we may not be doing anything with what we already have. B.)VS.16 & 17- The person with 5 talents and the one with 2 talents both doubled their money. We ought to always look for Godly and legal ways to double our money.

5. FINANCIAL FITNESS PT.2 3 STEPS TO FINANCIAL FITNESS 3.INVEST YOUR MONEY! MATTHEW25:14-30 C.)VS.18- The one with one talent got mad and hid his talent in the earth. How many times do we make stupid financial decisions because we are upset about our situation. -Never make financial decisions from emotions. D.)VS.19- The Lord comes. -God is holding us accountable for how we handle our money.

6. FINANCIAL FITNESS PT.2 3 STEPS TO FINANCIAL FITNESS 3.INVEST YOUR MONEY! MATTHEW25:14-30 E.)VS.19-23 The ones with 5 talents and 2 talents were promoted because of how they handled what they had. -It does not matter how much we make if we can’t handle our money. -We must be faithful with what we have.

7. FINANCIAL FITNESS PT.2 3 STEPS TO FINANCIAL FITNESS 3.INVEST YOUR MONEY! MATTHEW25:14-30 F.)VS.24-25 The one with one talent made an excuse to his Lord. How many excuses will we make as to why we are in the financial situation we are in? G.)VS.28-29 The Lord takes away from the servant who had little and gives to the one who had much. -God would rather take from those who have little and give to those who have much to see his resources maximized than give to those with little and see his resources squandered.