HOW WISE PEOPLE BUILD WEALTH (2 OF 4)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Proverbs 22:22-28
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How Wise People Build Wealth (2 of 4)
Series: Financial Fitness: Wisdom from Proverbs
Scott Maze
Proverbs 22:22-28
On January 19, 1901, few knew the future of the Texas economy was about to experience a seismic shift forward. In a matter of days, the oil geyser in little Beaumont, Texas, called Spindletop, produced more oil than the rest of the world's oil wells - combined. In fact, everything that runs on oil in our day, from cars to jet fighters - all of this began at Spindletop. The wildcatters who discovered oil made a lot of money. They collected airplanes, ranches, and words of are like they were candy. Texas is legendary with the stories of big oilmen with even bigger money. These men had so much money ... obscene amounts of money, one would use a $100 bill as a bow tie while another rode a pet lion in order to meet his mailman. One Houston oilman's wife even wrote the Smithsonian to ask if the Hope Diamond was for sale. Hitting a gusher was hitting the mother load. Having this kind of money was to end all your problems. Is money and having enough money really one of the biggest goals in life?
Series Introduction
We are devoting several weeks to the wisdom of Proverbs in the area we are calling, Financially Fit. Money is such an important issue for our everyday lives. Some of you remember 1992 when our nation was in a recession. Future President Bill Clinton's campaign strategist, James Carville, coined a phrase that is still with this. In an effort to unseat then President George Herbert Walker Bush, Carville, told a group of Clinton campaign workers a slight variation of these famous: ''It's the economy, stupid.'' Carville notes what often drives elections and clouds other important issues - it's the money issue And it's just for this reason, we need to speak about the important subject of money - how we earn, spend it, save it, and share it.
Financially Fit is Faith at Home resource series. You received a handout in your worship guide. ...
Series: Financial Fitness: Wisdom from Proverbs
Scott Maze
Proverbs 22:22-28
On January 19, 1901, few knew the future of the Texas economy was about to experience a seismic shift forward. In a matter of days, the oil geyser in little Beaumont, Texas, called Spindletop, produced more oil than the rest of the world's oil wells - combined. In fact, everything that runs on oil in our day, from cars to jet fighters - all of this began at Spindletop. The wildcatters who discovered oil made a lot of money. They collected airplanes, ranches, and words of are like they were candy. Texas is legendary with the stories of big oilmen with even bigger money. These men had so much money ... obscene amounts of money, one would use a $100 bill as a bow tie while another rode a pet lion in order to meet his mailman. One Houston oilman's wife even wrote the Smithsonian to ask if the Hope Diamond was for sale. Hitting a gusher was hitting the mother load. Having this kind of money was to end all your problems. Is money and having enough money really one of the biggest goals in life?
Series Introduction
We are devoting several weeks to the wisdom of Proverbs in the area we are calling, Financially Fit. Money is such an important issue for our everyday lives. Some of you remember 1992 when our nation was in a recession. Future President Bill Clinton's campaign strategist, James Carville, coined a phrase that is still with this. In an effort to unseat then President George Herbert Walker Bush, Carville, told a group of Clinton campaign workers a slight variation of these famous: ''It's the economy, stupid.'' Carville notes what often drives elections and clouds other important issues - it's the money issue And it's just for this reason, we need to speak about the important subject of money - how we earn, spend it, save it, and share it.
Financially Fit is Faith at Home resource series. You received a handout in your worship guide. ...
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