Steps to Increasing Your Wealth God’s Way
Are you ready for the challenges of a potential recession? In my 67 years I’ve seen many of them, and if we are not in one now, we will be soon. As concerns about housing prices, rising consumer debt, and declining retail sales grow, and the crazy stock market fluctuations many Americans are feeling overwhelmed by financial stress and anxiety. In fact, according to the American Psychological Association, money is a top source of stress for eight out of ten Americans. But never fear my friend, amidst the uncertainty, there is hope!
In Learn How to Maximize Your Money, author Don Nicely offers biblical insights and practical strategies to help you recession-proof your life. With a foundation built on God’s principles, this book reveals the secrets to not just surviving, but thriving in challenging economic times. Remember, if you are a believer, your father owns the bakery—there’s no need to worry about bread!
What You Will Discover:
Being Blessed Is More Than Money: Discover the true meaning of blessings beyond financial wealth.
Learn How To Biblically Multiply Your Money: Learn effective strategies to grow your wealth and make your money work for you.
Identify Any Necessary Adjustments: Discover what changes you need to make in your financial habits to adapt to current economic conditions.
How To Build a Solid Financial Structure: Gain insights into creating a robust financial foundation that can withstand economic downturns.
Learn How To Actually Reap From What You Sow: Understand the importance of giving and investing wisely, and how it can lead to greater financial blessings.
Freedom from Greed: Learn how to break free from the shackles of greed and embrace a more fulfilling life.
Understanding the God of Mammon: Explore the biblical perspective on wealth and materialism.
Facing a Recession Without Fear: Equip yourself with strategies to remain calm and resilient during economic downturns.
And So Much More!: This book is filled with practical insights and guidance to help you thrive, no matter the economic climate.
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Learn How to Maximize Your Money is more than just a financial guide; it’s a roadmap for aligning your financial decisions with God’s principles. Don Nicely provides readers with the tools to manage stress during tough economic times and transform their financial future.
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Get A Glimpse Inside the Book…Introduction
God Wants You To Increase
In this very informative book on learning how to maximize your money we are going to take a journey in the land of God’s blessing. I truly believe that God is so tired of his people in the modern world living in worldly squalor. Living so far below what he has planned for them. Especially since they are children of the king of the universe. We who live in the western world are put here so we can bless the rest of the world that isn’t as fortunate as us. Remember that God often blesses us to be a blessing.
But first let me get this straight and settled in your mind. I don’t really believe for one minute that a person’s prosperity is a sign of God’s favor. There are many people prospering financially in this world that are not in God’s will. I have seen people in Romanian churches that by prosperity’s standards have nothing of any means of wealth. But they were so rich in God’s will. When I came home from Romania, I felt so guilty of having so much in my life, while they had so little. Then I remembered the comforting scripture in the book of Genesis where God says he is blessing us so that we may be a blessing for him. I am blessed so much in this life so those little Romanian orphans can have Christmas boxes for Christmas. And firewood in the wintertime to heat their homes. And of course, food in their bellies.
In this detailed book, we are going to be looking very carefully at certain biblical patterns that God has put in place for us, as well as how to recognize the seasons of increase opportunities, and how to create streams of increase to actually reap from for years to come. Biblical ways that God is wanting to help his people receive from the windows of heaven.
So many good books simply teach you how to sow. But do they actual ever teach you how to reap? This book will attempt to do just that. But before we move on to that important truth there is one thing that must be settled in your heart. Before you can expect to receive anything from God.
You have to have one thing really settled in your heart. And that is that God does want you to increase financially? Until that simple fact becomes real to you. All the valuable information in the world will be of no real assistance to you. In this detailed introduction we are going to address the fact that our God is a God of abundance. And he wants his people to live out their life on this earth in abundance as well.
10The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10 (NKJV)
It takes the spirit of a conqueror to live the abundant life today. Many powerful men throughout our human history have attempted to conquer various domains. But really only a handful of men have ever attempted to conquer the world.
One of those men was named Alexander the Great. It is a fact that Alexander the Great conquered the entire known world at the time before he left his teenage years? In fact, he got so depressed because there were no more worlds to conquer. That he died before he was 33 years old. Some speculate of some poison. But the sad fact is that his life had lost any real purpose. That’s because he had a spirit of a conqueror living inside of him. And he got depressed because there was nothing left for him to conquer.
Friends God’s word says that we are more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus. We have a spirit inside of us that is greater than Alexander the Great had. We should all weep until we have conquered all the known and hidden areas of our heart. This will let that more than a conqueror spirit flow free in our lives.
I have personally noticed that way too many of God’s people really suffer from the “back of the bus” syndrome. This has led to them having a poverty mentality in the body of Christ. If you know that you are more than a conqueror. Isn’t it about time that you act like one? Please my friend, know that I’m not talking about just financial prosperity, but I’m also taking about prospering in all areas of your life.
Do you remember a little short man by the name of Napoleon? He was a conquering man of really small stature. He had a real spirit of a conqueror residing within him!
One day he called all his warlords into a private room for a strategy meeting. When they entered the room, they then noticed that he had charts and maps spread out all over the room. It was interesting with all those charts lying around the room everywhere. They noticed that he was gazing intently at just one of them. As his commanders huddled around to see what he was looking at. He took his boney finger and touched a red spot on the map and said; “if not for that one tiny red spot I could conquer the world.” I think that is the same thing the devil says today. “If not for the tiny red spot outside the city of Jerusalem I could conquer the world.” And God’s church says to the devil; “Today devil that little red spot has been applied to our lives.”
We have been placed here at this time in history to conquer this world. And you devil is the one that we are here to conquer. We are in the kingdom of God and power and blessing. He is in the kingdom of defeat and cursing.
So, please friend get it in your heart today. God wants to give you more than enough. He wants to provide for you a blessed life of abundance.
Then Napoleon took his finger and began to circle another place on the map as he said; “if this nation ever harnesses its manpower. With all its natural resources let the world be in trouble. But don’t be too concerned for this nation is asleep. And I say let it sleep. Shuuuuuuu,” as he touched his finger to his lips.
The nation he was talking about was China. A country that has over a billion and a half people and natural resources all over the place. But even today as we speak that nation is slowly waking up. But no fear it’s waking up as the largest revival nation in history is taking place in China right now. And if America does not come back to God soon, before it’s all said and done. They will probably replace America with the glory of God.
I think that is the same thing the devil says about the modern-day church. “If its people ever wake up and begin to harness all the natural talents and abilities that God has given them. If its people only knew the power and supply that is available to them. They would be an unstoppable force on this earth to be reckoned with.”
The bible declares that poverty is a curse. So why in the world would we want to hang on to it. You say; “but pastor Don I don’t want poverty. “And I say; “yes, most people probably do without even knowing it.” Do you know what the late Albert Einstein who was probably the smartest man to ever live on this planet said the definition of insanity is? “To do the same thing over and over again and expect different results each time.”
Friend if your life plan that you are currently on is not working. Don’t you think it’s time to develop another one that will work? That is if you want to get on with your life and have the best that God has planned for you! Maybe it’s time to get on with your life and try something different? If you want something that you’ve never had before. You must do something that you’ve never done before. Carefully answer this question for me; “How much salvation is enough for you? How many people do we get to rescue from the path of hell before we say; “now finally that’s enough people saved?” “We’ve come to our limit, and we need no more.” Do you think that you can ever get to the point where you have rescued enough people from the damnation of hell?
I saw a television ad the other day when the person being interviewed was asked the question how many people is enough people to die by driving accidents in your town. They said twenty, fifty, a hundred. The guy wisely said that he thought twenty was enough. So, around the corner they brought out twenty people to represent his number of twenty which were his immediate family members and said; “this is what twenty people look like.” When he saw that they were his loving family members he said; “no, none is acceptable.” I also think that no one should be left behind to go to a devil’s hell.
Now let me ask you another question? How much healing is enough? Just how much healing can you stand in your body? Do you think that we can ever get so much healing in our life that we would say; “now that’s just unholy.” “This healing thing is getting out of hand.” Check out my book “Rise And Be Healed” at https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3ADon+Nicely&s=relevancerank&text=Don+Nicely&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1
Now I know that those examples might sound ridiculous to you. But that’s just the way we treat the abundance of God. We say you can’t possibly get too much salvation. And you can’t have too much healing in your life. But I don’t know about getting too much money. Or maybe this whole money thing is getting out of hand.
You would be surprised at how many people have a problem with us Christians having money. For some reason people believe that Christians are supposed to be poor and begging for their everyday living substance. Just barely living one step away from bankruptcy.
Where in the world did that idea come from? Oh, I know where it came from. The devil planted that idea in people’s minds, and it has grown to full fruition in these last days. Have you ever stopped to think that you are a child of the king of the Universe?
The problem is that the poverty mentality has so filtered its way through the church. That some pastors believe that it is true as well. What a great big lie of deception. We can’t let the liars of the faith steal God’s truth from us. Paul said of Jesus that he became poor so that we can be made rich. And the Greek word for “rich” in this passage means material wealth. Not so we can swim in the gravy and horde it up to live in mansions with and hire private security with, but to finance the kingdom of God with.
Your father in heaven owns all the fullness of the earth. The bible was trying to explain the great wealth of God to the farmers of the day by saying that God owns the cattle on a thousand hills.
I feel that if God doesn’t have any problem with people thinking that he is rich. Why should we have a problem with it? For heaven’s sake we are the heirs to the entire kingdom of God.
17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest; Yes, he will give delight to your soul. 18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law. Proverbs 29:17 – 18 (NKJV)
This verse simply means that God wants to correct our vision or revelation about our rightful place in this world. Vision or revelation as it is sometimes called is the quiet voice that comes from God himself. Basically, God wants to bless us more than we want to be blessed. Think of this statement for a minute. A body of water is not a river unless it has banks. What God really wants to do is create some banks in your life for you. So that his abundant river of blessing can flow through your life.
Vision is the banks that God can use to flow through your life with. So, when God finally changes your vision about his provision for your life. Then he can flow through you and bless you, and use you to bless others as well. When a river flows powerfully down its banks then you can harness its power. We lack power in our finances because we don’t have God’s River flowing in our lives. God wants to pour abundant resources through you, my friend. But he must change the vision that you have of yourself first. That’s what Jesus did when he went to synagogue in his day.
Do you know where Jesus stood when he went to church? Right beside the treasury basket. So, that he could watch what everyone placed in it. The bible says that he was intent to see what, who, and how much the people gave. Do you think he still does that today? I think he does. I think he watches the offering plate as it is passed from isle to isle. To see what we will put in it.
The reason that I think this is because God is still deeply concerned with what we actually give in our offerings. That’s why he commanded and did not suggest that we give at least a tithe of 10%. Anything over and above that is considered our freewill offering. He even says in his word that he is interested in how we give.
God word declares; let everyone give, not of necessity but with a cheerful heart. He wants us to give joyfully and not grudgingly. He also is interested in when we give. On the first day of the week, you shall gather together the entire tithe, or a tenth.
You see God is really deeply concerned with our whole attitude towards giving. One day a widow woman gave two mites and Jesus commended her for giving more than anyone else. He said that’s because she gave out of her need.
And then on another day a wealthy woman named Mary gave the equivalent to an entire year’s wages as a love offering to him. Jesus was so touched that she got a memorial built in heaven in her name.
So, this is important to remember my friend. It’s not the amount that we give that impresses God. But it’s the attitude in which we give that really matters to him.
That’s one thing that very few people in church world understand today. That is that God has a plan for their finances. Even if they don’t have one themselves. He has a plan to provide for you as any good father would provide for his children. He has a plan of provision for your finances. His will for you is not to live in poverty. It’s not to live in a constant lack. But instead, it’s to live a life of abundance.
18“And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. Deuteronomy 8:18 (NKJV)
He has given to each of us the power to create wealth through our life. So that we can help finance the advancement of his kingdom on this earth. God had a plan for you before your mother met your father. Because he actually saw something finished in his kingdom that you must begin. You see my friend it’s his kingdom, not ours. We are just the instrument that he uses to advance it on this earth. That’s how I know that God wants to give you more abundance in this life than you want to receive. How do I know that? He was willing to slay his own son on Calvary to provide for you. He proved that he is the provider that deeply loves us. He wants to supply our every need if we can only open up our lives to him and receive it.
Do you believe that he has a plan for you?
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 NLT
It’s about time that God’s people get into his plan of provision instead of the federal government’s plan. God’s plan for your provision is to prosper you. His plans have already been established and put in motion. That’s all he can do for you, now he’s just waiting on you to get with it and follow his plan for provision. I believe that you reading this book right now is a part of God’s plan for you. He has plans to prosper you and not harm you and plans to establish your future.
Him being omniscient means he already sees your future that he has already established you in power, righteousness, blessing, authority, and abundance. That’s God’s plan for you folks. So how can you ever question God’s plan of abundance for your life, when he has already done so much to lay the groundwork for his plan by giving the life of his son for you? He lovingly made this extreme sacrifice to take care of the sin department that has infected your life. That should be proof enough for all of us that your mortgage payment is no struggle for him to provide for you.
18This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 1 Timothy 1:18 (NKJV)
We are in a constant battle to fight to protect the prophetic plan that God has for our life. Friend God wants to speak his perfect plan to you. That is a plan for you to carefully follow, so he can provide his abundance in your life. The problem is we are so used to listening to the voice of reason in our heads. That we can’t hear his prophetic plan. This is because sometimes God’s plan is against all common reason. Sometimes God’s plan will require that you use your faith to receive it. Just think about this story of Elijah and the widow woman.
8Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 9“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” 10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, indeed a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, that I may drink.” 11And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” 12So she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.” 13And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son. 14For thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.’” 15So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days. 16The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by Elijah. 1 Kings 17:8 – 16 (NKJV)
In this story we can find the three main keys to receiving God’s abundance.
I want to finish this introduction by giving you these keys.
First, Listen to His Prophets… Don’t shut your ears to what God is telling you through his preachers. Even when it goes against all-natural reason. Now in these tough economic times that we are forced to live in, is not the time to withhold giving to God’s kingdom work. I’d rather live in a camper and be faithful to God. Than to rob from God, be rich and live in a mansion. When God’s word says tithe then you had better tithe. When it says to give cheerfully. Then you had better learn to find joy in your giving. Whatever you do listen to the prophets for scriptures teach us that God does nothing until after he first reveals it to his prophets.
Put God First……. Which Means To Give to God First…Make sure that whatever you do in life you always remain faithful in paying your tithes to God and also giving in offerings to his work. Faithfulness to paying your tithes will always keep the windows of heaven open above your life. The widow gave to the prophet Elijah without seeing the provision first. She trusted in his words and put her faith in giving to God first and that was all that God needed to provide a miracle for her. He filled her meal barrel every day and also her cruise of oil never ran out until after the famine.
Next It Is Also So Important To Go To The Barrel Expecting To Receive…You must develop an attitude of expectancy in your life. She could have said; “Oh well the barrels empty, there’s no use in me going back to it.” But instead, she listened carefully and obeyed the prophet’s voice. She also expected God to provide for her. And believe it or not he did. If you will just learn to be like the widow. And follow these principles that are found in God’s word. You too will live a life that is totally blessed. You too will reap what you sow. And that’ why you bought this book to learn how to reap from what you sow.