The HOLY SPIRIT wants you ready to learn about how to develop a Debt Free. . .Rich Thoughts Mentality….

It’s important to understand. . .that our mentality has nothing to do with how smart we are. Let that sink in for a moment.

The dictionary defines mentality as:

“a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations”

Let me say it another way……

Who you are is not determined by how you look, where you live, who your parents are, where you work or what you drive.

Who you are is a result of choices that you’ve made.

You are where you are and what you are because of the dominant thoughts you’ve allowed into your mind.

If you want to change your mentality…you have to change the way you think.

Proverbs 23:7 in the King James Version says:

“As a man thinketh in his heart so is he….”

Henry Ford once said:

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”

Your Mentality Operates on Three Levels and all of them can be found in Proverbs 23…

Your financial future is not based on the business or agency that writes you a paycheck whether it’s monthly or every two weeks.

Nor is your financial future secured through your knowledge of the financial markets.

Neither is your financial future safeguarded by the current contents of your retirement or investment portfolio.

None of the methods, knowledge or companies I just mentioned can promise without fail. . .your financial future.

However, there is Someone who is ready, willing and able to guarantee your financial future.

Money alone can’t & won’t guarantee your financial future. . .but God can & will.

Here are seven ways to guarantee your financial future.

1.         You must leave behind what’s familiar when God says to.

Genesis 12:1 in the Classic Amplified Bible says:

If you want to be debt free. . .you must think debt free.

If you want to be rich. . .you must be a rich thinker.

If you want to be successful. . .you must think success.

If you want to be healthy. . .you must think about having divine health.

Proverbs 23:7 says:

“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. . .”

We’ll need to break some habits even though we may have had them for a while. 

There are seven things we must stop doing and seven things we must start doing if we want to be a debt free, rich, successful and healthy thinker.

First, stop looking back. . .and start planning for tomorrow.

Luke 9:62 in the Contemporary English Version says:

Just after this morning’s Rich Thoughts For Breakfast call. . .my fine wife and I were taking communion and praying for partners. . .when I received a text from an amazing Pastor, gifted writer of over 100 books for well-known ministry leaders. . .and most of all, a close friend of ours.

He texted:

“Morning, I hope you’re off to a good start.

“Can you give me a Bible illustration for targeting our seed?”

After Bev and I finished our prayer and communion time. . .I Googled “aiming your seed for a specific need.”

Imagine my surprise when the first item that popped up was a teaching entitled “7 Keys To Aiming Your Seed At Your Need” written by. . .me.

So I sent my dear friend the Rich Thoughts For Breakfast teaching. . .I would share his response back to me but it would be embarrassing because he was more than kind.

But more importantly, while I was reading the teaching. . .the Lord directed me to expand the teaching because there was more to be said.  So here we go. . .

A seed is a supernatural blessing.

Genesis 1:11 in the Classic Amplified Bible says:

Some years ago (22 to be exact), there was a movie entitled “Jerry McGuire.”

Truthfully, I’ve never watched the entire movie. . .however, I did see part of the Oscar –winning performance by Cuba Gooding, Jr., as an athlete seeking a more lucrative financial contract.

Throughout the movie, Gooding would say to Tom Cruise his agent “Show me the money” which became an immediate pop culture sensation.

The phrase “Show me the money” was then repeated for some time by celebrities and normal people like you and me.

A few days ago, I was doing a search on money. . .when I came across a phrase that said “show me the money.”

I smiled and did an immediate search on “show me.”  The result of which. . .is this teaching on seven things God wants to show us.

1.         Show me the way.

There are actual people who live the words of the Hank Williams, Sr. song which goes like this.