Going Deeper in Getting Debt Free

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12 Biblical Steps

Pericope: 2 Kings 6:5-7 5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water.

“Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!” 6 The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he

showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float. 7 “Lift it out,” he said.

Then the man reached out his hand and took it.

1. __________no man!

Romans 13: 8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for

whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.

Deut. 15:1 At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts

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2. Debt __________you!

Prov. 22: 7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Ex. 22: 25 “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business

deal; charge no interest.

Lev 25: 27 they are to determine the value for the years since they sold it and refund the balance to the

one to whom they sold it; they can then go back to their own property.

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3. Debt prohibits ____________________and kingdom building

Prov. 13: 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is

stored up for the righteous.

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4. There are __________to build __________.

Matt 25: 27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I

returned I would have received it back with interest.

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B. Start a __________

C. __________real __________

5. Debt is so __________God set up a __________to __________people from __________.

Deut 15:1-5 - At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. 2 This is how it is to be done: Every

creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from

anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. 3

You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you.

4 However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to

possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, 5 if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are

careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today.

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6. The way out of debt is __________.

1 Kings 17:12-16 - 12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a

handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a

meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.” 13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home

and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to

me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel,

says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain

on the land.’” 15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and

for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in

keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.

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7. You can’t __________out of __________until you have something to get out of

____________________.

Luke 6: 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running

over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

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8. Every investment must have a __________– __________on __________.

2 Cor. 9:6-7 - 6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows

generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to

give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

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9. Why, when and ______________________________?

Prov. 3: 9 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;

Ez. 44: 30 The best of all the firstfruits and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to

give them the first portion of your ground meal so that a blessing may rest on your household.

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10. __________God in the area of __________.

Mal. 3: 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,”

says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much

blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

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