Category: Faith In Action

Today, we focus on planning your financial legacy, ensuring that what you leave behind reflects your faith and values.

Scripture Reflection: Proverbs 13:22: “A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.“

Legacy Planning Exercise:

• Reflect on what kind of legacy you want to leave behind—both financially and spiritually.
• Review or create a will and consider how you can support causes that reflect your faith.

Prayer: “Lord, guide me as I plan my legacy. Help me to leave behind a testament to Your faithfulness. Amen.”

Reflection Journal: Write about the legacy you hope to leave and how it aligns with your faith.

Action Step: Take a step towards planning your legacy, such as setting up a will, trust, or designating beneficiaries.

As we close out Week 3, take time to reflect on how you have managed your resources this week and how it has impacted your financial journey.

Scripture Reflection: Luke 16:10: “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much.“

Reflection Exercise:

• Review your journal entries and actions from this week.
• Consider how you have grown in managing your resources wisely and where you still need to improve.

Prayer: “Lord, thank You for teaching me to manage Your resources wisely. Continue to guide me as I seek to honor You in all that I do. Amen.”

Weekly Summary:

• Summarize the key lessons and insights from this week.
• Identify areas for continued growth in stewardship.

Action Step: Share your experiences and growth with your accountability partner or a small group, and encourage each other in your financial stewardship journey.

Today, we explore the importance of financial accountability and how it can help us stay on track with our goals.

Scripture Reflection: Ecclesiastes 4:9-10: “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.“

Accountability Exercise:

• Identify an accountability partner (spouse, friend, mentor) to help you stay committed to your financial goals.
• Schedule regular check-ins to review progress and challenges.

Prayer: “Lord, thank You for the gift of community. Help me to seek and provide accountability in my financial journey. Amen.”

Reflection Journal: Reflect on how financial accountability has or can help you achieve your goals.

Action Step: Reach out to your accountability partner today and set a date for your first check-in.

Saving with a purpose brings focus and discipline to our financial lives, aligning our savings with God’s purposes.

Scripture Reflection: Proverbs 21:20: “The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.“

Purposeful Saving Exercise:

• Identify the specific purposes for which you are saving (emergency fund, education, charity, etc.).
• Reflect on how each savings goal aligns with God’s purposes for your life.

Prayer: “Father, help me to save with intention and purpose, using the resources You provide for Your glory. Amen.”

Reflection Journal: Write about how purposeful saving has changed or can change your approach to finances.

Action Step: Set a clear savings goal and create a plan to achieve it, such as setting up automatic transfers to a savings account.

Today, we take a closer look at ethical investments, ensuring our investments align with our values.

Scripture Reflection: Proverbs 3:9-10: “Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.“

Ethical Investing Exercise:

• Review your investment portfolio to ensure it aligns with your ethical and biblical values.
• Research opportunities to invest in companies or funds that promote positive social or environmental impact.

Prayer: “Lord, help me to invest in ways that honor You and reflect my values. Guide me to make wise decisions. Amen.”

Reflection Journal: Reflect on the importance of aligning your investments with your faith and how it influences your choices.

Action Step: Consider making adjustments to your investment portfolio to better reflect your values.

Today, we focus on planning for the future with faith and wisdom, ensuring that our plans align with God’s will.

Scripture Reflection: Proverbs 16:9: “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.“

Future Planning Exercise:

• Reflect on your long-term financial goals (retirement, education, etc.).
• Ensure that these plans align with your values and faith.

Prayer: “Lord, guide my future plans. Help me to trust You with tomorrow while being diligent today. Amen.”

Reflection Journal: Write about your long-term financial goals and how you can ensure they reflect your faith.

Action Step: Set up a meeting with a financial planner or mentor to discuss your long-term goals and how to achieve them.

Simplifying your finances can reduce stress and help you focus on what truly matters.

Scripture Reflection: Matthew 6:33: “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.“

Simplification Exercise:

• Review your financial commitments and identify any that are unnecessary or overly complicated.
• Consider simplifying your financial life by consolidating accounts, automating payments, or eliminating unnecessary expenses.

Prayer: “Father, help me to simplify my finances so that I can focus more on You and less on material concerns. Amen.”

Reflection Journal: Write about how simplifying your finances can help you live more intentionally.

Action Step: Take one practical step to simplify your finances today, such as canceling an unused subscription or setting up an automated savings plan.

This week, we focus on managing God’s resources wisely, beginning with recognizing our role as stewards.

Scripture Reflection: 1 Corinthians 4:2: “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.“

Stewardship Exercise:

• Reflect on the resources God has entrusted to you (time, money, talents).
• Consider how well you are managing these resources for God’s glory.

Prayer: “Lord, help me to be a faithful steward of all You’ve given me. Teach me to use these resources wisely. Amen.”

Reflection Journal: Write about your understanding of stewardship and how you can improve in managing God’s resources.

Action Step: Identify one area where you can improve your stewardship and take a step toward doing so today.

As we close out Week 2, take time to reflect on how trusting God with your finances has impacted your journey.

Scripture Reflection: Philippians 4:19: “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.“

Reflection Exercise:

• Review your journal entries and actions from this week.
• Consider how your trust in God has grown and where you still need His guidance.

Prayer: “Lord, thank You for teaching me to trust You more with my finances. Help me continue to grow in faith and obedience. Amen.”

Weekly Summary:

• Summarize the key lessons and insights from this week.
• Identify areas for continued trust and growth.

Action Step: Share your experiences from this week with a friend or group, and encourage each other in your financial faith journey.

Introduction: Today, we practice generosity in action, beyond just financial giving.

Scripture Reflection: Acts 20:35: “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Generosity Exercise:

• Identify non-financial ways to be generous—through time, skills, or encouragement.
• Take action to practice generosity today.

Prayer: “Lord, open my eyes to opportunities to be generous in every area of my life. May my actions reflect Your love and kindness. Amen.”

Reflection Journal: Write about how practicing generosity in different ways impacts your heart and perspective.

Action Step: Commit to at least one act of generosity today, whether it’s helping someone, offering encouragement, or sharing your time.