The book NOT IN MY HOUSE! By Pastor Andre Butler confirms everything that I have always believed. Recession does not have to come to your house just because it comes to a nation. This is a book that was very hard to put down. You can start implementing a strategy to get out of debt by reading this book. If you are not a tither, you need to start tithing. If you know someone who is without a job, give them this book. If you know someone who just doesn’t get it when it comes to God’s way of doing things financially, this book is for them.It is amazing how we have been sold a bill of goods about depending on debt as a way of life. A lot of people, pay for items with cash. I am sure a lot of you pay for things in cash. I know of some people who will save up the money to purchase a vehicle in cash. I think I will try that the next time I get a car. I have always heard that it is better to have a 15 year loan as opposed to a 30 year loan. However, I had no idea that when you close on the house, you need to make your first payment at that time.I don’t have credit cards, but I use to have them and decided several years ago to not be bothered again. Of course, I know that the home loans are a rip-off because you don’t start eating away at the principal until 20 years later. That is so ridiculous. Pastor Butler lets us know that we are comfortable in operating in the world’s system and this is not how God wants us to operate. God wants us to have his best. A four or five year car note is not God’s best. A 30 year mortgage is not God’s best.He talks about sitting down and making a budget. I have made budgets for organizations and everything else. I have made budgets for myself before but sometimes just didn’t want to face the music about what I really owe and what cash is really coming in. I just did another budget while reading this book. I declare I don’t know how I have been paying my bills. It’s probably because I’m a tither. That is the only reason that I am still afloat. Also, I like to sow financial seeds at my church and TBN and with a few other ministries that I partner with like Breakthrough and World Changers Church International. I am a believer that you can sow your way out of anything.It has often been said that until you get sick and tired of something it won’t change. I declare today that I am sick and tired of having a car note and a mortgage. I am going to try and put my car note to rest this year. I will really have to curb my spending. It will take a while on the mortgage but I am trying to figure out how to participate in the loan modification program that the President has available. I am not behind on my mortgage and it is not 31% of my income but it is still $1100 dollars and that’s too much with the repairs that I have to make. It is also 9% interest which is too high. If Countrywide doesn’t come correct, I am going to shop around and find someone who will. You can’t afford not to read this book. This might be the book that will make you the millionaire that God has called you to be. However, you must remember that the wealth that God will pour into your hands is to help finance the gospel. Yes, He wants us to live well, but the bottom line is about harvesting as many souls as possible before Jesus comes back.
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