Ron Blue on Economic Uncertainty

Based on the January 2009 video seminar presented by Ron Blue, Kingdom Advisors
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Perspective on Prosperity

1. The paradox of prosperity - the more you have the more choices you have which leads to greater confusion and complexity, resulting in less real freedom.
2. We do not have financial peace of mind or financial freedom even though the net worth of American families is well beyond what it was 50 years ago.

An economic perspective

1. Economic uncertainty is always symptomatic of the violation of biblical principles - we cannot borrow our way to prosperity or peace. "The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender's slave." (Proverbs 22:7NASB)

God's Perspective on Economic Uncertainty

1. Economic uncertainty is certain
2. God will never leave you "...I will never leave you or forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5b HCSB)
3. Do not fear "Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God." (Isaiah 41:10a HCSB)

A Spiritual Perspective

1. Faith and fear cannot coexist - one will tend to dominate "...while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:18 NASB)
2. Fear reveals what I worship
3. The eternal perspective begins with understanding God's ownership of everything I have

"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.

Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone," (1 Chronicles 29:11-12 NASB)