The Breaking Free From Financial Bondage Fast Wednesday, February 13 - Sunday, March 31, 2013 Pastor Ronnie D. Joyner, D.Min The Philadelphia Fellowship (Baptist) Chesapeake, VA February 19, 2013 is Ash Wednesday. It is the beginning of an Anointed 40 Day Journey for each of us who embrace the Life and Legacy of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord of our lives. Ash Wednesday begins the 40 Day journey toward the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. This 40 Day Journey is the descriptive period of temperance of our temples through alignment with His Standard. Whether after baptism and the 40 day, 40 night wilderness experience found in Matthew 4:1-11 or Calvary and counting back 39 days to Luke 9:51, the challenge of our 2013 40 Day Lent Period shall be life changing. While we shall Partner with Our Lord to realize the blessings for the wholistic pursuit of our Lord's transformation in our lives, Philadelphia Fellowship let's understand the 13 Year Goal of acquiring our debt free Church and Ministry Center. A debt free church must be secured from our debt free Lord who has blessed us to become His debt free People. Our emphasis in this 2013 Lenten Season is A Breaking Free From Financial Bondage Fast.
In that the 40 Day Period of Lent is associated with prayer, fasting, moderation and self denial, all acquired by our Lord, Many ask during Lent, What Are You Giving Up? Collectively, join me in answering, I'm Giving Up Debt~Sinful Debt, Financial Debt, Immoral Debt, Psychological Debt, Physical Debt and yielding myself to this Debt Free Declaration which is fully covered in Luke 4:16-19: "And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord' " KJV.
The Poor in the Luke text is pto-khos’ and emphasizes distressed and straitened circumstances. The US Census Bureau recently reported that the poverty rate — the percentage of people living in poverty is about 39.8 million Americans. With the U.S. population being approximately 309,162,581 and with 39.8 million Americans living in poverty, this computes to 1 out of every 8
persons in America are living in poverty. The government defines poverty as an annual income of $22,025 for a family of four, $17,163 for a family of three and $14,051 for a family of two. How do you define poverty or being poor? Additionally, just coming out of the greatest recession since the Great Depression, we are now challenged with what is called The New Normal. Since Jesus fasted for 40 Days in creating a New Normal, what discipline will our Breaking Free From Financial Bondage Fast bring about?
Develop a New Financial Attitude for Your Present and Future Under the Anointing, Challenge Yourself to think Developmentally as An Entreprenuer Buying and Spending habits must be reviewed and amended. What is God showing you? Use your observant eye and create an economic inroad that your personal economy can be rewarded through. Daily Fasting Focus
Pray: 6 - 6:30am 11am 3pm & 8pm The Priesthood of Prayer A Debt Free Dialogue Read: Breaking Free From Financial Bondage, additionally Liberating & Empowering blogs & websites on financial empowerment. Set Financial Goals: What can be paid down/off in this 40 day period? Identify: Do you have a savings account to place additional funds during this period? Save: With I Chronicles 16:29 as your guide, Save $5 a day and give a sacrificial offering of $200 at the end of the Fast. Prepare: A weekly budget for your household (only spend what you plan for). A budget outline is on pages 58-61. Track Your Spending: Write down all expenses (include everything i.e. gas, coffee, lunch, etc.) You will be surprised at how much you spend in a week on these and other items. Cook: Meals at home (as much as possible) Limit dining out. Avoid: Using Credit Cards Stay Away: From Payday Loans & Check Cashing Places Do Not: Go To the Mall No: Online Shopping Invest: In Your Children's Future … research ways to help your children understand fiscal responsibility and put them on a financial plan. Expect: Your 'net worth' to grow, your faith to be stretched and your financial seeds to reap a harvest!
Scripture and Prayer Focus Day 1 Joel 2:25-26~Prayer: Today don't let people discount my experience. Refund my wasted timeand send a rebate for the broken areas! Day 2 Romans 8:27~Prayer: Today, Search My Heart, Locate the Spirit's Mind, Intercede for me and Populate my life with His Will! Day 3 Proverbs 3:9-10~Prayer: Today let me honor you with my first fruits, make a deposit into my spirit and give me a fresh start! Day 4 John 14:16~Prayer: Jesus, would you ask the Father to allow His Spirit to be my Comforter by abiding in me this day? Day 5 Proverbs 22:7~Prayer: Today redistribute wealth, revise plans, reassign opponents, rejuvenate laborers and restore America! Day 6 John 14:26~Prayer: Spirit, teach me the truth of finances, guide me deeper in your wisdom and enable me to pass this truth to the next generation. Day 7 Ephesians 3:20~Prayer: Today, make outcomes better than I expected, my destiny bigger than I imagine and debt smaller than I thought! Day 8 Acts 1:8~Prayer: Holy Ghost, come upon me and leave your Power, fill my life with ability beyond my own knowledge! Day 9 II Corinthians 4:7~Prayer: Today fight my battles, negotiate all deals, protect ideals, meet all bills and make all bodies healed! Day 10 Romans 8:26~Prayer: O' Spirit, Minister your Help in every place of infirmity, Release your healing, and Make Intercession where I groan! Day 11 Psalm 77:14~Prayer: Today all I have is two fish and five loaves. Break me but not my faith. Multiply blessings not lack. Make a miracle! Day 12 Romans 8:11~Prayer: O' Spirit, You raised Jesus from the dead, would you raise me from dead finances and give me New Money through New Life! Day 13 Psalm 90:17~Prayer: Today, save me from a lot, give me early access, lower my price but not my value, shorten the line and extend credit! Day 14 Judges 9:23~Prayer: Today Lord, send an evil spirit between me and debt, enable me to deal treacherously with debt! Day 15 II Corinthians 4:16-18~Prayer: Today, drown my debts, float my ideas, don't let me go under, let me swim through struggle and dive into destiny! Day 16 I Kings 21:5~Prayer: Father, when a sad spirit tries to come upon me, Be My Bread and Turn sadness into Gladness!
Day 17 Deuteronomy 11:14~Prayer: Today, impact the weather, clear the sky so there's no thunder and send the heat to increase my harvest! Day 18 II Chronicles 18:21~Prayer: Father, may the lying spirit of debt propel me into the True Spirit of Debt Cancellation! Day 19 Luke 6:28~Prayer: Today let every deception be uncovered, undo every curse, settle unpaid bills and close unfinished business! Day 20 Ecclesiastes 2~Prayer: Father, where the works of my hands have produced vanity and vexation of spirit, may Your Spirit lead me into multiplied Victories! Day 21 Ephesians 6:12~Prayer: Today, pull apart pressures, apply peace, pay off my payments, push up my possibilities and pull down principalities! Day 22 Romans 8:15~Prayer: My circumstances were guided by the spirit of bondage and fear, but you released and I NOW receive The Spirit of Adoption! Day 23 II Corinthians 5:7~Prayer: Today, remove all my economic reservations, give me clear confirmation, send fresh revelation and prepare me for financial elevation. Day 24 II Timothy 1:7~Prayer: Thank you Lord for not gifting me with the spirit of fear but The Spirit of Productive Power, Leveraged Love and a Sound Mind! Day 25 James 1:17~Prayer: Today, let something good happen in my finances, send the greatest opportunity of my life and make my fiscal future better than it was! Day 26 Romans 8:16~Prayer: Father, from Spirit to spirit thank you for covering me as your Child! Day 27 Matthew 7:7~Prayer: Today, help me make an impact, reverse the effects of my poor budgetary decisions, heighten my intuition and find investors for my ideas! Day 28 Romans 8:17~Prayer: Today. as your child I am your heir, through Christ I am joint heir of the good, the bad and the ugly - For His Glory! Day 29 Psalm 37:23~Prayer: Today, keep my mind focused, my eyes on the prize, my hand out of the cookie jar and feet on the right path! Day 30 I Timothy 6:18~Prayer: Today, command my finances to increase, let me be rich in good deeds and be generous to those in need!
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Breaking Free From Financial Bondage Fast Day 31 I Chronicles 16:29~Thou Must Worship! Prayer: Lord, teach me how to worship you in Private that my Public living will glorify you. Day 32 Thou Must Elimate All High Interest Debt~Exodus 22:24; Leviticus 25:36,37; Deuteronomy 23:20,21 There are three Biblical passages which forbid the taking of interest in the case of "brothers," but which permit, or seemingly enjoin, it when the borrower is a Gentile. Prayer: 'Lord, guide me in lowering my high interest debt
and eliminating it totally.' Day 33 Proverbs 13:4 Thou Must Keep One Month's Living Expenses In Your Checking Account~Prayer: Lord, make me diligent as a steward who follows your financial wisdom. Day 34 Proverbs 13:11 Thou Must Keep 3-6 Months Living Expenses In A Money Market Fund~Prayer: Lord of my Stewardship, refresh me daily to be smart and wise with that which you favor me daily! Day 35 Proverbs 13:16 Thou Must Put Savings For Major Purchases In A Money Market Fund~Prayer: Lord, lead me in purchasing by saving first instead of qualifying by other's standards which generates debt. Day 36 Proverbs 13:18 Thou Must Invest To Meet Long Term Goals~Prayer: Father help me to plant one foot upon your Word and the other foot upon the wise counsel which rises from the best of financial wisdom. Day 37 Genesis 2:15 & Genesis 3 Thou Must Make Your Home Your Castle~Prayer: Father, The House you gave me in Gen. 2:15, don’t let me lose it by being unrighteously disobedient in Gen. 3. Day 38 II Timothy 2:1-7 & 4:1-8 Thou Must Tax-Defer Your Income and Growth Until You Retire~Prayer: Father, as you spoke into the sainted life of Apostle Paul, speak now in mine, that the principle applied may be the standard employed. Day 39 Deuteronomy 8:18 & Proverbs 13:20 Thou Must Join or Create An Investment/Wealth Building Covenant Group~Prayer: Father, may the covenant understanding I share with you be the foundation for covenant cooperation with others. Day 40 II Kings 4:1-7 & Mark 6:3 Thou Must Start A Home Based Business As A Means of Creating A Second Income ~ Prayer: Father, as you created streams of income for the widow woman and her two sons as well as the early life of Jesus and His household, according to your anointing and favor, do the same for my family. Secure Your Copy of Breaking Free From Financial Bondage