Isaiah S. Williams - Using Sense to Make Dollars: Godly Principles That Lead to Financial Freedom

USING SENSE TO MAKE DOLLARS
By Isaiah S. Williams Jr., DD, with Dr. Gloria Williams
Published by Creation House
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Copyright 2013 by Isaiah S. Williams Jr., DD, with Dr. Gloria Williams
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: 2013937683
International Standard Book Number: 978-1-62136-378-1
E-book International Standard Book Number: 978-1-62136-379-8

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DEDICATION

This work is dedicated to Jesus
people who are all over the world.
May the sound mind of Christ be
ever so abundant in the lives of
those who make up Gods family.

This book is also dedicated to family
legacy. May it bring financial wisdom
to you for generations to come.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A CKNOWLEDGMENT AND THANKS to Alicia Wanza for her input, organization, and role in helping to make this book project happen. Thank you for your creative efforts in transcribing and editing this manuscript into book format.

Also, thanks to Joann John and Tracy Jackson for reviewing and proofing the finished manuscript.

Additionally, special thanks to Pastor Derrick Gay for his publishing knowledge and insights.

Thanks to everyone for a great team effort!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

T O BE FINANCIALLY free is a wonderful state to be in. We all look forward to a life filled with success and a bright future. We also know that we need to experience financial freedom as a part of being able to live the successful, godly life. To experience this kind of financial freedom, we need to understand godly principles and have God-given wisdom. Understanding the basics of these principles will lead you to:

$Financial increase

$Financial success

$Financial independence

$Financial freedom

I cannot cover every area of finance and all its immensity in this book, but I will touch on some aspect or part of each of the above areas.

This book will inspire you to want your financial freedom and the abundant life that God has promised those who follow His principles. In the following chapters, you will be challenged to get out of a life of financial debta life of spending money that you dont have, making decisions that prefabricate who you really are, and continuing to stay in bondage and prison to this debt with no definite release date known. Learn how to get out of fear about your future financial comfort and experience financial freedom. Youll gain the freedom to spend money that will create harmony in your life as you live knowing and representing your true financial status, which will give you freedom from an unbalanced financial scale, and peace in your financial domain.

I hope that after reading this book, you will experience increase in many areas of your life and not solely financially. As you follow the principles of God, you will gain wisdom and understanding in Gods way of handling and managing your finances. As you are receptive to what you read and study in this book, it is my desire and prayer that you will produce a harvest of financial increase, financial success, financial independence, and ultimately financial freedom.

A S WITH ALL things in life, there are steps of progression that we must take. Whether it be planning a family, deciding what city we want to live in, buying a new home, or choosing a career, we have to take one step at a time in the process. Therefore, it is the same when dealing with our finances and wanting to be successful in that area of our lives. Building a solid foundation, precept upon precept, line upon line, is a good start and a wise one. We have to start somewhere, and each day we should ask God to direct our steps.

In this chapter, I will briefly discuss twenty steps that, in my experience, I have found to be successful in accomplishing a life of financial freedom. Study them, go over them continuously, and, as much as possible, apply them daily. Then you will be on your way to living a life full of financial freedom.

1. Dedicate Your Life and Your Possessions to God

When you dedicate your life to God and begin to study His Word, He will show you and reveal to you, through His Word, the basic principles of how a godly life should be lived, as well as His will for your godly life. Dedicating yourself to Him totally and completely opens the door to allow Him to give you understanding in every aspect and every area of life.

In life, there will be challenges and tough decisions to make. There will be tough questions that you will need to ask yourself regarding how to handle certain problems and situations. If you dedicate yourself to God and to learning and understanding His Word, He will reveal the proper godly wisdom to help you become successful in every facet of life that you deal with.

Paul states in Romans 12:1, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Paul continues in verse 2, saying, And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Once we follow the pattern of the above scripture verses, we will have positioned ourselves to dedicate our lives to God