07/04/2020
"Declare Independence from Debt!"
Today all over the country, people are celebrating Independence Day. Every year on July 4th, the U.S. celebrates its declaration of independence from the rule of Great Britain and its king. The desire to be free from Britain had everything to do with MONEY. American colonies resisted the British Parliament's decision to place a tax on American colonies as a source of revenue to pay their war debts. The Brits were trying to require Americans to buy heavily taxed British goods such as sugar. Eventually, the colonist's resistance to all types of taxation led to the revolutionary war and, ultimately, American Independence.
Americans fought for independence from Great Britain from 1775-1783. Financial freedom and independence were so important that Americans were willing to die for it. Well, it's 2020 now, and it's time for another revolution. It's time to fight for Financial Independence. Americans are saddled with debt. It seems that people use debt and credit for every aspect of their lives; to buy homes, automobiles, furniture, food, clothing, to pay for vacations, and even to finance a college education. But this debt is destroying the future of adults, children, and families.
Americans may be living in the home they desire, driving the car they like, and even hold the diplomas they sought after, but these THINGS are financed with interest and comes at a high cost. People have a lot of THINGS but are sacrificing their future TIME, ENERGY, AND MONEY. People have become SLAVES to creditors and loan officers to have all this stuff. "They owe, they owe, they owe, so off to work they go." Most people don't consider that when they sign for loans and credit, they now owe all their time and effort to the person they borrowed from until the money is paid back in full. It seems to be the American way to have payments every month for virtually everything. However, this financial dependence leads you into DEBT SLAVERY, which is worse than the taxation that the American colonists experienced in the 1700s.
It's time to "Declare Independence from Debt!" Consider this from the scriptures:
When you BORROW money, you become a SLAVE:
"The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender." (Proverbs 22:7)
2. Money can become your master. But you CAN'T serve God and money:
"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." (Matthew 6:24, Luke 16;13)
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