Founder, Author, Speaker, Entertainer

Founder, Author, Speaker, Entertainer
Woman Beautiful, Amanda Schwab ~ Founder, Author, Speaker, Entertainer - Helping you fight the good fight of faith as you embrace the woman you are created to be!

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Debt Retirement

The day that I told God that I was done trying to make money so John would hopefully approve of me, he simply responded, "Finally." It seems like the Lord went to work in me immediately. This ugly monster I had entangled myself with would not be turned loose by any means other than God. I began crying out to him for help. I had no job and a mountain of debt. My monthly payments were is excess of six hundred dollars. I eventually fell behind on my monthly payments, and before long creditors were ringing my phone several times a day. This period in my life became darker each time the phone rang. Then one day, broken before the Lord, I told him he had to help me because I could not make the payments. On that day, he told me he would pay off me debt in a lump sum. I believed him!
Woman Beautiful pg. 162
Matthew 6:33 But, seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.
Jesus - Son of the Living God, Messiah. Thank you, Lord for giving Your absolute best for me.
Happy Thanksgiving - Love and Amazing Blessings, Amanda

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Owner or Manager?

My sin issue was not that I was a poor money manager plagued by a generational curse, but that I refused to surrender to God as the owner of all things. Understanding generational curses and how they affect us enables us to confront the problem head-on and make necessary changes under the power of the Holy Spirit. A person has to not only acknowledge God as the owner of the earth and all that is in it, but she must also surrender to his ownership. I remember listening to a CD in which the speaker told me to walk into my house, look around, and say out loud, "It's not mine; it all belongs to God;" to look into my wallet or check book and say, "It's not mine; it all belongs to God;" to get into my vehicle and say, "It's not mine; it belongs to God." For several weeks, I did just that. I still do if I try to do my own thing with God's estate.
There is one thing God had to reveal to me in the ownership realm: in John's eyes, he owned the salary check, and I was to manage it for him. Woman Beautiful, I don't know how you and your husband manage your household income, but I do know this, God owns it all and he has made your husband chief executive officer over your household, including the money in it. Therefore, your husband has to manage it like he owns the piece of God's estate entrusted to him. We all know that the owner of anything treats it better than the hired hand. I had to begin treating our finances with respect toward John, which ultimately pleased and glorified God.
Woman Beautiful, pp. 173-174
For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to help you and not hurt you, plans to give you hope and a great future. Jeremiah 29:11

Monday, November 9, 2009

Financial Beauty

Financial beauty has definitely been my most difficult challenge in the Woman Beautiful process. As musch as I wanted to be pleasing and obedient to God and pleasing and submissive to my husband, nothing seemed to take root in my heart and mind in the area of financial stewardship. That is until I opened my eyes one day and realized I had managed to incur twenty thousand dollars worth of credit card debt. The guilt and shame did not compare, though, to the brokenness I felt between God and me, and most certainly between John and me.

Woman Beautiful pg. 159

The rich rules over the poor and the borrower becomes the lender's slave. Proverbs 22:7, NAS