MONEY AND MARRIAGE - give to God First

Money can ruin your marriage; it's as simple as that; it's the number one problem in marriages leading to divorce. While financial independence is important, it must be balanced with accountability; by living within the boundaries you set. When it comes to money and marriage, it's no use pretending about how much money you have. If you say have more than you actually do to impress your spouse, you're likely to end up with too many bills and not enough money!

Mercifully, an awesome sense of peace can be restored when couples discover God’s way of having a successful marriage and handling money wisely.

God understands the money and marriage combination; knows that handling money can be tricky, and He has provided many verses about it in the Bible, giving couples practical guidelines for any financial situation, challenging our values about money and finances.

Whether you are well-off, or struggling with insurmountable debt, the Bible will give you hope, encouragement and practical advice to help you handle your finances and money God’s way.

Arguments arising from debt …. who decides what to spend the money on and how much to budget are all things that lead us to become caught up in money. Learning to share money with one's spouse is a challenging aspect of marriage. Money and marriage can be a destructive force, or it can be a source of closeness. Money is an interwoven part of the marriage commitment, couples must learn and apply what God has to say about money in marriage.

Everything we have comes from God. He owns it, and He entrusts it to us to use for His purposes, and at Family Life we have wonderful resources presented to couples in a money and marriage situation... excellent tools for learning how to effectively apply the principles of giving, paying income taxes, savings etc to achieve true financial success from following God’s plan for our finances.