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Ten Easy Principles To Debt Reduction
[excerpts from a serm on given by
Rev K irkland, M inister o fF in a n ce s-
-A ss' P astor of Bethel CO G O C in
Jacksonville, N orth Carolina!
“G c d w ants a transform ation to hap­
pen our life o ffinances—Rev. Kirkland
G od has left us in charge as the
stew ards. E verything that we do is
going to be tested and tried To be­
come debt-free, we
m ust change our
m ind-set w hen it
com es to our fi­
nances.
C a tc h T h e
r e v e la ti o n
Of
tithes & O ffering!
Every w eek,
w e see people, all
excited, skipping dow n to the light
company and the w ater com pany to
pay their bills w ith money that God
has given to them. B ut—do you see
anyone skipping down the isle to the
offering trays or baskets? All God asks
us for is ten percent (10% ) o f our gross
earnings. At the beginning, not after
you have spent all the m oney dow n to
the bare-necessities.
W hen God sent His son, Jesus
C hrist, He did not send the scraps. He
their neighbor All this because God
loved them so m uch that He G ave his
only begotten Son So—why is it so
hard for us to give unto the Lord a
portion o f w hat he has given to us .’
W hen you give, you must give of
the first-fruit. Let your offering, to the
Lord, be the first th in g to be deducted
from your earnings. Not ju st the m ilk-
-but, the cream o ff the top
Every C h ristian Believer can be
debt-free by bind-
in g th e stro n g m a n
in h is/h er life. His
n am e is "D e b t” .
S ata n h as tak en
that ball an d has
s c o re d -m a n y a
touchdown.
W ejust nickel
an d dim e God to
death Like He d o esn ’t know any
better W e have freely received w ith ­
out pav ing a thing. Let us also—freely
give. G ive back to the Lord w hat
is rightfully His anyway. [Matthew
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Elder T.N. Noffa, Jr.
(C w F F )
Rev. T om m ie Noffa, Jr. w as born
A ugust 6 ,1 9 2 4 to the late Tom m ie N.
and relieved him Irom the su tT cn n g o l
1. Com m it to G o d -N o w !
2 2. Stop increasing your d e b t-b y this w orjd Rcv Noffa com pleted Ins
paying o ffo n e an d opening u p a n o th e r fin ai chap ter in the book o f this life on
charge account
April 6, 1993.
3. C om m it to tith in g 10% o f
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He e w
w a as a o ordained in the m inistry
ALL incom e that you receive.
w ith the C hurch o f the L iving God
4 T ithe the first-fruit o f your (C .W .F .F.) in Septem ber, 1964, u n ­
increase.
der B ishop P H. C olem an in Los A n ­
5 Plant seeds for your harvest by geles, C alifornia He worked diligently
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Tuesday Silble
Study and Prayer
Inter-racial Congregation
Denise Bell
126 N.E. Alberta t Portland, OR 97211 + (503) 28 8-5173
CHRISTIAN CENTER
7600 N.E. GLISAN
PORTLAND, OR. 97213
L a rry & Tiz Huch
Senior Pastors
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Then you are ready for New Begin­
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6. Item ize your current debts By
ad ding the interest cost to your sched­
uled paym ent am ount, you can pay
your
bill oil
th e C h u rc h o fT h e L iv in g G o d (P .G .T )
your bill
off taster
faster
7. C
onsolidate
your
bills
to
the
C onsolidate your b ills to the fo ra n u m b e ro fy ears before com ing to
lowest credit card or creditor. B egin {hc C h u rc h o f T h e L iv in g G o d
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_ k n n pay-off
in n in o by
w ith
th e n in g w ith the
rapid
begin
D euteronom y 28:47-48. "T h e Lord an d etc.
G ive unto the Lord as the poor
blessed you in every way, but you
widow
had "C ast in all the living that
w ould not serve him w ith glad and
she
had
.” [St. Luke 21:1-4]
joyful hearts. So then, you will serve
sent the best.
Praise
God w ith w hat he has given
O n Sunday m ornings, you see the enem ies that the Lord is going to
untoy ou. Just rem em b er- M uch giv cn-
send
against
you.
You
w
ill
be
hungry,
people w alking dow n to the offering
-M uch received. Little g iven—Little
table w ith k n nkled-up faces, fum bling thirsty , and nak ed —in need o f every ­
received. N othing given—N o th in g re­
th ro u g h th e ir purses an d w allets, thing. T h e L ord w ill oppress you
ceived.
Praise ye the Lord!
grum bling under their breath or to h arshly u n til you are d estroyed "
"Come to me cill you uiho are
weary and heavy laden and
I will give you rest."
H e w as pastor o f tem ple #12 in
m gof fe c h u rc h
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an d A rsem a Patton; brothers: Alfonso,
T ru m a n and Sonny; b ro th ers-in
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R ance Riley an d Steven Riley sis er-
in-law s. V era Noffa, Mary Tay or,
Janis W right, C arolyn M artin and
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W orship C e le b ra tio n 1 0 :3 0 A M
W ed. Bible S tu d y
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"A C hurch w hore frien d s are frien d s In d e e d 1
realized or recognized it.
M aybe it w as G od w ho spoke
to us in that slight trem or in the
voice o f that norm ally self-assured
alw ays on the ball friend, try ing to
alert us to a hurt w ith in them . Could
it have the voice o f God that led our
friend to call us the other day w hen
we w ere feeling a little under the
w eather? C ould it have been His
voice that som etim es leads us to say,
“You know som ething told me not
to go that w ay”? “Y ou know , 1 felt
like som ething w as w rong, 1 ju st felt
strange” . How about the sunrises,
the sunsets, the rainstorm s, the rain ­
bows, the thunder, the snowfalls,
the tornados, the hurricanes, yes
even the earthquakes?
E v e ry m o r n in g w h e n w e
aw aken and arisc-could it be? Yes
our God still speaks.
W here an d w hen did we hear
Him last? W ill we hear H im today?
L et’s listen for the gentle sound
o f his beckoning. It’s a m atter of,
"Speak, Lord, wc arc listening.”
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Pastor
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P o rtland, O R 97212
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Theme: Whatever your going to do for the Lore, do It now.
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L et’s rem em ber Sam uel, the
ch ild w ho lived w ith the old priest
E li, serv ing God in the T abernacle.
How puzzled the child m ust have
felt one night w hen he w as sleeping
an d lie heard a v oice calling him as
he w ent to Eli, and have the old
priest tell him , "G o back to sleep, I
have not called you ” A fter several
calls, and Eli each tim e say ing, "N o
I did not call you” , the child must
have begin to think som ething was
w rong w ith h im s c lfo rth c o ld priest.
W hen Eli finally realized that God
w as speaking, he instructed the child
to answ er, "Speak, Lord, for 1 am
listening.” God did speak to Samuel.
He not only spoke to him that night,
but for the rem ainder o f his life.
Just like God spoke to Samuel,
could it be conceivable that he speaks
to us too9 But maybe his voice is
drow ned out by our T. V.s, our own
conv ersations, our children, our jobs,
o u r busy sch ed u les or o u r ow n
u nending thoughts? Wc have prob-
ablv heard His voice and nev cr even
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REFLECTIONS
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P o rtlan d , tem p le # 102, w h ere he
s e n cd over 15 years as pastor He was
involved in v ario u s o rg a n iz a tio n s
throughout the city including the A l-
b in a M inisterial A lliance.
He received his form al education
in T ulsa, O klahom a. He received his
Pastor Janies Coleman, Emmanuel Hospital Chaplain
• Service Tim es: S u n d a y 10:30 am 6 :0 0 pm
W a r8 _
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sm allest bill.
8. Sell all unused item s around
the house to help reduce debt.
9. After pay ing off all our sm all
debts, add that pay m ent to the next
lowest debt until it is paid-in-full.
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10. O nce the sm aller b ills have
However, I caution vou. It is b et­
ter for vou to keep your o flferin g -if been paid, roll-over paym ents to larger
you have g ru m b lin g hearts. Read debts, like: house notes, cars, siding,
Mallory Avenue
Christian Church
served in the U S. Arm y d u rin g w orld
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