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08
Apr

To Give or Get… What Is Your Opinion on the Difference?

My friend Andy Proper from TeamWorkLeadSystem recently a blog. This is one of the posts on it.

You can find Andy’s blog here <—- I recommend you bookmark it.

I’m interested in your thoughts and feelings on this subject. I know it isn’t directly related to short sale investing. However it does involve getting a temperature for the motivation you have to do them. Money isn’t everything and certainly money doesn’t prevent you to help others…so please don’t get the impression. However it is something that all of us deal with everyday and most of us work harder to get more of it.

How do you feel about this?

Would you mind copying this link
http://www.shortsalefundamentals.com/blog/2008/04/08/125/ and send it to a few of your closest friends so they can provide input too?
I appreciate your willingness to more than I can ever express to you.

Remember… be a servant,

Cory Boatright
Loss Mitigation Specialist

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I think a lot of believers have the wrong idea about money.

We read verses like Matthew 19:24…

… it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

and 1 Timothy 6:7-9…

For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

and we condition ourselves to not think unnecessarily about money.

It’s understandable… money definitely has a lot of worldly connotations – greed, jealously, hedonism – but I think having an aversion toward it because of those things is the exact opposite of how we’re supposed to think.

In viewing it this way, we’re letting the enemy take this one. We’re like a decathlete who doesn’t participate in the shotput because it’s uncomfortable for his arm, and he thinks he can still win by working hard in the other nine events.

It’s time to wake up & realize that in the game of money, Christians are getting destroyed. The work of the devil is exponentially better funded than the work of Jesus Christ in today’s world.

Look at how much more money is thrown at filth than good on your TV, in the movie theater, & on this computer screen you’re looking at right now.

It’s time to get smart about money and to WANT IT.

Folks, I want it. Bad.

I want to MAKE IT RAIN up in this mutha.

Make it Rain Homie

Before you close this page, get me straight.

I’m checking myself all the time to make sure money hasn’t become an end in itself. When money becomes the goal & not the means — or if it’s the means to the wrong end — that’s when it becomes easier for that camel to fit through the pinhole than for you to please God.

In my life, my ‘99 Ford Ranger will do just fine. I’m planning on driving that bad boy into the ground.

My “end” is freedom of time & money for my family and it’s the ability to put money toward it’s greatest Godly use, which is giving. Freely & often. When my friend asks me for $10,000 for a month-long medical mission to Africa, I want to write the check on the spot. And I want to go too.

But currently… my ability to give is limited by my ability to get.

That’s why it’s essential we learn about money. How to get it & what to do with it when we have it. Too many people want money but not education.

Start with Proverbs. Solomon was the richest man who ever walked this planet, and he hid a lot of his personal secrets in this book.

Learn from the parable of the talents in Matthew 25. What does that tell you about expanding the kingdom with what you have? About saving vs. investing?

As with everything else, different results begins with radically different thinking, and different thinking comes through an urgency to learn.

“Well done, good and faithful servant!” are words we should each be living & dying to hear. With your current thoughts & actions towards money, is that what you expect to hear?

  • http://24hrhousebuyers.com Win james

    I’m dropping a note to tell you that agree whole heartedly with this blog. I often try to think about what is money to me. I have found money is my freedom to share and give.

    I’m generous and I enjoy being generous. The short timers in any business will never seem to achieve the greatest freedom of all. That is freedom OF mind, debt, spirit, wealth. You know what? It’s all spelled out its path already taken. Its journey available in the most read book of all time.

    Is money wealth? No.

  • http://propertiesnow.net Dawn Uselding

    I agree. Money is not evil. It is the love of money. I want to make more so I can give more and invest more of my time in my current missions. I want to be able to do more to fund “My Sisters’ House”, a Christian transitional living facility for women with drug and alcohol problems. I want to be able to devote more time to my Womens Bible Study at the jail. I want to be able to help more people save their houses from foreclosure. Money would make all these things easier. I don’t think that you need to be poor to be a good Christian. It is what you do with your time and your money that shows who you serve. Lets make Satan cry out in frustration by conducting ourselves in a Godly manner in our lives and businesses and being rewarded as the servants with the talents were rewarded. Then use our skills to teach others. I want to hear “Well done oh good and faithful servant”, and I want to disciple others in how to be a Christian business person. You can succeed and be faithful at the same time. Thank you for demonstrating that truth and being so forward and honest about your faith in Christ Jesus. Thank you for not being afraid to say the Name.

  • http://SoCalPropertyRescue.com Robert Speights

    Your Exactly right.To whom much is given much is expected. We live in the most prosperes nation on earth. I feel as believers living in America we should be striving to make as much money as we can. I want to take care of more people than Myself. How about the litte boy dragging his sister through the garbage dump in Calcutta looking for scraps of food. Or the single mother trying to make ends meet on minimum wage. How about taking back the media from the Godless. These things do take prayer but they also take money, and lots of it! Faith without works is dead. This may sound like heresey but I believe making lots of money is a Holy calling. Thats of course if your hearts right.
    o

  • http://www.EasyHUD.com Chris Daigle

    I see it as my responsibility to make as much as i am able because i am a good steward with my money. I tithe 10% and donate another 10% to charities that benefit the homeless, abused children, animal rescue leagues, the arts, etc.

    i think for a lot of people it is easier to say money is trouble because deep down they are not being honest with themselves. if you won the lottery and refused the money it would be a sign of weakness – you don’t have what it takes to be responsible for the proper allocation of those funds in a healthy way.

    get some help if you have an unhealthy relationship with money. it will change your life for the BETTER.

  • Charles Ericson

    Cory, So few people seem to proofread their writings these days, it’s as though you’re saying, “You’ll just have to stumble through, the best you can. Your time and reading comfort aren’t important to me.”

    On another note: I’m not a Christian. Should I feel shut out, as though your blog wasn’t written for me? I’ve seen enough of your stuff to believe you to be a consummate professional, but I have to wonder if you’re writing a business blog, or if you prefer to deal only with Christians, just because you identify more closely with Christian thought patterns.
    And if you truly do want to identify with charitable sentiment, why use terms like “mutha”? Is that charitable towards women- and mothers in particular? Is that the level that modern public expression has been reduced to? Perhaps it’s just a slip. I look forward to your reply.

  • http://ShortSaleFundamentals.com cboatright

    I believe it is a heart issue more than singularly a money one.

    It is difficult to believe a person that doesn’t give now will later when they get rich. I’m sure the idea sounds attractive, but the reality of that manifesting is kneel if your heart isn’t conditioned for it NOW.

    I don’t think you “get to give more”. Although it sounds good and I’m sure the intention behind it is honest and pure. I think you … give to give NOW and anything added to you isn’t motivated by getting more. Rather than a fulfillment of the value from plainly giving.

    The stewardship of everything you manage now is the foundation for managing much later…should that be added to you.

  • Ted

    Read all the comments. I agree with Cboatright and this is because and I am quoting:
    Who is wealthy? and the answer is
    He who is happy with his situation.

    That said anyone looking for more money and thinking they will help later, will never do. And if they do , they only do so marginally.

  • jimi

    Wealth is a tool for God’s dominion. The goal is not to build a large collection of tools(temporal earthly riches), rather, to apply the tools towards heavenly treasures. He’s provided us with a garden of abundance to serve and to share in the pursuit of expanding the kingdom. Go ye therefore and teach all nations …

    jimi

  • http://www.triadnchomesforsale.com Tony G

    Corey, well said. I don’t think God has an issue with how much money we have. He is more interested in our heart towards Him and money. Like it or not, it takes money to support missionaries and other ministries? Could God sustain each one alone? Of course, but I believe He wants our help and most importantly our heart. Just keep “seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (we are made righteous only by the blood of Jesus) and ALL other things will be added unto you.” Mat 6:33

    BTW, thanks for a very informative site!!

  • http://disasterinvestor.com/ Darren Hom

    Thanks for writing this post, Cory. I agree that funding God’s work is important. God has given us the power to get wealth in order to confirm his covenant with us:

    …
    You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today. (Deuteronomy 8:17-18)
    …

    God gives us the ability to produce wealth so that we’ll remember Him and serve Him with it. If we don’t, it becomes a means of judgment:

    …
    If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God. (vv. 19-20)
    …

    The ability to get wealth comes from God, and the way we use it is a test of whether or not we respect its source. I’ve given a more extensive explanation in the comments section of this blog post:

    http://www.xanga.com/godmadescience/616399772/oklahoma-city-how-much-time-do-we-have.html

    The heart-change and value system created when Christianity enters a culture is the foundation for economic growth. I have no problem with Cory writing about Christianity any more than I have problems with Rolling Stone writing about Chuck Berry.

    Some quick examples: Population growth (leading to an increased division of labor and an increased demand for products), small government, economic freedom, a stable money supply, a service-oriented view of exchange, honest business practices, a linear (progress-oriented) view of time, future orientation created by generational and inheritance-oriented thinking, dominance over nature instead of dominance over man, absolute standards of morality in all practices (including business), and a predominantly heart-oriented rather than predominantly legislated form of cultural change are a few of the values spread by Christianity that are necessary for cultural progress. India under British rule was a net exporter of food. Pre-Christian America suffered from food shortages and a very underdeveloped economy.

    I’m not saying that everything Christians have done is right or good. However, I am saying that the standard by which we judge the right and good is God’s Word, and it is that standard that makes economic growth possible. Growth occurs to the extent to which we live consistently with the way God designed the world to function.

    More info here:

    http://www.entrewave.com/freebooks/docs/a_pdfs/dcpc.pdf (PDF format)

    http://www.amazon.com/Productive-Christians-Age-Guilt-Manipulators/dp/0930464044/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-8139941-1270311?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208820247&sr=8-1 (book version)

  • http://disasterinvestor.com/ Darren Hom
  • http://none David Mitchell

    Hi folks,
    In ancient Israel, the “Eye of the Needle” was well known. It is an extremely narrow, thus easily defended, gate in the wall of Jerusalem. It was near the best trade route. A merchant with a heavily laden camel would have to unload at that gate. Leaving his camel outside, he would carry his treasures through the gate because there might be thieves outside. Then he would return for his transportation and enter the city, with his camel passing through the eye of the needle, unburdened.
    I think that Jesus was saying that a rich man can, indeed, take his riches with him to Heaven, but they would be spiritual riches. They would be the souls of his friends whom he influenced to salvation. After all, they use gold for paving stones in Heaven, so what good is gold there?
    And of course it’s a heart issue. Who (or what) is your God? Jehovah allows only one God. Jesus confirmed it in the Gospels. Jesus had a lot of good to say about having money. Psalm 1 comes to mind. Also Jeremiah 14:35 (or is it verse 34). “For I know the plans I have for you,” saith the Lord, “…plans to prosper you and not to harm you.” His stern warnings were about having other gods.
    I think it’s notable that nearly everyone mentioned by name in the Old Testament was wealthy, and that you really have a hard time finding a poor man mentioned by name. I can think of one.
    Paul says “I would that you prosper and be in good health, even as your soul prospers.” So prosperity is spiritual and monetary.
    David



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