Author: Dwight Clough

For those struggling financially …Never stop helping other people. No matter how destitute you become, God will show you a way to enrich someone else. After Hurricane Katrina, I had the honor of serving some of the people of the state of Mississippi. I arrived at Waveland, Mississippi a few days after the hurricane. We set up shop in the parking lot of a K-Mart. Right next to us was a field hospital surrounded by rolls of razor wire and a pile of cars bulldozed together. The people we met had lost everything. For most of them, their uninsured houses…

For those struggling financially …David refused Saul’s armor, but instead defeated Goliath with a sling and a stone. There’s wisdom in that. David was accustomed to a sling and a stone. He had experience with it. All of your past successes – and failures – are part of the package of experience God has put together in your life to empower you to slay the Goliath that is troubling you. Draw on that experience, and ask the Lord how He wants to put it to work for you today…. there was no room for them in the inn. — Luke…

For those struggling financially …We all wish for quick fixes. But I remember something Rick Warren wrote in one of his books: “When God makes a mushroom, He takes a day. When He makes an oak, He takes a hundred years.” There aren’t any shortcuts. While, yes, there are legitimate ways to make $20,000 or more in a day, sometimes those doors are closed to us for one reason or another. Sometimes, we just need to slug it out. Let me encourage you not to resent the journey. If a pile of money could accomplish God’s purposes in you, there’s…

For those struggling financially …Proverbs 19:4 says, “Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man’s friend [note the singular] deserts him.” Financial struggle can be a lonely journey. Let me encourage you. I know the truth. I know that you work hard. I know that you make mistakes; yet all of us make mistakes. Even the wealthiest make mistakes. I know that you’re smart. I know that it isn’t your fault – and, even if it were, who among us is exempt from blame for something? I also know that God has not deserted you even if your friends have.…

For those struggling financially …You will walk through valleys, but you that doesn’t mean you were designed to stay there for ever. Your struggles are temporary. They don’t define you. Rather you define them. You are not poor; you are rich (2 Corinthians 8:9). How does a rich person deal with a financial crisis? He or she gathers a group of advisers, identifies an opportunity and goes after it. As long as there are people with needs, there will never be a shortage of opportunities. Go and bring hope to a discouraged world.But the angel said to them, “Do not…

For those struggling financially …2 Corinthians 8:9 says, “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.” Some people say that this means all Christians should have fat bank accounts. While I would certainly like to see Christians with fat bank accounts who can use their financial wealth to bring good into our world, I think God has in mind much more. We approach our financial struggles from a position of wealth. Do we lack wisdom? The best…

For those struggling financially …Remember 2 Corinthians 8:9: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.” Jesus walked through the valley of poverty and emerged with unimaginable wealth. Your journey through hard times is not in vain, my friend. God didn’t get confused and put you in the wrong place. You are a son or a daughter of God. You will emerge on the other side. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in…

For those struggling financially …Doubt seldom rushes in all at once. Rather it erodes our confidence little by little. The voices that say, “You’ll never get out of this. God has forgotten you. God no longer answers your prayers …” – these voices gather strength over time. You may have been out of work for months. You may be suffering your twentieth business failure. But God has not put you on the shelf. Every time you fall, you learn something and you get stronger. You are a member of God’s army, spiritually speaking. Don’t be surprised if things get tough.…

For those struggling financially …I’m not a woman, and so I cannot speak from experience, but I will offer this word from scripture for you women, especially you single moms. When the economy of Israel collapsed, and death from thirst and starvation was commonplace, where did God send his servant Elijah? To a single mom. God commanded a single mom who had despaired of life itself to feed his number one prophet. Why would God do that? The answer is really simple. God doesn’t hob nob with the rich and famous. Instead, He hangs out with those who have nothing…

For those struggling financially …Let me say a word to you couples. Believe in God; believe in each other. Nothing helps in difficult times like a spouse who believes in you when it seems like nobody else does. See the strengths in your life’s companion and draw them out. Marriage should be a refuge from the storms of life; let your marriage be that.A big happy birthday to Steve FreitagIn those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree … — Luke 2:1You never know how God is going to use an event in your life. When I was a high school…