The Habits of Financial Health—Part Three
September 4, 2026
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5 min readThe Habits of Financial Health—Part Three
In this concluding message of a series on financial fitness, Pastor Rick walks through eight practical habits that move a person from financial bondage toward freedom. The core insight is that debt and money mismanagement are not the real problem—they are symptoms of a deeper issue: an unmanaged life lacking discipline and direction.
Diversify and Save Little by Little
Pastor Rick grounds the principle of diversification in Ecclesiastes 11:2: "Invest what you have in several different places because you don't know what disasters might happen." This is the biblical origin of the old saying about not putting all your eggs in one basket. Any money manager would call this a balanced portfolio to minimize risk. The point is straightforward—spread your savings across different places so that one setback does not wipe everything out.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:35) **Diversify Your Investments** - Rick introduces the biblical principle of diversification to minimize financial risk.
- 2 (01:34) **The Little-by-Little Principle of Saving** - Rick explains that consistent small savings over time lead to significant growth.
- 3 (03:31) **Keep Good Records** - The fifth habit is tracking your finances to know exactly where your money goes.
- 4 (07:30) **Money Can Fly Away** - A vivid metaphor for how unmonitored money disappears.
- 5 (08:09) **Plan Your Spending with a Budget** - Habit six is creating a budget to control your finances.
- 6 (12:08) **Set Up a Repayment Plan** - Habit seven is creating a scheduled plan to get out of debt.
- 7 (14:21) **Commit It All to God** - The eighth and final habit is to commit your entire life and resources back to God.
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Show Notes
To be healthy in any area of your life, you have to develop healthy habits. That’s true for your finances too. In this message series, Pastor Rick teaches habits from the Bible that will let you be financially free so that you can be generous with others.To be financially healthy, you have to plan carefully how you use your money. Listen as Pastor Rick teaches about the biblical principle of accounting.
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