GOD'S ECONOMY
Looking for a Financial Breakthrough
"We felt like we were going through the motions each month, just
getting by. We were in debt, not an insurmountable amount, but debt.
We had a house payment, a car payment, credit card debt. It was very
frustrating to make payments to all of these debts but still see no
light at the end of the tunnel," Brad Johnson explains.
It is a spending story repeated in households across America. Brad
Johnson was tired of the grind. Even the familys credit card
balance began grating on his nerves.
"It never goes away," Brad recalls. "You may pay a little bit on
it, but there it is again next month at the same level. Even though
we felt like we were paying on that credit card, the credit card company
loved the balance we were keeping each month."
Then Brad and his wife, Tabitha, made a tough decision: Tabitha would
stay home with their children, and the Johnsons would live on one
income.
"We were looking for a breakthrough." Brad says.
That breakthrough came, in part, from a television show Tabitha enjoyed
watching.
"The 700 Club was a refreshing change from what I had to watch
all the time," she says. "I really looked forward to it, and I really
grabbed hold of the things that were taught on The 700 Club."
Tabitha realized that one of those lessons was managing money according
to Gods Word.
"I began to understand that the reason we were not having a breakthrough
was because we were not consistently tithing and giving," she says.
Brad had also found the answer to the breakthrough he wanted for
his family through the Word of God. What he found lined up with what
Tabitha was hearing on The 700 Club.
"I was pretty excited that the word I received was
the word Tabitha had received," Brad says. "How can
people who are not really struggling but just getting
by say, 'I have to spend more money?' Well, you are
not really spending more money. Its not your
money, its Gods money!"
The Johnsons became faithful givers and continued to learn from The
700 Club.
"Malachi 3:10 says that if you give the Lord your tithes and offering,
He will pour out such a blessing that your house cannot contain it.
We decided to believe the Lord and take Him at His word," says Tabitha.
Tabitha made what the Johnsons call a 'debt mountain.' She got the
idea from Mark 11:23, which says, 'For I say unto the mountain, be
thou removed and cast into the sea and it shall be done.' Tabitha
constructed the mountain and wrote all their debts on it.
"In the mornings I would say, 'Debt, you are coming down in the name
of Jesus!' Things would happen," Tabitha recalls.
"We would take it one debt at time," Brad adds.
Brad and Tabitha saw God do a miracle in Brads insurance business.
More and more clients called and Brads income grew. Even their
mortgage was paid off.
The Johnsons love seeing how God is using their CBN dollars to reach
the world for Christ. They especially enjoyed a tour of our new Nashville
studios.
"When we saw the Northstar studios, it was amazing what God had done
for The 700 Club -- how Hed given them such a wonderful
facility," says Tabitha. "As you give seed in the good ground, you get
a harvest from that."
Brad and Tabitha know the reason they can faithfully support The
700 Club is because God continues to bless them financially. If
you need a financial breakthrough, Brad has some advice: "Get into the
Scriptures that talk about tithing and God's blessings on you," he says.
" You need to understand those. I think at that point you will see your
life change."
Just as God provided a financial breakthrough to Brad and Tabitha when
they were obedient to His word, He can do the same for you. One way
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