Well, most of us want to use our finances well, but what does it mean to honor God, to trust

God with our money in the context of marriage. I'm John

Fuller and thanks for joining us. Dr. Greg Smalley is here. Greg Aaron's not here.

I know she's not feeling well a little bit under the weather. Okay so we're

gonna have to carry this one by ourselves we'll do our best or maybe she's home

spending our money. She's online. So what is this dynamic of finances and couples with maybe different

perspectives about money? Yeah and I loved how you frame that, how do we really honor God with our money in, is Aaron and I work with couples

as we deal with that within our own relationship? I think the evidence of us doing that, you know, first and

foremost, tithing to our church and that's the, yeah, that we have an automatic withdrawal, that's something that we don't mess with.

That's first.

I love Proverbs 3, 9, and 10 to honor the Lord with your wealth,

with the first fruits of your crops. In other words, you know, make that the first

thing that we do and I think that's a big part of how Aaron and I really try to

trust God and honor God with our finances. We have other charitable

organizations that we give to. A big one is Annie, our adopted daughter from

China, her orphanage. You know that's a personal thing and we've involved Annie in that.

That's awesome.

And she gets to see that and be a part of that.

You know, I think, I think things like John, financial stewardship, in other words, you know are are we making sure that we're avoiding excessive debts are we planning for the future is there transparency and accountability.

You know, Aaron and I sit down, it's it's Aaron's least favorite thing.

And maybe what contributed to her being sick.

Yeah, you know, we've been going through, you know, just budgeting that whole process right now, but but doing that in a transparent way, I mean all that I think that sort of financial stewardship is a way that we honor God.

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