Welcome to the Marriage Day podcast. I'm Jimmy Evans. This is my wife Karen. We're so glad that you're joining us and we're doing a series of podcast right now on God and money, talking about money, how this relates to marriage, how it relates to you individually. And let me say the message that you're going to hear today on this podcast

is the most important message I've ever done.

40 years of ministry is the most important message I've ever done on money

and how to understand money from a biblical perspective.

I promise it will really help you to understand how you should deal with money

and what the Bible says about it.

And the most common way that people deal with money is actually not in a biblical way.

This is something that helped us tremendously.

And we have a couple of questions.

Now, if you want to submit a question to us, we begin all these podcasts by answering questions from our viewers, Marystaypodcast.com.

And that's singular, Marysetaypodcast.com, submit your questions.

We would love to answer your questions here in the podcast.

So Karen, I think you have a question to start out with.

I do.

It's a big one.

My boyfriend and I are about to take next steps and can't seem to get on the same page about money. He and I do. It's a big one. My boyfriend and I are about to take next steps and can't seem to get

on the same page about money. He and I are very blessed financially. However, he is constantly

splurging on his brother and his wife on family trips since they make a more modest living. He covers

complete costs, travel, hotel, and all other expenses on trips for them.

He has always been the fund provider for them. I think boundaries need to be drawn, and this

needs to stop if he and I are going to get married. He disagrees and says, I'm being selfish,

and that he should be able to bless his family however he wants

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