There are many conventional services and websites that offer advice on managing finances and that provide planning techniques for different stages of life. However, the LifePlanning Institute differs in two very important ways:
First, LPI believes that biblical precedents exist which serve to underscore how an individual or a family should approach the management of God's resources as faithful Ste
wards in the Earth. This is an important distinction because today's money management and financial strategies tend to ignore these principles and, therefore, ignore fundamental Christian values to:
1) Acknowledge the Lord as the Source for all provision;
2) Giving as a normal and integral part of stewardship;
and,
3) Learning how to manage all God's resources with a
Kingdom-directed and purpose-driven perspective. Second, true Kingdom living requires that we learn and practice good stewardship over more than our finances. Every gift, talent, and ability which God has entrusted to us must be used and managed with the same goal in mind: to fulfill His purposes through obedience, commitment then faithful application of every resource--His way. Since each of us will be required one day to account for the use of these resources ... is there any reason why you wouldn't start today to learn the Kingdom Way?
