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  • Proverbs Series - Episode 8 - Wisdom Pays Dividends

    Proverbs Series - Episode 8 - Wisdom Pays Dividends
    2025/07/08
    Verses: Proverbs 8:10–11, 18–21 “Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.” “Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness… I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.” Overview: In Episode 8, Greg Carroll introduces us to the voice of Wisdom from Proverbs 8—a refreshing contrast to the warning in Chapter 7. This episode shows that God’s wisdom is not just morally right, but financially rewarding. When you pursue wisdom first, you set yourself up for peace, purpose, and wealth that endures. What You’ll Learn: Why wisdom is more valuable than silver, gold, or jewels How godly instruction leads to enduring wealth and righteousness The difference between momentary gain and compound peace Real-life examples of how wisdom pays dividends in budgeting, spending, and financial decision-making A three-part reflection challenge to align your heart with wisdom Take Action: Ask yourself: Am I chasing cash or character? What wise habit am I building? What foolish habit do I need to drop? What step can I take this week to grow in wisdom? Close with this prayer: “Lord, give me wisdom that endures—wisdom that honors You and multiplies peace in my life.” Mentioned in the Episode: Learn more at LegacyFinancialCoach.com Proverbs 8 (English Standard Version) 1 Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? 2 On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; 3 beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: 4 “To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. 5 O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense. 6 Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right, 7 for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 8 All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them. 9 They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge. 10 Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, 11 for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her. 12 “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. 13 The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. 14 I have counsel and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength. 15 By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just; 16 by me princes rule, and nobles, all who govern justly. 17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me. 18 Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness. 19 My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver. 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice, 21 granting an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries. 22 “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. 23 Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. 24 When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth, 26 before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world. 27 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, 28 when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep, 29 when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, 30 then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, 31 rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man. 32 “And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. 35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord, 36 but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death. Be Free Greg Follow Me Here: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/1legacyfinancialcoach Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/legacyfinancialcoach X - https://x.com/1legacycoach YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@legacyfinancialcoach TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@legacyfinancialcoach Website: https://www.legacyfinancialcoach.com/
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  • Proverbs Series - Episode 7 - Don't Get Played

    Proverbs Series - Episode 7 - Don't Get Played
    2025/07/07

    Verses: Proverbs 7:21–23

    “With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter… till an arrow pierces his liver… he does not know that it will cost him his life.” — Proverbs 7:21–23

    Overview: Episode 7 dives deep into the heart of temptation—and how it shows up not just in relationships but in our finances. Greg Carroll compares the trap of adultery in Proverbs 7 with modern financial seduction: emotional spending, consumer pressure, and impulse buying. This episode is a bold warning and a practical guide to guarding your wallet and your heart.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • How financial temptation mirrors the seduction described in Proverbs 7

    • The slow, passive path toward debt and regret

    • Real-life examples of common traps: “zero-interest” offers, emotional purchases, and the Amazon black hole

    • How temptation robs us of peace, progress, and purpose

    • Actionable ways to create boundaries that protect your finances

    Take Action: 🚨 Name your biggest financial temptation 🛡️ Set a boundary today: delete the app, unfollow the feed, or ask for accountability 🙏 Pray: “Lord, help me walk in wisdom—not regret. Guard my heart and guide my steps.”

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    📖 Proverbs 7 (English Standard Version)

    1 My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; 2 keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; 3 bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend, 5 to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.

    6 For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, 7 and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense, 8 passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house 9 in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.

    10 And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. 11 She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home; 12 now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait. 13 She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him, 14 “I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows; 15 so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you. 16 I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen; 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love. 19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey; 20 he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home.”

    21 With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. 22 All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast 23 till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.

    24 And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, 26 for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

    Be Free

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    7 分
  • Proverbs Series - Episode 6 - Wake Up and Hustle Smart

    Proverbs Series - Episode 6 - Wake Up and Hustle Smart
    2025/07/06
    Verses: Proverbs 6:1–5 (cosigning), Proverbs 6:6–11 (laziness & diligence) “Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise… A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.” — Proverbs 6:6,10–11 Overview: In Episode 6, Greg Carroll brings some real talk from Proverbs 6 on two traps that threaten your financial future: reckless responsibility (like cosigning) and passive procrastination. Whether you’ve loaned money you shouldn't have or you’ve been “resting” a little too long on your budget goals, this episode calls you to wake up, take action, and hustle with wisdom. What You’ll Learn: Why cosigning is often a dangerous financial decision How Solomon compares financial passivity to a slow erosion of your future What the ant can teach you about preparation and progress How rest can sometimes be a cover for avoidance Two coaching questions to check your financial diligence today Take Action: Ask: Are you shouldering financial responsibility that isn’t yours? Identify one task you’ve been avoiding—then take action today Pray: “Lord, help me honor You with diligence, and move with wisdom, not worry.” Mentioned in the Episode: Learn more and get support at LegacyFinancialCoach.com Share, subscribe, and leave a review to help others break free financially Proverbs 6 (English Standard Version) 1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, 2 if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth, 3 then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor. 4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; 5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. 7 Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, 8 she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. 9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. 12 A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, 13 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, 14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; 15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. 16 There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, 19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers. 20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. 21 Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. 22 When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. 23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life, 24 to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. 25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes; 26 for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life. 27 Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? 28 Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched? 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished. 30 People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry, 31 but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house. 32 He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself. 33 He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge. 35 He will accept no compensation; he will refuse though you multiply gifts. Be Free Greg Follow Me Here: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/1legacyfinancialcoach Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/legacyfinancialcoach X - https://x.com/1legacycoach YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@legacyfinancialcoach TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@legacyfinancialcoach Website: https://www.legacyfinancialcoach.com/
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  • Proverbs Series - Episode 5 - Pleasure vs. Puspose

    Proverbs Series - Episode 5 - Pleasure vs. Puspose
    2025/07/05

    Verses: Proverbs 5:3–5, 7–10

    “For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword… Keep your way far from her… lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner.”

    Overview: Episode 5 takes a bold look at the seductive power of temptation—not just in relationships, but in your finances. Greg Carroll draws a powerful parallel between the forbidden woman in Proverbs 5 and the enticing voices of modern consumerism. This episode is your wake-up call to recognize the high cost of impulsive choices and reclaim your strength for purposeful living.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • How financial temptations mirror the seductive lies described in Proverbs 5

    • The high cost of chasing pleasure—regret, lost resources, and emotional captivity

    • How advertisers manipulate your desire for status and satisfaction

    • Practical ways to guard against impulse spending and emotional purchases

    • Why protecting your purpose is more valuable than indulging in pleasure

    Take Action: Identify your financial temptations—what’s your “forbidden woman”? Delete apps, unfollow accounts, or avoid websites that trigger spending Pray: “Lord, help me choose purpose over pleasure and wisdom over want.”

    Mentioned in the Episode:

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    Proverbs 5 (English Standard Version)

    1 My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, 2 that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. 3 For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, 4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol; 6 she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.

    7 And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. 8 Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, 9 lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless, 10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner, 11 and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed, 12 and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! 13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors. 14 I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.”

    15 Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. 16 Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? 17 Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. 18 Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, 19 a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love. 20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?

    21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths. 22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin. 23 He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.

    Be Free

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    6 分
  • Proverbs Series - Episode 4 - Stay the Course

    Proverbs Series - Episode 4 - Stay the Course
    2025/07/04

    Verses: Proverbs 4:25–27

    “Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.”

    Overview: In Episode 4, Greg Carroll unpacks the powerful reminder from Proverbs 4 to stay focused and intentional on your financial journey. Whether it’s the pull of comparison, convenience, or comfort, we all face distractions that can derail our progress. This episode is both a caution and a challenge—to stay the course with your eyes fixed on purpose.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Why distractions are one of the biggest threats to financial freedom

    • How clarity and consistency beat hype and hustle

    • The importance of assigning every dollar before the month begins

    • How to build financial boundaries that protect your vision

    • A 10-minute challenge that will reveal whether you’re really staying on track

    Take Action: Review your last 10 financial transactions Ask: “Are these in line with my financial goals?” Pray: “Lord, help me stay the course. Help me fix my eyes on You and not be pulled off by distractions.”

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    📖 Proverbs 4 (ESV)

    1 Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, 2 for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. 3 When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. 6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. 7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. 8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. 9 She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”

    10 Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. 11 I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. 12 When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. 13 Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.

    14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. 15 Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. 16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. 19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.

    20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. 23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. 24 Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. 25 Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. 26 Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. 27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

    Be Free

    Greg

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  • Proverbs Series - Episode 3 - Trust Over Tactics

    Proverbs Series - Episode 3 - Trust Over Tactics
    2025/07/03
    Episode 3 – Trust Over Tactics

    Verses: Proverbs 3:5–6, 9–10

    “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding… Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.”

    Overview: Episode 3 unpacks one of the most quoted—but least applied—truths in personal finance: trust in the Lord over your own understanding. Greg challenges us to stop relying solely on spreadsheets, income, and financial strategies—and instead place our full trust in God. This episode is a call to surrender, honor God with your best, and invite Him into every corner of your financial life.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Why trusting God is more powerful than perfect planning

    • How obedience—not just giving—unlocks peace and provision

    • A breakdown of what it means to honor God with your “firstfruits”

    • The difference between tithing out of comfort vs. conviction

    • How Greg’s personal shift toward total trust transformed his path

    Take Action: 📖 Read Proverbs 3 and highlight how “trust” shows up in your financial life 📝 Ask: “Am I trusting the plan—or the Person behind the plan?” 🙏 Reflect and realign your giving, planning, or spending to honor God first

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    Be Free

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    7 分