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What does God say about saving for retirement? What wisdom has God has given you concerning this? I'm kind of 'on the fence' about this.

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The way politicians do, no one but the rich will be able to save anything. They will take everything in taxes. Count on it if Obama gets in.

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The Lord puts the answer to these things in our hearts as to how to prepare for the future. Keep asking Him to guide you and believe that He will. He is the only one who knows what it will be like when it comes time for us to retire, and then again, I have heard that we are never to retire. Anyway, may the Lord give you wisdom for the right path.

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I think that it's wise to save up for retirement so that you don't become a monetary burden on your children.

"Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,

but the sinner

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:noidea:Hmmm...what does the Word say about retirement?
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These are some verses Jesus led me to: the first verse is the first one He led me to. The rest are not in any order. When I read them I keep hearing God say, "If you will give me your everything, I will be faithful for your everything"

Luke 12: 13-21

13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

14 And He said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man

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there is no such thing as retirement......

I have already been tired,

I have already been tired again, (retired)

and I am still tired......

seriously though, we that are living for Christ never retire.

once a minister always a minister (unless defrocked) but there is no such thing as retirement, and the Bible does not speak of it as far as I have found.

it has already been said that we should not be a burden to our children.... the Bible does tell us that we need to be setting up for out grandchildren (not our children) I know several pastors and others that have trust funds for their grandchildren.....

we need to think about the Blessings that the Lord has placed upon us..... what are we to do with them? several men i know have preached up until the day they passed on..... one man, was preaching easter morning service, and went home while behind the pulpit, saying there would be no greater joy then to go home while he was praising the Lord, and he shouted a praise and fell to the floor....

God granted this man his request.....

I have "retired" from the military, but only took a month off to drink coffee and relax, then landed three jobs in the first week i was looking, since then, have been offered many jobs and have had several, for different reasons, getting ready to start a new career at that, at the ripe young age of 50 being i have 70 more years ahead of me (IAW Gen 6.....)

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there is no such thing as retirement......

I have already been tired,

I have already been tired again, (retired)

and I am still tired......

seriously though, we that are living for Christ never retire.

once a minister always a minister (unless defrocked) but there is no such thing as retirement, and the Bible does not speak of it as far as I have found.

it has already been said that we should not be a burden to our children.... the Bible does tell us that we need to be setting up for out grandchildren (not our children) I know several pastors and others that have trust funds for their grandchildren.....

we need to think about the Blessings that the Lord has placed upon us..... what are we to do with them? several men i know have preached up until the day they passed on..... one man, was preaching easter morning service, and went home while behind the pulpit, saying there would be no greater joy then to go home while he was praising the Lord, and he shouted a praise and fell to the floor....

God granted this man his request.....

I have "retired" from the military, but only took a month off to drink coffee and relax, then landed three jobs in the first week i was looking, since then, have been offered many jobs and have had several, for different reasons, getting ready to start a new career at that, at the ripe young age of 50 being i have 70 more years ahead of me (IAW Gen 6.....)

mike

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You're right Iryssa-I certainly don't want to burden my daughter that way, or any way. And Mr&Mrs MikeIrish-I'm like you.I'll keep working, no matter what.

It's just tough to balance living in the here and now, with planning for a future I can't know and then trusting my plan for the future to work out. God does know my future, so I trust in Him.

God has been asking me a lot of questions about the 'worldly wisdom' I've been taught to believe as true my whole life. He's challenging me to find His truth in the various 'truths' I've been taught by man. I'm an American by my first birth, so I've been raised to believe in the American truths, values, and way of life. Since my second birth, I'm a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven and I live according to the truths, values, and Jesus' way of life. And not all that I've been taught as an American lines up with what I'm learning about being God's daughter. I really want to become holy like God and separate myself from the world as He is. I want to be in the world as Jesus was when He was here.

For example, in America, voting is our right and our privilage. We are taught to cherish this right. In other countries, there is no voting at all so these people have no opportunity to change their circumstances via this method. God's way of effecting change must transcend the many governments. He simply will not be limited by the ways and means of man. The Gospel is His way of effecting change. And we, as Christians, bring His Gospel to those in all our various jobs, volunteer activities, etc. But it isn't just words we speak, it's howwe live. So, I'm learning how to line up how I live with His Gospel. There are many things I'm now questioning. Saving money is just one of them. So, I guess I'm digging to get at the root of what I've been taught about saving money. Is this Godly wisdom taught to man, or this worldy wisdom passed off as Godly wisdom?

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God gave even the squirrels sense enough so store food for hard times. They even seem to sense harsh winters. Birds he gave the ability to go to where food is available most of the time.....

Why would we be any different from the rest of creation. He gave you common sense to use.

Planning for retirement is not a bad thing....... retiring from work if you can manage will give you much more time to be a worker for the Lord and do those things your church needs that most just don't have the time for......

Storing for the end times...... well that's another whole different thread.

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