Faith Based Investing

Praying for the impossible

How often do you pray for the impossible?  And when you do so, how often do you believe God will actually come through? Maybe you still believe in miracles.  Maybe you have just stopped believing.  Maybe you have seen God move so many times that miracles seem like the norm. Or maybe just maybe you have always wished those miracles could happen for you.

Any way you slice it, life is filled with its ups and downs.  With all those I talk to it’s easy to hear the pain, to sense the frustration, to see the tears, to know the hurting inside.

• You may have your back against the wall with no solution in sight…
• You may be facing insurmountable odds and failure seems all but certain…
• You may have lost all hope and see it as a lost cause…
• There may be a dream that you have let die…

There are times when we need to throw up the mother of all prayers.  God: can you hear me?  Can you see what I’m going through.  Where God oh where are you? I need you now!  The Hail Mary pass to heaven.  Will it land in the end zone for victory or will the pass fall incomplete or be intercepted by the enemy? There are times when we need to ask God for the impossible.

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As I have mentioned several times here at Jayperoni.com, I am an avid reader.  I read a lot of financial, biblically based, and business books – sometimes even a combination of the three:)  I try to read at least a book a week.  It keeps my mind fresh and I tend to get a whole host of new and exciting ideas.

Kingdom Gains

This week I received a copy of the new book by Dwight Short called Kingdom Gains: What Every Christian Should Know Before Investing, and How to use Socially and Biblically Responsible Investments (BRI) as a Steward of God’s Money.  Other than the subtitle being a tad too long, this is a fantastic read!

In the forward, Ron Blue, author and president of Kingdom Advisors nicely sums up the premise of Kingdom Gains:

“One of the greatest challenges that we face as Christians is how to integrate our faith into our financial decision-making. Some things are obvious to us such as tithing. What is less obvious is how to make our investment decisions faith-based. There are two aspects to this; one is the process that we use, and the second is the actual investment or investment vehicle that we use.”

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