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Father God, may we let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, and so fulfill the law.
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“One of the reasons why a day of reckoning for the U.S. economy is inevitable is because we are in way too much debt.

The 22 trillion dollar debt that the federal government has accumulated gets most of the attention, but the truth is that we would still be 50 trillion dollars in debt even if the national debt was eliminated somehow.  Today, debt levels are exploding on every level of society.  Corporate debt has more than doubled since the last financial crisis, U.S. consumers are more than 13 trillion dollars in debt, and state and local governments are piling up debt as if tomorrow will never come.  According to a Federal Reserve chart that you can find right here, the total amount of debt in the U.S. financial system has now reached an astounding 72 trillion dollars. . . .

In the end, nobody can “fix” our system, because our debt-based financial system was fundamentally flawed when it was designed.  This is something that I have repeatedly pointed out, but unfortunately most Americans still don’t seem to understand this very basic concept.

If you have a financial system that is literally designed to endlessly create more debt, more money and more inflation, then you are living in a “bubble economy”.

And a “bubble economy” can seem fine as long as the bubble is inflating and economic activity seems to be humming along, but when things start to go bad they can go really, really bad very rapidly.

Individually, there is very little that we can do about our national debt, state and local government debt or corporate debt.  We can try to vote people into office that want to do the right thing, but unfortunately fiscal responsibility and financial reform are not hot button political issues right now.

But what we can do is get our own financial houses in order.  Now is not the time to take on more debt, and paying off any debt that you have already accumulated would be a very good thing.”

(Read more at Zero Hedge. Article by Michael Snyder.)

Several biblical principles emerge from this article. First, debt is harmful. (Pr 22:7; Rom 13:8) Second, when facing a huge problem, it is helpful to focus on personal obedience and devotion to the Lord. There are many things we cannot control, but we can choose daily to seek God and grow in trusting Him. (Mt 6:33) Finally, we can pray! (1 Tm 2:1-4)

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Cheryl Lund
May 9, 2019

I’m 73 and for the past 45 years Christian organizations have preached the same message. I don’t think inducing fear in people is helpful.

Cheryl Lund

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