Managing Money God's Way: A 31-Day Daily Devotional About Stewardship and Biblical Giving

by Bob Lotich

Become a better steward of your money, pay off debt, save more, and give more! Join Bob in this 31 day daily devotional as he shares his own experiences, insights, questions, and discoveries about Biblical money management and what we can do to be better stewards of our money. Each short chapter will leave you with a new Biblical insight, personal challenge, encouraging thought, and even practical steps to better control your money. ***Actual Amazon "This book gave me a new outlook on managing my money that no other book or blog on the internet has ever given." "The lessons are very concise, which makes them easy and fun to read. I know that I won't need to spend hours on them each night and that I'll get some great, pertinent information that I can immediately apply to my life and financial situation." "This is a great book full of daily devotionals that will help you manage your money God's way. My husband and I have been reviewing our finances over the past year and have made many changes. This book will help us to continue on our path to saving and managing our money the way the Bible says we should." "This book gave me a new perspective on the importance of money to me. I have read other inspirational materials on the subject of personal finance and money management; however, this book really has made me think and feel differently about the role that money plays in my life."

Genres: Nonfiction, Christian, Spirituality, Self Help, Finance, Religion

131 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 12, 2013

About the author

Bob Lotich is a certified educator in personal finance (CEPF®) and has been named a top-20 influencer in personal finance. His award-winning website, SeedTime.com and SeedTime Money Podcast have reached over 50 million people in the past decade.

Bob loves sharing the results of his experimenting with small things like budgeting hacks, money-saving apps, and big things like radical giving, year-long sabbaticals, and other timeless financial instruction from the Bible.

His first Kindle Book "How to Make Money Blogging: How I Replaced My Day-Job With My Blog" is an Amazon #1 Best seller.

Reviews

[Steve Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author had some good thoughts on managing money from a biblical perspective. As a devotional, though, it isn't all that inspiring. The author has a rambling style, which he refers to as having a conversation with the reader as if they were talking over a cup of coffee. This, of course, leads to a lot of informal words and phrases. A few of the entries are sparse on scripture or have no scripture at all. This wasn't a total waste of time, but I found myself wishing for more.

[Cash Cave · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reminder and practical guidance.

This book snapped me back into the reality that it does not matter how much money I have in this moment because it is not my money but God’s money and I must steward it well. Reading this book helped me feel at ease in my current financial situation because of all the gentle biblical reminders of God’s promises and practical guidance on how to stand on those promises.

[Terry Constable · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent devotional for understanding stewardship.

I really enjoyed this devotional, it was written in a easy, conversational style but made solid points. I especially appreciate the author’s honesty about his own journey with money and that he keeps a strong Biblical foundation without being preachy.

[Frida]

Interesting write up

[Hazel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical & bible-based perspective about money

This book has helped open my eyes to this perspective. It is worth reading and coming back to every few months or so.

[Brande · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent devotional

Loved the way he has you look at stewardship and giving. New way of thinking about Gods money! I can't wait to read his next book and listen to the podcast!

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is all about changing your mindset around money. There are plenty of books with all the particulars of the how-to manage your money, but not a lot of books about changing the way you think about money. Even for that reason alone it makes this book worthwhile to read. And like it or not, money and your mindset around it, affects every person.

Mr. Lotich shares how God changed the way he thinks about money. The authenticity and openness were refreshing and never did I sense even a hint of any condemnation in this book.

He also shares new ways to look at familiar scriptures and lots of wisdom, plain and simple.

Overall there was a very positive tone, even almost joyful and I found the bite-sized chapters (divided into 31 days as a devotional) to be very convenient to read.

One point stood out to me and it is that it’s all God’s money and we are merely stewards. He talks about stewardship quite a bit so if you could use more information on that topic I definitely recommend this book for you.

This book is not loaded with a lot of particulars in the how-to manage your money area, but there were lots of general suggestions and lots of different topics were addressed such as, discontentment, stewardship, debt, tithing, budgeting, trust and giving.

A couple of quotes I enjoyed that were included in the chapter on money quotes were:

“It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.” Richard Braustein

“You can everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” Zig Ziglar

Since every person handles money in some form or another and there are precious few books dealing with a biblical mindset of money, I really recommend this book to every Christian!


Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the author himself.I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commision’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bob Lotich has written a great 31-Day Devotional for managing money. He covers many different topics from emergency funds, tithing, giving and setting goals to list a few. He tells readers it is not money you are truly after and that true satisfaction comes from God not money. One of my favorite chapters is the one on goal setting and the importance to list goals that appear unattainable in your eyes.

This is a great book for college students on up. It is a great book for learning how to think about money and what its role should be in your life. Also a great reminder for older people also. It is easy to get off track in your thinking about money and this serves as a great plumbline.

[Stephanie Rollins · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is both a devotional and a self-help book. It backs up its suggestions with plenty of scripture. It is so to-the-point and easy-to-read that anyone, regardless of age, should be able to read and understand it.

There are 31 financial topics--one for every day of the month. They are relavant to us all. The sections are short.

This book would make a great gift!

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

I appreciated the authors insights in this book. I'm in the middle of making some financial decisions and a number of scriptures he referenced were exactly what I needed to hear.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great points made in this book. We are just stewards of God's money!