Dave and Reb welcome Rev. Ray Borg from Financial Discipleship Canada to their discussion today about “Banking on the Future”. As Canadians navigate the global pandemic, we continue to borrow from tomorrow, to spend money we don’t have today. Some people count on future inheritance, wage increases, or expected bonuses, and spend them before actually seeing the money in their bank accounts. This can cause trouble if the money doesn’t actually come the way we thought.
“We can develop a plan, trust and hope in that plan, and then make presumptions about the plan,” Ray says. “Is that fantasy thinking, or is this wisdom? How much energy are we spending on thinking about these plans to attain what we want?”
Dave and Reb hope that this discussion raises awareness of how marketing and advertising leads us down the path of relying on credit, and banking on the future. Again Dave reminds people to make a plan, and only spend the money when they have it in hand.
“We need to keep considering how we are to walk as stewards in these days, with so many distractions drawing our attention away from sound biblical principles around money,” Dave says.
Listen to their thoughts and ideas, as they navigate the spiritual and practical connotations of banking on tomorrow.
To consider how many ads we see each day, start with this article https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/marketing/2017/09/do-we-really-see-4-000-ads-a-day.html#:~:text=Do%20we%20actually%20 encounter%204%2C000,like%20TV%2C%20radio%20and%20print.
Today’s show is sponsored by Financial Discipleship Canada and notmine.ca: a place to find resources and conversation about serving and loving God with our finances. To learn more about financial discipleship go to notmine.ca. To learn more about financial fitness seminars and financial accountability, call More Than Enough Financial at 613-520-4157.