Joy Stealers

I have come to the conclusion that money truly is the root of all evil!
Satan will use money to steal your joy if you start focusing on it too much. Ask God to help you take your mind off you and ask how you can help someone else!
I have been sitting hear for the past hour trying to figure out our budget
and what my husband and I both put in each month to pay our bills.
Honestly I don't see how we are able to make ends meet each month, but somehow we do.
I know it isn't by any power of my own. It is all because God is our great provider and He
sees to it that we are taken care of. It is because of Him that I have a roof over my head and food on the table. For that I am grateful.
But once I start trying to figure out ways to cut back or make things easier on ourselves, that is just not possible. Everything we make right now is our survival.
Which my definition of survival is being able to pay all your bills and put food on the table. It's not always about being able to save each month or what you can do or not do with your money.
We are very conservative with our money, but we still can't seem to get ahead. But maybe God wants it this way for a while to keep us humble. Well, if that is the case it is working!
I want God to keep me humble each and every day.
I also continue to put my trust in God to continue providing for us as only he can, and I ask him to help me get my mind off of my lack and focus on someone else for a while. Father if there is anyone I can help in any way, please show me! Please forgive me for always trying to change things about my life that are out of my control.
Help me to wait for you to work behind the scenes for us, and then be even more in love with you when you come through in a very big way. I know you will!
As always, I don't want anything in my life that isn't put there by you! But I do thank you for what I have and I know you will show me how I can give even if I don't have the money right now.
I bind Satan from my finances. They are in God's hands and I trust God to take care of me. I know he has a plan to prosper me, and He will cause every situation to work out for good!
I will no longer stress, but I will trust. I will confess this every day with my mouth so that
Satan can't gain a foothold over this or any other area of my life. I belong to God and I only answer to Him!