TCI 2014 Edition

TCI 1 – Slaying Financial Giants

Homework: Identify the Financial Giants in your life and carry your Trust rock with you to remind you that the Giant is defeated!

TCI 2 – Trusting God vs. Uncertain Riches

Homework: Discover how you’re doing with trusting God by utilizing this Track Your Expenses Worksheet.  Pray for another person in your group and command their Giant to fall.

TCI 3 – Leading Your Treasure

Homework: Write down your Values and complete the Budget Worksheet

TCI 4 – Destroying Debt

Homework: Write down your debts in order from lowest to highest amount with the Debt Snowball. Carry your broken chain with you to remind you that the chains of bondage to your creditors have been destroyed!

TCI 5 – Trust Testimonies

Homework: Continue working on your Budget and Debt Snowball.  Write down some of the things that God has done in your life as a result of the Trust Challenge.  E-mail us your testimonies!

TCI 6 – 5 Stone Financial Plan

TCI 7 – Expecting E3:20

TCI 8 – Tackling Trouble When it Comes

Homework: This week’s homework assignment is to memorize Scripture to quote during difficult times.  Write down our Scripture(s) and memorize them. We should meditate on these verses and choose one or two to memorize by next week!  (Suggested verses: Mark 11:23-24, John 16:33 AMP, Romans 8:32, Romans 8:37, 1 Peter 5:7, 2 Corinthians 4:13-18 MSG)

TCI 9 – First Things First

Homework: This week’s homework assignment is to do a giving inventory.  Go back through your giving statement or bank account and investigate what you gave to God in the last year?  Did you actually tithe? Give offerings?  After you take inventory, make a list of ways God has blessed you and shown His abundant provision in your life.

TCI 10 – MindGames: Grasshoppers or Giants

Check out Nate & Eddie’s illustration about Shrinking your Giant!

Homework: This week’s homework assignment is to give God praise and magnify Him.  The more we magnify God, the larger He is in our sight and our giants shrink.  Spend some time this week meditating on God’s Word (your memory verses) and begin to praise God for being the Source of your supply and the great Provider.

TCI 11 – Extravagant Generosity

Homework: This week’s homework assignment is to review the previous sessions from the TCI.  Here’s an infographic with the bullet points from the overall Trust Challenge.  Put it up on your refrigerator or mirror and make sure this challenge to Trust God more fully in your finances will continue beyond tonight.  Also, keep this small giant in your wallet or purse as a reminder that our God is greater than the giants we face and He has already given us the victory!

 

TCI 2015 Edition

TCI 1 – Trust Tension

Homework: This week’s homework assignment is to identify your current reality and ask God about the dream or goals that He has for you.  Write down the Scriptures that relate to your destiny.

TCI 2 – GPS

Homework: This week’s homework assignment is to Acknowledge the Word, Acknowledge Your Identity, and Acknowledge Your Position.  Make sure you’re taking time this week to meditate on the position that God sees you in.

TCI 3 – Building Your House

Homework: This week’s homework assignment is to create a budget for February and March.  Work on your “Debt Snowball.” Go back and listen to 2 of the TCI sessions from last year – “Leading Your Treasure” and “Destroying Debt”.  Both are available above.

TCI 4 – Rerouting & Renovation

Homework: This week’s homework assignment is to list scriptures that talk about God’s leading.  Meditate on them and commit them to memory.

TCI 5- Rooted in Love

Homework: This week’s homework assignment is to meditate on Ephesians 3:16-20 and pray this prayer over yourself and your group.

TCI 6- Trust in God’s Wisdom

Homework: This week’s homework assignment is to ask yourself the question: What is God’s wisdom for me?  Ask God for the wisdom to know what to do and the courage to do what He says.

TCI 7- Trust in God’s Power

Homework: Receive God’s strength to do what He has called you to do!

TCI 8- Forward Trust

Homework: Go out and give life!  Use the freedom that God has given you to free others.

Insightful Articles:

20 Ways Americans are Blowing Their Money
The Good and the Bad of Carrying Cash: Does it Really Pay?

Resources:

www.DaveRamsey.com – Financial Peace University and Other Sound Financial Advice
www.Mint.com – Online Budgeting Software
www.MVelopes.com – Online Budgeting Software and Cash Envelope System