Thread by @FinPlanKaluAja1

In 2 Kings 4:1, a "pastor" dies in debt. His assets, specifically his children were to be sold as payment for the debt.

His widow asks Elisha for help.

Elisha asks. "Do you have any equity" (Equity meaning cash or any assets to repay the loan )

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The widow says "No, all I have is the small jar of oil"

The story continues with Elisha asking her to go "borrow" vessels, not cash but the means to make cash...

Let's analyze what we know from just these two verses

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1. Loving God shouldn't stop you from investing in your family.

The "pastor" died with a lot of debt, yes he had assets but he overleveraged. Where is the glory in his children becoming slaves?

So Buy Life Insurance once you have dependents. Mandatory
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2. The Widow gave Elisha her "elevator pitch"

When asked, "do you have anything" she answered (luckily ?) "I have some oil shares"

Elisha needed something to work with.

When pitching, always state what you have invested already, your equity, do not be like "I have nothing"

3. The widow was asked to borrow jugs and bowls and not just cash

Funding does not always mean cash, it can be an introduction or even you factoring account receivable (you get LPOs from reputable organization, then ask a lender to advance you credit)
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Elisha also asked the widow to crowd fund I.e. Other Peoples' Money OPM

He could have told her to leave her small bowl in her room & it fills up, but much faster to invite more bowls so the oil can compound faster

100% of 1 is not the same as 1% of 100

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We will come back to this story, I can spend a year on this verse alone.

#ChurchofMoney teaches about money with stories from the gospels.

Hope it enriched your day.