Message in Action

Many of us who have been attending Substance for a while have heard Pastor Peter’s sermons on the importance of financial margin, but how many of us have actually applied them to our lives? For Heather Lee Anderson, practicing
financial margin recently saved her a lot of stress.

While turning onto a highway, an SUV smashed into Heather’s car, crushing the front end and deploying the airbags. Her car was totaled, but thanks to steady budgeting, she was able to buy a new one right away.

Take it from Heather Lee:

“I have been saving for over a year now since hearing the message about ‘Bad days being worse when you don’t have 3
to 6 months of your income saved.’ I have about 3 months of my income saved at this point. Sure, I don’t want to buy a car with that money, but I need to and I can cover whatever insurance doesn’t cover to get another reliable used car. Right now, I’m going to rent a car and see a Doctor about the injuries, but I know I’ll be ok. This incident will not take me three steps back fiscally and I can’t tell you enough what a relief it is to not worry about money right now. I will just thank the Lord that it was not worse and focus on healing.

I hope you can use this in a way to encourage our congregation, and particularly our younger attendees. Even though it’s hard to save while paying for school, rent, utilities, food and dining out, it is possible and completely worth it in the long run.”

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