Roger Braker: The Prosperous LifePosts – Roger Braker: The Prosperous Life https://rogerbraker.com Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:39:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://rogerbraker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-cropped-head-32x32.jpg Posts – Roger Braker: The Prosperous Life https://rogerbraker.com 32 32 The Borrower is Servant to the Lender Part 3 https://rogerbraker.com/2026/11/07/the-borrower-is-servant-to-the-lender-part-3/ https://rogerbraker.com/2026/11/07/the-borrower-is-servant-to-the-lender-part-3/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:39:29 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=1451 When considering the idea of the “borrower being servant to the lender,” let’s look at home buying. The numbers may shock you. Let’s start with the example of a $300,000.00 loan. The first thing the real estate agent wants to do is to get you qualified. There are two reasons for this: They want to […]

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]]> When considering the idea of the “borrower being servant to the lender,” let’s look at home buying. The numbers may shock you. Let’s start with the example of a $300,000.00 loan. The first thing the real estate agent wants to do is to get you qualified. There are two reasons for this: They want to […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2026/11/07/the-borrower-is-servant-to-the-lender-part-3/feed/ 0 The Borrower is Servant to the Lender Part 2 https://rogerbraker.com/2026/10/31/the-borrower-is-servant-to-the-lender-part-2/ https://rogerbraker.com/2026/10/31/the-borrower-is-servant-to-the-lender-part-2/#respond Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:49:39 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=1441 When considering the idea of the “borrower being servant to the lender,” Let’s start with car loans. The numbers may surprise you! The average price of a new car is about $50,000.00. Most are financed for seven years at about 4.5% interest and with sales tax of $4,465.00, you will finance about $54,465.00. The payment […]

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]]> When considering the idea of the “borrower being servant to the lender,” Let’s start with car loans. The numbers may surprise you! The average price of a new car is about $50,000.00. Most are financed for seven years at about 4.5% interest and with sales tax of $4,465.00, you will finance about $54,465.00. The payment […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2026/10/31/the-borrower-is-servant-to-the-lender-part-2/feed/ 0 The Borrower is Servant to the Lender https://rogerbraker.com/2026/10/24/the-borrower-is-servant-to-the-lender/ https://rogerbraker.com/2026/10/24/the-borrower-is-servant-to-the-lender/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:05:01 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=1437 NLT: Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender. Proverbs 22:7 It seems our lives are built on credit and borrowing.  For a home, cars, college, and credit cards.  This is not by accident. If you read the book, The Creature from Jekyll Island, you will see that […]

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]]> NLT: Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender. Proverbs 22:7 It seems our lives are built on credit and borrowing.  For a home, cars, college, and credit cards.  This is not by accident. If you read the book, The Creature from Jekyll Island, you will see that […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2026/10/24/the-borrower-is-servant-to-the-lender/feed/ 2 Wisdom Lost! https://rogerbraker.com/2026/07/03/wisdom-lost/ https://rogerbraker.com/2026/07/03/wisdom-lost/#respond Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:44:58 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=1419   Wisdom Lost When God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, God gave Adam a body and soul. The Garden was in the realm of the senses (Adam could see, hear, smell, taste, and feel). This was so he could interact with,  live in, and work in the garden. His body and soul were […]

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]]>   Wisdom Lost When God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, God gave Adam a body and soul. The Garden was in the realm of the senses (Adam could see, hear, smell, taste, and feel). This was so he could interact with,  live in, and work in the garden. His body and soul were […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2026/07/03/wisdom-lost/feed/ 0 What is Wisdom? https://rogerbraker.com/2026/04/18/what-is-wisdom/ https://rogerbraker.com/2026/04/18/what-is-wisdom/#respond Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:13:36 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=1410 Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. (NLT) A simple definition of wisdom is: The practical application of knowledge. For instance, knowledge says a tomato is a fruit, wisdom says it does not belong in a fruit salad. Wisdom has been studied for ages, and I do […]

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]]> Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. (NLT) A simple definition of wisdom is: The practical application of knowledge. For instance, knowledge says a tomato is a fruit, wisdom says it does not belong in a fruit salad. Wisdom has been studied for ages, and I do […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2026/04/18/what-is-wisdom/feed/ 0 Wisdom’s Banquet https://rogerbraker.com/2026/04/09/wisdoms-banquet/ https://rogerbraker.com/2026/04/09/wisdoms-banquet/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:45:00 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=1405 Before we get any deeper into the subject of the wisdom of God, I thought it would be helpful to discuss the other type of wisdom available. There are basically two types of wisdom. The wisdom of God and then the wisdom of the world. James describes both. James 3:14-18 But if ye have bitter […]

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]]> Before we get any deeper into the subject of the wisdom of God, I thought it would be helpful to discuss the other type of wisdom available. There are basically two types of wisdom. The wisdom of God and then the wisdom of the world. James describes both. James 3:14-18 But if ye have bitter […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2026/04/09/wisdoms-banquet/feed/ 0 The Opening Act of Creation   https://rogerbraker.com/2026/03/21/the-opening-act-of-creation/ https://rogerbraker.com/2026/03/21/the-opening-act-of-creation/#respond Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:27:41 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=1391     Psalm 90:12  So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. It is commonly understood that the 90th Psalm was written by Moses about the generation that was to die in the wilderness. All the people from 20 years old and upward, except Joshua, Caleb, the priests, […]

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]]>     Psalm 90:12  So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. It is commonly understood that the 90th Psalm was written by Moses about the generation that was to die in the wilderness. All the people from 20 years old and upward, except Joshua, Caleb, the priests, […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2026/03/21/the-opening-act-of-creation/feed/ 0 Content and Prosperous! https://rogerbraker.com/2026/01/03/content-and-prosperous/ https://rogerbraker.com/2026/01/03/content-and-prosperous/#respond Sun, 04 Jan 2026 02:46:27 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=1386   Someone asked me the other day how I would reconcile Matthew 6:33, which says to seek the kingdom of God first and that all these things will be added unto you with the promises of prosperity. This is very similar to: Hebrews 13:5  Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such […]

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]]>   Someone asked me the other day how I would reconcile Matthew 6:33, which says to seek the kingdom of God first and that all these things will be added unto you with the promises of prosperity. This is very similar to: Hebrews 13:5  Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2026/01/03/content-and-prosperous/feed/ 0 Jesus Christ Was Made Sin For Us https://rogerbraker.com/2025/03/14/jesus-christ-was-made-sin-for-us/ https://rogerbraker.com/2025/03/14/jesus-christ-was-made-sin-for-us/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:51:10 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=1360   Every year around Easter, this verse comes up: God made Jesus to be sin for us, or that Jesus became sin for us. All translations read almost exactly the same. Many sermons are preached on Jesus becoming the sins of the world. And because Jesus was so laden with our sins and the sins […]

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]]>   Every year around Easter, this verse comes up: God made Jesus to be sin for us, or that Jesus became sin for us. All translations read almost exactly the same. Many sermons are preached on Jesus becoming the sins of the world. And because Jesus was so laden with our sins and the sins […]

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]]> https://rogerbraker.com/2025/03/14/jesus-christ-was-made-sin-for-us/feed/ 2 I Shall Not Want Part 2 Restored https://rogerbraker.com/2025/01/04/i-shall-not-want-part-2-restored/ https://rogerbraker.com/2025/01/04/i-shall-not-want-part-2-restored/#respond Sat, 04 Jan 2025 19:25:54 +0000 Roger Braker https://rogerbraker.com/?p=1355 Have you ever lost everything? Your income? Your home? Your business? This could put you into serious want mode. But God has promises in His Word to deal with the losses we experience. In most of these records, people did not lose what they had because of stupidity or laziness. The god of this world […]

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]]> Have you ever lost everything? Your income? Your home? Your business? This could put you into serious want mode. But God has promises in His Word to deal with the losses we experience. In most of these records, people did not lose what they had because of stupidity or laziness. The god of this world […]

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