Learning to live without money

Dandelion greens are good eating.

pulling a geographic is not always the solution
God can be right where you are and supply what you need, even with no money.
Note that when Jesus travelled in his ministry, he did not go to rural areas he went into the cities. He did not worry about food or clothes. He had a mission.

of course, he got his disciples from fishermen. So he didnt worry about food they would always have fish. If you have fishing skills you can catch your own and dont need money for that. You MIGHT need a boat though...

people in rural areas also are subject to the seasons as urbanites are but doesnt necessarily mean they survive any better they will have hard times of want as well and its much more labour intensive and will need things from the city..like hospitals etc .living in isolation is not good for many people who are also cut off from social contacts. The govt is not ncessarily going to put a road in all the way to your home in the countryside and deliver all the things you find out you may need after all. Internet. Running water. electicity. Books to read. Unless you want to spend all day picking up and burning cowpats when the weather turns cold.

so I would say please consider that having a bolt hole or bunker in the countryside is exactly what mormon preppers might do out of fear and is not necssarily any nobler because you looking out for just yourself and your need for a bucolic lifestyle simply cos you can buy up some country land.

. Sometimes choosing to help others around you in the hard times can be the bigger blessing.

Correct.
And this verse in Luke 16:9 fascinated me for a long time.
(So God does not fail His children.
He provides the need of his obedient servants who are doing His will.)
Ultimately worrying about our next meal or clothing is not from God.
But ….
John 2:5 KJV
…Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

Luke 16:9 KJV
And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

Philippians 4:11-12,14-19 KJV
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
[12] I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
[14] Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
[15] Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
[16] For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
[17] Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
[18] But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
[19] But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

They are a little bitter to me. I solve that with a few drops of my Grandma's hot pepper sauce.

Hi Christians,

I'm new to this forum, but I hope to have the advice and perspectives of many councilors. After living in mission in various places and seeing the difference between how we live in North America and Europe and how people live in the developing world, I have some perspectives that I would like to bounce off of you.

In the developed world we used to all have gardens, root cellars and places where we dried food. We would take time throughout the year to prepare ourselves for the offseason. Each family generally had one household member working outside the home and one working at the home. It wasn't just a house, but a small enterprise that kept our family fed and cared for. We used money for many things including buying food, but over the years the ratio of how much of our food was grown and prepared by us and how much food we purchased has been shifting. Now it seems that almost all of our food is a straight up trade for money. Both parents need to work to be able to afford a home and the whole idea of self reliance has gone south.

What happens when/if we don't have access to money or inflation is so high that we can't afford to buy food?

In the developing world many families live they way we used to live long ago. One person works outside of the home and the other is busy about making sure the home is an enterprise that keeps the family fed and cared for. The people I am referring to are not the people in the developing world who have adopted the urban ways of the West, but the ancient ways of the wise poor.

I am at once ready to trust in the Lord and press forward in mission and at the same time considering relocating to a place where I will be able to better sustain my family and live a quiet simple life, working with my hands and feeding my family.

The way of the world seems to be heading toward a centralized digital currency. This news, and the understanding that digital ID and intolerance for Judaeo/Christian values gives me pause as I contemplate these things.


Trust in the LORD with all your heart;
do not depend on your own understanding.
Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.
Proverbs 3.5-6


“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? w
What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but
your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above
all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. “So don’t worry
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
Matthew 6:31-34

So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.
Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly,
but understand what the Lord wants you to do.
Ephesians 5:15-17

What say you?