Budget | Bible Money Matters

3 Steps To Easily Pay Your Bills On Time

June 7, 2010

Upon contemplating how to implement our first budget, I ran into an inevitable problem: how to cash flow monthly expenditures. Having worked in retail for large corporations, I understood that other people had a similar problem. When it came time to pay their bill, some would say, “Well, I don’t get paid until Friday. Can [...]

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Doing A Zero Based Budget Will Lead To Found Money

May 6, 2010

Over the past couple of years the economy has been in a tailspin. With double digit unemployment, people are having a hard time finding jobs, and not many people (beyond government workers) have been seeing their incomes increase. Because times are tough most people are having to be more creative in looking for places to trim [...]

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How To Analyze Your Budget And Spending Decisions

May 5, 2010

Analyze Your Spending And Adjust Your Budget

I love helping people with their finances. It’s a passion of mine as you can see with the One Money Design tagline – helping people achieve true financial freedom. Money Map coaching involves walking with people through a Biblical financial study and helping them use practical financial tools for their finances (such as setting up [...]

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Should Your Finances Be In Order Before Having Children?

April 27, 2010

You might be surprised by my response to this question. But in general, I don’t think you should plan having children around your finances or financial situation. In other words, I do not think finances have to be in order to have children. Now I know there are some exceptions in which a child couldn’t [...]

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Where Is All My Money Going?!?!

April 19, 2010

At some point in our lives I think we ask this question. Where did all of our money go? What in the world could we have spent it on? We should have plenty left over at the end of the month! Discovering the root of overspending can be a difficult endeavor. After all, we’re busy [...]

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Improve Marriage And Money Problems By Setting Spending Limits

February 23, 2010

It’s quite customary for consumers who are making big purchases to set spending limits. As an example, a couple might say, “I think it is time to buy a new car.” Once they have decided to purchase another car, they will then ask, “How much should we spend?” A great question. They’ll either talk about [...]

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How to Go On A Financial Diet

February 11, 2010

This guest post was written by Go Banking Rates, bringing you the best interest rates on financial services nationwide, as well as informative content and helpful tools. Spending has a lot in common with eating: both are about consumption, both require money, and too much of either can lead to serious problems. While the problems [...]

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Deciding How Much to Allocate In Your Budget

February 5, 2010

Bryce Bartruff, senior director and COO of American Missionary Fellowship, leads a personal finance workshop called “Fiscal Fitness.” For more information about attending or hosting a workshop in your area, give him a call at 610-527-4439, ext. 104 or email him through the contact form. “Do you know how to make God laugh?” my nephew, [...]

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Practical Steps To Becoming A Cheerful Giver

January 11, 2010

This article is by Fred at One Project Closer. Fred’s blog is home improvement focused, but he also enjoys personal finance from a Christian perspective. I grew up with the benefit of Christian parents who made giving to God’s work a top priority. My mom regularly reminded my siblings and I that all the money [...]

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The Great Big List Of 75 Budgeting Tools, Finance Softwares And Iphone Money Apps

November 5, 2009

A list of 75 + budgeting tools, finance softwares, Iphone money apps and other personal finance related programs that can help you implement your financial plan.

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How Many Financial Accounts Should You Have?

October 20, 2009

Financial accounts are a modern day necessity. Most people have an account at a bank, if not multiple banks. At that bank they are likely to have a checking account, savings account, and even a CD. In addition, it is quite common for people to have multiple active credit card and debit card accounts. Unfortunately, [...]

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What You Need to Know About Cash Flow Management

October 15, 2009

Cash flow management, managing what’s coming in and what’s going out, is critical to maintaining control of your spending and staying in financial balance. Some people manage it to extreme detail and others manage it up to the high level. Either way, its cash flow management and it’s our jobs as wise money managers to [...]

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Budgeting: A Statement Of Faith

July 21, 2009

I have always enjoyed detective movies and shows. I envy people who can walk into a room and know minute details about your life just by looking around your desk at work. When I meet people I secretly guess what their subtle habits and practices include. My favorite place to go in someone’s house is [...]

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Saving Up And Paying Cash For The Things You Buy Makes The Purchase More Enjoyable!

July 8, 2009

My wife and I have been out of debt except for our mortgage for a couple of years now. I can still remember paying off that last debt, my student loan, and how good it felt. It was like a weight had been lifted off of my shoulders, and we were now free. I can’t [...]

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