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Don’t Let Unexpected Stress Be An Excuse For Spending

March 23, 2009

photo credit: Lisa Brewster
Everybody Has Stress
The last year has been extremely stressful one for my wife and I.  My wife had a blood clot in her entire leg last March, and ended up being in the hospital for about 3 weeks.  Then this winter my wife’s job was in jeopardy because the church that [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: I Am Ready For Anything Through Christ

March 20, 2009

For I have learned to be content, whatever the circumstances may be. I know now how to live when things are difficult and I know how to live when things are prosperous. In general and in particular I have learned the secret of eating well or going hungry of facing either plenty of poverty. I [...]

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Accountability: Sometimes You Need Someone To Slap You On The Back Of Your Head

March 19, 2009

When we were taking Dave Ramsey’s personal finance course, “Financial Peace University” last year, one of the things he stresses in his course is the need to have someone in your life who can keep you accountable for your financial goals.   For single people it might be a close friend, a mentor or a parent.  [...]

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Four Safe Places To “Invest” Today

March 9, 2009

This is a guest post from Jim over at http://www.bargaineering.com. Jim runs a tight ship over there and if you’re looking for some good sound financial advice, his site is a great place to go. Feel free to subscribe to his RSS or check out his site for daily updates!
One day the stock market is [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Parable Of The Rich Fool

February 25, 2009

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Repay Your Debts

February 12, 2009

It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.  Ecclesiastes 5:5
This verse could be seen to apply to our current times quite well.   With our current housing and foreclosure crunch people have been taking out loans left and right, making vows to repay, and then not repaying.  Why?  [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: More Blessed To Give

February 5, 2009

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ Acts 20:35
In our current times, the phrase  “It is more blessed to give than to receive” is [...]

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Personal Finance Bible Verse Of The Day: Giving Back

January 30, 2009

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.  Psalm 24:1
As a person who is interested in personal finance, and the process of creating wealth, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the topic.   You might even say that I’ve gotten a bit obsessive about it at times.
One thing I’ve realized is that when [...]

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Emergency Funds Make Your Life Better! (Or At Least More Stress Free)

January 29, 2009

I used to think that emergency funds really weren’t necessary, that they were just something that people who were overly cautious about money worried about.  Why would i ever need to have one?  After all, that’s what credit cards are for!  If we ever have an emergency we’ll just put any expenses on the credit [...]

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