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Archives for May 2008

It All Belongs To God: Giving Of Our First Fruits

  ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. Haggai 2:8   It All Belongs To God This verse brings home to me the fact that no matter how much money I get, or how many things I collect, that it all belongs to God. It isn’t mine, its His. […]

7 Ways To Use Twitter To Promote Your Blog And Build Traffic

Use Twitter to boost traffic and subscribers Years and years ago I discovered a great new website called Twitter.com. For those of you who haven’t used the site or are thinking about using it, I like to refer to it as sort of a delayed instant messaging platform where you can network with other bloggers, […]

Drive Free Cars And Retire Rich!

While taking part in Dave Ramsey’s “Financial Peace University”, we heard a great example of how you could turn traditional thinking around, and make your money work for you. Drive Free Cars For Life! They started the lesson out by talking about how the average new car payment for 1/3 of car buyers is $475 […]

Unboxing Dave Ramsey: Opening the Financial Peace University Membership Kit

I‘ve been blogging about personal finance now for some time. During that time one person I’ve heard about time and again is Dave Ramsey and his baby steps. I’ve gotten a basic understanding of his program through posts that other bloggers have had on their sites, but I always wanted to delve a little deeper. […]

7 Positive Ways To Use Your Economic Stimulus Rebate

Big money on the way So now that you’ve got your rebate on the way, you may find yourself with extra cash that you can use to buy that new TV, save for retirement, or use to pay down debt. If you’re not sure of when you’ll be getting your payment, check out our post […]

Personal Finance Bible Verse of the Day: Needs

my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 This verse is encouraging for us to know that all our needs will be supplied, even as we’re going through hard times, and times where we know we’ll be having lots of bills to be paid. Because […]

Weekend Getaways That Won’t Break Your Budget

Because most of us can’t take a two-week vacation to Hawaii every season, I present some frugal ideas for those quick weekend getaways. The biggest expenses of the weekend getaway are usually the airfare and hotel charges. These ideas focus on limiting or eliminating those big charges. Friends Are Friends Forever Some of my favorite […]

Economic Stimulus Rebate: When Will You Get Your Rebate?

If you’re anything like me you’re probably wondering when you’ll be receiving your economic stimulus rebate check or direct deposit. After checking it out today I found that the IRS has setup a payment schedule based on people’s social security number. My wife and I opted for the direct deposit, which means we will likely […]

Money And Your Prayer Life: Do You Pray About Your Finances?

The past few weeks I’ve been reminded in a bunch of ways of just how woefully inadequate I’ve been when it comes to praying to God in all things. As Christians I feel we constantly need to be in relationship with Christ, seeking guidance, asking for things we need and praising him for all the […]

Personal Finance Bible Verse of the Day: Problems ahead

A sensible man watches for problems ahead and prepares to meet them. The simpleton never looks, and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 27:12 This verse really hits home for my wife and I this past couple of weeks as my wife has been in the hospital. Luckily we’ve saved up an emergency fund, and we had […]

Pay More Now, Or Pay Even More Later

I was perusing a magazine stand the other evening while waiting for a prescription at our local pharmacy. I picked up a copy of the latest Smart Money magazine and realized I had inadvertently let my subscription run out. There were a couple articles I found interesting and I immediately walked away with the copy […]