Christian Personal Finance - Financial help, debt help and other financial resources

Finding the will of God for your life (and job)

10.22.2009

Be ready – make necessary preparations for receiving your answer. If you’re not willing to set goals and work toward them, then your dream will remain just a dream. That better paying job, unity in your relationships, or sense of purpose in your life will not come.

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4 steps to spend your money wisely

10.21.2009

4 Steps To Help You Control Your Spending
Budgeting is essentially the process of asking: should I spend my money on this or that? A person’s income represents the fixed dollars with which they have to spend. When someone sets their budget they must decided (based on their preferences) what to spend on ‘this’ and what [...]

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Top 10 best paying jobs

10.20.2009

Money Magazine created another article that I am always interested in reading. It was a list of the top 10 best paying jobs in the U.S… So, take it with a grain of salt – even if it isn’t 100% accurate, it still is interesting to see what professions we as a nation highly esteem (hence the high rate of pay).

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How I used a 3rd car to prevent financial catastrophe

10.19.2009

As some of you all know my car had to be put to sleep a few months ago. I am not really sure why I am just writing about it now – maybe because the grieving period lasted this long?
But anyway, it’s passing marked a significant point in my financial life: It was [...]

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How home builders are saving money building your house

10.18.2009

I just got my newest issue of SmartMoney magazine and there was an article that caught my attention. The article talks about some of the common shortcuts that some homebuilders are taking in order to cut costs. Interestingly, from what I have noticed so far, our builder has impressed me in the other direction. As [...]

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5 more great uses for vinegar

10.17.2009

I recently wrote about how you can use vinegar to clean your coffeemaker and 8 other ways to use it around the house. Then, I just found this video with a few more great household uses for vinegar. Basically, what I am learning from all this is that vinegar is like duct-tape – in liquid [...]

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Looking for guest posts

10.17.2009

The next 3-4 weeks are going to be pretty busy for me. We are going to be closing on our house in less than 2 weeks, I am then going to try to paint and do a few other things to get it move-in ready. Less than a week after that we will be on [...]

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Thesis Theme giveaway…

10.16.2009

During the 10 Day Give, I found out about a great story of one giver giving the Thesis Theme to another giver. I got to thinking about it, and I thought it would be a perfect giveaway for Free Stuff Friday as well.

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No COLA increase in Social Security this year

10.15.2009

It looks the Social Security Administration is following suit. I didn’t realize this, but this will be the first year since 1975 that Americans receiving Social Security checks will not receive their cost-of-living adjustment (aka COLA).

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How much does it cost to raise a child & 10 ways to cut the cost!

10.15.2009

Young married couples are often looking for the ideal time to have children. They want to be responsible and so they ask the question, “Can we afford to have kids yet?” Essentially, they want to know if their income can cover the cost of raising children.

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How to get the best price on a rental car

10.14.2009

My sister’s destination wedding is taking place in a few weeks and until last night we still hadn’t nailed down which car rental company we were going to use. But at about 10:30 pm last night we pulled the trigger and finalized our rental car plans.
I should also mention that while I know there is [...]

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5 Gmail tricks that helped me save time

10.13.2009

I am in no way a Gmail master, but these are 5 simple things I have implemented that help save me time, each day when using Gmail.

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The Widow’s Mite and how to help when you need help

10.12.2009

Giving what you don’t have
We live in interesting times that make it very difficult to say no to things that seem good. It seems like a good idea to use credit to give to others. It is an honorable thing and I believe that there is often a great motive behind it, but I can’t [...]

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10 Day Give Wrap up

10.11.2009

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 10 Day Give. I had a great time and really got to see God use the little bit I had to offer to bless others. For me, the best part was deliberately getting into the mindset of giving. It really did help me to open my eyes to opportunities that I would have missed otherwise. Now the challenge is to keep it up and make it a lifestyle!

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