From the category archives:

Giving

Tithing Our Time?

November 3, 2009

In the Christian Church you will often hear lessons on stewardship as it relates to tithing with your treasures… but shouldn’t we also be tithing with our time? Let’s take a look at how one couple handles this question…

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Personalized Gifts – Spend Less and Love More

November 2, 2009

Stop spending money on gifts of conspicuous consumption and start giving personal gifts that show your love and thankfulness for others. Use this article as motivation to de-commercialize Christmas this year and return your family and friends to a focus on personal thankfulness and love.

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The 10 Day Give – Join The Revolution!

September 29, 2009

Join Bob of ChristianPF.com, myself, and hundreds of others as we embark on this powerful and promising opportunity to give – a modern day call for each of us to put feet to our faith and give of our time, money, and resources to help those in need!

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Should We Pay Children Allowance?

September 16, 2009

By paying children for daily chores are we actually robbing them of their opportunity to contribute based on love, and instead teaching them that they should be paid for their contribution to the family? You be the judge.

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Learn Personal Finance from The Bible, not the Federal Government

September 4, 2009

People elect government officials. They are accountable to voters. We are not accountable to any voter… but rather to God — so follow the sound money principals laid out so plainly in the bible! If you need to cut your vacation expense, do it. If your child cannot have any more golf lessons, so be it. If you do not need such a big house, then don’t buy it. If the refrigerator is still working, don’t change it! Better to be prudent than reckless.

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The Whole Armor of Personal Finance

July 29, 2009

Ephesians 6:10-18 outlines a powerful and encouraging passage of scripture that deals with The Whole Armor of God. In it Paul reminds the reader that the Christian battle is not one of flesh and blood, but of principalities, powers, the rulers of this world, and wickedness in high places.

I CANNOT help but read this and liken it to our battle against debt, advertising, wantonness, and the war to gain control over our personal finances.

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Understanding and Improving your Cash Flow

July 13, 2009

One of the more powerful concepts to understand in the matter of personal finance is cash flow. Most of us can easily tell the difference between being confident & comfortable with our finances versus struggling with our finances. Unfortunately, many people do not truly understand cash flow, nor do they grasp the crucial role it plays in regard to their own personal finances.

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A Proper Attitude Toward Giving

May 22, 2009

If you are at all concerned about your community, your finances, your church, your country, your favorite charities, or your example to your children, proper giving should be a concept with which you are thoroughly familiar.

Today I would like to address the role our attitude plays in our giving, and how it can truly make or break what we give!

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The Importance of Financial Mentoring

May 18, 2009

Recently, while reading and commenting on an EarlyRetirementExtreme post entitled “Which blogs do you read?” I strongly realized that the more I focus on securing my personal finances, the more I understand that I cannot, should not, and will not go it alone!

To get to where I want to be I need to surround myself with the experience and tutaledge of others, but also need to be ready and willing to reciprocate the favor when & where the need arises. Though I mainly submit myself to the financial principles & wisdom of the bible, today I would like to specifically address the important role others play in my journey to become financially free.

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Why These Hard Times Are Good For You

March 25, 2009

Throughout the bible, fellowship with Christ and fellowship with the saints often involved not peace & prosperity, but suffering & heartache. Is this to say that we cannot be blessed or cannot have a lot, God forbid. The Lord wants us to be able to live righteously in either scenario. According to the bible it [...]

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Monthly Debt Reduction & Savings Statement – February 2009

February 21, 2009

Each month I will be posting a Monthly Debt Reduction & Savings Statement to help track our debt repayment and savings goals. It is my intent to use these statements as a comparison against our starting debt amounts as of January, 2009 – when my wife & I began our Debt Free Adventure.

Here is our up-to-date Debt Reduction & Savings Statement for February, 2009:

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