Savings

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Not a good idea to save?

Based on the current economic conditions we have entered a time where doing the right thing is now considered the wrong thing. At least by the experts. The two things that we constantly say here is you need to get out of debt and save for emergencies and purchases. From its most fundamental definition both [...]

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Learn to Save Money

The Book of Proverbs has many great financial principles. The second financial principle we want to look at in our series is ‘learning to save money’. A lack of savings is the number one reason people go into debt. They see something they want, they don’t have the money to pay for it, so they [...]

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Biblical Financial Principles

We teach a lot about personal finances at our church. Mainly because we know that when people have their finances under control, the other areas of their lives start falling into place. The stress at home seems to go away, the fighting over little things disappears, and kids get a lot more quality time with [...]

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Saving For An Emergency

One of the greatest fears in the world of personal finance occurs when an emergency hits. When I say emergency, I am not talking about waiting until Christmas Eve to start your Christmas shopping, I mean a true emergency. The average U.S. family has little to no savings set aside to address a true financial [...]

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Saving money for college

While everyone is feeling the pinch of the current economic situation, finding ways to save money in our budget is always a welcome sight. Although things like using coupons, buying store brand instead of name brand and checking out the unit price will help save extra on groceries, it won’t do much for your kids [...]

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Finder’s Keeper’s

Remember being young and coming across something that didn’t belong to you, yet piqued your interest, and showed some promise of being beneficial. The phrase we used to claim the ‘found’ item was, “Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers”. Basically we found it, so we are going to keep it, and the person that lost it, is [...]

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