Posts Tagged ‘Saving’
Investing: Balancing God’s Control and Our Responsibility – Part II
Part II Last week we talked about the impact that understanding God’s sovereignty and control in our lives can have on the way we view and handle money, both in the good times and the bad. We want to continue that discussion this week because it’s so important for us to have a right understanding…
Read MoreInvesting: Balancing God’s Control and Our Responsibility – Part I
Part I We often talk about how our financial lives and our faith are connected to each other. When we think about biblical finances, most of us think about how we spend our money or whether or not we take on debt. However, one of the biggest areas where we see our faith exposed is…
Read MoreHelping Employees Build Emergency Funds
Personal financial struggles are impacting the lives of so many Americans that corporations are starting to take note of the many ways it’s affecting their employees. As a result, some employers are working to take an active role in helping their employees build up emergency savings accounts. According to Bankrate, 60% of Americans don’t have…
Read MoreAdvice for Young Adults
How we start our journey into adulthood can often set the course for the rest of our lives, so it’s important that we make good decisions from the very beginning. The problem is that so many of the financial issues facing us at that age are completely new and we don’t know how to make…
Read MoreMoody Radio Interview – Saving
Do we know why we’re saving money? There is a good biblical reason for us to save, but we also need to be careful that our hearts and our dependency on God aren’t compromised in the process. The following recording is from “Mornings with Kelli and Steve” on Moody Radio Indiana (97.9 FM). For more…
Read MoreSaving: Are We Glorifying God or Man?
God has given us a great privilege by making us stewards of the resources under our control. Our mission in managing His resources is the same as it is in every other area of our lives, to maximize His glory. As we strive to wisely manage the money at our disposal, we can choose to…
Read MoreMoody Radio Interview – A Biblical Understanding of Retirement
Most Americans will tell you they dream of a day when they no longer have to go to work. Unfortunately, few have ever stopped to ask what God’s Word has to say about retirement. You can read an article on a biblical idea of retirement here. The following recording is from “Mornings with Kelli and Steve” on…
Read MoreMoody Radio Interview – Americans Aren’t Saving
It’s probably not a surprise to hear that Americans are not doing a very good job saving. The typical reasons given range from monthly expenses being too high to simply not getting around to it yet. The real concern is that if we aren’t able to save when the economy has been good for nearly…
Read MoreMoody Radio Interview – Investment Basics: Risk and Reward
One of the basic economic lessons we need to understand is the relationship between risk and reward. As stewards managing God’s money, we need to understand the amount of risk we’re taking and if the reward for that risk makes it a wise decision. That concept is the topic of this week’s interview. You can…
Read MoreInvestment Basics Part II: Risk and Reward
Fear and greed are two of the most common emotions when it comes to investing. Unfortunately, fear is often driven by a lack of information and knowledge. We tend to fear things we don’t understand and it doesn’t help when we hear horror stories of people losing money in bad investments. Perhaps we even tried…
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