Category Spending

Horrendous Spending

October 11, 2012 By Chuck Bentley Chief Executive Officer On the eve of the Vice Presidential Debate, highly anticipated for economic repartee between the candidates, Politico is running my opinion piece warning that ordinary Americans are now mimicking Uncle Sam’s horrendous spending…

Purposeful Obedience

“God Is Faithful” Today – September 20th “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior.” (1…

Delayed Gratification

“God Is Faithful” Today – May 10th “In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.” (Matthew 16:23) Delayed Gratification by Larry Burkett Being able to delay gratification is…

Identifying needs versus wants and desires

Identifying needs versus wants and desires is really not that hard. We all have basic needs food, clothing, and shelter. The problem comes when we start treating our wants and desires as needs. Let’s take food. To satisfy our hunger…

To spend or not to spend?

Our Congress continues to debate raising our Nation’s debt ceiling. The President only wants to spend money and raise taxes. It’s time that the American people stood up and said, “ENOUGH!” Stop spending our children’s future. Our nation is financially…

The true cost of consumption

Did you know that when you spend money it costs you more than what you spend? Yes, remember compound interest? If you spend/consume $1000 per year, which equates to $83.33 per month, for the next 40 years, do you know…