What matters most
Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” —…
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Winter into Spring
Today’s devotional reading is excerpted from A Charles Dickens Devotional, beginning with this selection from The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby: It was, by this time, within an hour of noon, and although a dense vapour still enveloped the city…
Why you should tithe?
If you have ever wondered why you should tithe, the answer is simple. You should tithe because the money that you earn is not yours. Yes, your name is on the paycheck. However, it all belongs to God. He is…
Christmas was meant to be celebrated, not regretted
I came across The Advent Conspiracy’s website. It is offers a great reminder of what Christmas is truly about. Here’s a small summary from their website. We all want our Christmas to be a lot of things. Full of joy.…
Debt devotional
Below is a five day devotional on debt from YouVersion. DAY 1 Debt can cause so many problems both financially and spiritually. When too much debt is attained it is as if we become trapped, drowning in our finances. Our…
Forgiveness
Psalm 130: 1-8 (NIV) A song of ascents. Verses 1-2 are the cry of those who need forgiveness: 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; 2 Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. Verse…
It Starts with Caring
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2012 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. –Acts 8:5 In the book of Acts, we find this story about Philip, one of Jesus’ disciples: Then Philip went down to the…
S.T.O.P.
The letters S.T.O.P. spell stop, but I want you to use the acronym to help you get your spending and savings under control. Let’s start with “S”: S – stands for sit…
Is an allowance welfare?
I bet you never thought of your children’s allowance as welfare. Think about it welfare gives you money when you don’t work, so does an allowance. In the US it’s common practice to give our children money as an allowance.…
