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I love it when people are serious about achieving their financial goals.  Through a simple, yet creative $20 challenge, this couple is finding ways to earn some extra blow money while they sacrifice their income to get out of debt.   Each of us has a very small amount of “blow money” every month, but the [...]

Personal Finance Around the Blogosphere Sometimes (not always) you can learn some good tips by listening to a rich person’s tips.  Now, I’m not in support of the pursuit of riches for material things.  However, I couldn’t resist mentioning this post because I live in the Dallas area.  Mark Cuban, owner of the Mavericks, provides [...]

Personal Finance Around the Blogosphere There are a number of financial pitfalls you need to avoid that can derail your personal finances.  I like the advice here of spending less than you earn and also having a game plan to the pitfalls.  Besides accumulating credit card or car debts I think people get into a [...]

Are you considering debt settlement as a part of your get out of debt strategy?   If so, you need to know about debts that settlement can’t fix.  Besides, according to scripture, if you have a means to pay, you should pay your debts and not try to settle them.  The wicked borrow and do not [...]

Want to grow your ability to give?  King David’s prayer acknowledged everything belongs to the Lord.  The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it (Psalms 24:1).  Acknowledging God’s ownership makes it easier to give away what already belongs to Him.  We’re just the managers of His resources! [Rich Christian, Poor Christian] Should church’s borrow [...]

Welcome to this week’s personal finance roundup! In this roundup I mention a new way of providing financial information to you and some tips for connecting and receiving content here at OMD.  And obviously, I’ve mentioned some great personal finance articles around the internet for you to read. Well you might have picked up on [...]

April 15th is just around the corner, so here is your wake up call.  Don’t delay in getting your taxes filed any longer!  Set aside time today to allow yourself plenty of margin to avoid last minute stresses. Here’s a quick tip:  schedule the time on your calendar.  If you need to take your taxes [...]

Happy Easter everyone!  As you may know, this weekend is Easter Sunday, the day Jesus rose from the grave.  Jesus died for our sins and it is through recognizing we are sinners, our belief in Him and his resurrection, our sins are forgiven.  Christ bridged the gap our sins have created between us and God.  [...]