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Tithes and Offerings: Charitable Giving and Your Budget

As Russ grew in his understanding of God’s perspective on tithes and offerings, he realized there are powerful reasons to give.

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3 Ways to Spend Your Coronavirus Check Wisely

Don’t waste this crisis. Use it to take control of your life. The best place to start is by making a list of what you have and what you need.

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Making a Financial Plan Matters to Your Marriage

Many couples struggle with money, but making a financial plan can reduce stress in your marriage and help you set goals for the future.

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Coronavirus: How to Keep Your Family Finances Strong

COVID 19 — the “coronavirus” — is changing how we live, work and connect with others. It’s also affecting family finances as businesses close or reduce hours to help lower the risk of spreading the virus. Because the changes in the market will affect families, we’ve collected several tips and insights to help you and …

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How to Avoid Money Mistakes in Your Marriage

Once you identify these money mistakes in your marriage, you can take steps to get your finances — and your marriage — on track.

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Do Your Adult Kids Really Need Your Money?

Do my adult kids really need my money? Answering that question often brings up other, more difficult questions like how much or how often? Approaching this topic requires your patience, grace, and ultimately, your ability to focus on what’s really important about money.

How to Teach Your Kids Better Money Practices

Kids don’t automatically figure out how to succeed financially. Chris Brown, a speaker with Dave Ramsey, shares five tips for preparing your kids for success with their money.

Faith Conversation: Money

The Lord knows we’re prone to want more than we currently have, even if we have a lot. To help us combat these cravings, God provides the best available counsel to manage this challenge — the Bible.

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Faith Conversation: In All You Do

We all have goals or dreams of things we’d like to do for God, but it’s also important for us to live for Him daily. Here are some conversation starters to help you support each other’s goals.

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Finances and the Economy

You are a temporary manager of what God has entrusted to you. Your main goal is to be faithful with God’s resources, not to acquire wealth for your own benefit.

Marriage and Money

Poor financial communication between husband and wife is common. Talking about money doesn’t always come naturally, but Bethany and Scott Palmer offer tips that can make the process a little easier.

Work: The Payoff Beyond the Paycheck

We work hard to provide for our families and to model a strong work ethic. Our kids see our dedication, but do they know what we’re working for?

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Kids and Money

Your kids can learn more about their monetary boundaries with your help.

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Guide your child toward home business success

Money-Savvy Kid

When your tweens want money to buy extras, you can encourage them to find opportunities for earning money.

Dave Ramsey: Raising Money-Smart Kids

Dave’s message of financial hope has grown his corporation Lampo Group Inc. from a card table in his living room to a multimillion-dollar company. 

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Teaching Your Kids About Money

Teaching kids about money is a matter of sharing your ideas and values with your kids as you go through the routines of daily life together.

Controlling Impulsive and Compulsive Spending

How do you reduce debt? The solution is simple: develop discipline in spending.

Eternal Perspective

Part of the God’s Big Idea About Finances Series God’s Big Idea About Finances How to Be Financially Content What Does Financial Contentment Look Like? Eternal Perspective Series About: Managing Money Having an eternal perspective helps us deal with the earthly ups and downs, stock market highs and lows, and acquiring and losing of stuff. …

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God’s Big Idea About Finances

Many people mistake the idea of financial freedom. They see it as meaning financial independence, applying it to people who have built up enough assets or income stream to work when they want, vacation where they want and buy what they want.