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What Your Financial Advisor Won’t Tell You About How to Successfully Reduce Your Nest Egg

by Craig Ford January 25, 2012

The longer I maintain www.moneyhelpforchristians.com, the less money it seems like I’m going to have. From the very first days of this blog, I was open about the fact that I wanted to learn what the Bible had to say about money (as opposed to assuming that I already knew). I used to have a [...]

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How Your Income is a Burden and Not Just a Blessing

by Craig Ford January 22, 2012

People who have a job talk about how they are blessed. People who make a lot of money talk about how they are blessed. People who can provide for the needs of their kids talk about how they are blessed. As Christians we must always recognize the double edged sword when it comes to making [...]

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Transforming Your Financial Diet [Limited Time Low Pricing]

by Craig Ford January 18, 2012

How should Christians manage their money? How do we find a balance between giving, saving, and spending? What is God ultimately calling us to do with money? I, like many of you, have been wrestling with these questions for a long time. These questions only intensified when I moved to Papua New Guinea, a developing [...]

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2011 Goals Review, 2012 Plans, My New Ministry as a Missional Entrepreneur

by Craig Ford January 16, 2012

At the start of 2011, I shared three big goals. They are as follows: Goal #1: By Dec. 2011, I wanted to average as much income online as I did from my full-time job. Less than two weeks later I followed up with a post that said this was a bad goal. Why? The priority [...]

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The Blessing Journal | How to Be Thankful Even When You’re Not Feeling It

by Craig Ford January 11, 2012

The following is a guest post by Jeri Ford (my lovely wife). What I love about this post is that it openly discusses a struggle we all have – ignoring the blessings of God. Sometimes people write about practices in theory. However, I can vouch for the fact that every night before praying with Jeri [...]

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Stop Conforming: It’s Time to Consider a Financial Transformation

by Craig Ford January 9, 2012

Take a deep breath. You just did something that you’ve been doing ever since you were born. You’ve been welcoming oxygen into your body. You do this every day. You do it without knowing it. You are who you are because you continue to unintentionally intake oxygen every few seconds of the day. I believe [...]

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A Silly Story About a Coke Bottle

by Craig Ford January 4, 2012

This story almost seems too ridiculous to post. *Almost* 2011 was a wonderful year for our family. We were blessed (in so many ways) beyond expectations and beyond measure. We’ve always wanted to share our blessings with the community so that we can be living examples of why the city should rejoice when the righteous [...]

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The Secret to a Successful Budget 50% or Free [Limited Time]

by Craig Ford January 3, 2012

Last year during the New Year season, I ran a very popular promotion: use one of my affiliate links (I get a referral payment, but it doesn’t cost you any more) to purchase either You Need a Budget, Moneydance, or Mvelopes personal finance software, and I’ll give you a copy of The Secret to a [...]

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Getting Out of Debt in 2012? Announcing the Christian Debt Coach Blog | Get Rid of Debt Once and for All

by Craig Ford January 2, 2012

I know far too many folks who are suffering from a debilitating amount of debt. A year ago, I did a survey of my MH4C readers and found out that 25% of you have debts (excluding your home) between $10,000-$25,000, and 25% of you have debt over $50,000. That means half of the people who [...]

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How to Conduct a Spiritual Financial Audit

by Craig Ford December 28, 2011

Looking back and looking forward. That’s what I’m doing this week. Why? I look back because I believe God uses events and experiences to help us grow. You’ll learn by one of the following two means: From your mistakes From the mistakes of others This means that, as a new year is quickly approaching, the [...]

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