As a new year begins, it is a great time to reassess and adjust your life plan, particularly evaluating financial stability and life fulfillment, which were major difficulties for Americans last year. 1. Remember, you are the boss of your life! When making life-changing decisions, such as employment transitions, maintain control of your future! Like [...]
Read more →Tips to tighten up on daily spending. When you cannot find extra money to save from your paycheck, cut wasteful spending from your budget. Here are general tips for saving money. Kick all bad habits to eliminate the expense of buying cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, expensive coffees and expensive snacks and foods. For exercise, skip gym [...]
Read more →While it is important to pay obligations, you are more valuable than your debt. You are not obligated to answer your phone to someone who is hostile to you over an overdue bill, unpaid taxes, car payment or mortgage, no matter how much. If you sincerely cannot pay a bill today, you will keep living, [...]
Read more →How to maneuver your car out of a snowy spot. When getting your car out of a snowy spot, the object is to keep traction (to keep a grip on the road to avoid slipping or spinning). You also want to avoid overworking your engine or damaging your tires. After shoveling as much snow as [...]
Read more →The Main Ingredient of Christmas By VC Edwards A favorite southern holiday recipe is candied yams. Candied yams are sweet potatoes prepared with a variation of sugar, brown sugar, molasses or maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, dabs of butter, and topped with marshmallows, if desired. Any way candied yams are prepared, the main ingredient is sweet [...]
Read more →God Wants You Countless individuals throughout history, who had no significant purpose in life, have been given an opportunity to be used for God, such as Rahab, a prostitute, who hid God’s people from her own (Joshua 2). Down through history, God has used people to pass on a message, block communication, protect women and [...]
Read more →Prayer obliterates addiction. While there are many techniques for drug intervention, their effectiveness is often questionable when facilities that are out to make money prolong dependencies. However, a family has the ability to intervene most effectively. Even though someone addicted to drugs or alcohol is clever and will try to hide his or her addiction [...]
Read more →Wealth to Witness A misconception of Christianity is that Christians should not desire wealth, but should only attain means to sustain themselves. This is undoubtedly a myth started and spread by people who do not want Christians to have wealth to have power and influence in the world. And unfortunately, many Christians have bought into [...]
Read more →The New Rule At a time when everyone finds a need to tighten their financial budget, you cannot afford to follow the old rules for protecting your money. The old rules have totally failed and have landed us in a recession. So, you must formulate new rules to protect your individual interests. The financial world [...]
Read more →Avoiding Contradictions for Effective Prayers By VC Edwards A common puzzlement in all walks of life is, “Why are some prayers answered and some not?” Prayer (acknowledging Jesus Christ as Lord) is the most powerful form of communication, if executed correctly. Prayer is so powerful, if your request is not precise, you can receive the [...]
Read more →4th of July Observance The diversified cultural traditions of those who make up our country have clouded our historical traditions; we have grossly forgotten the God who made us great because along with varied cultures comes varied gods. As the greatest country in the world, it is crucial for every American to know and [...]
Read more →Relieve the headache of renting your property. In a time when properties are difficult to sell in many areas, renting may be a good alternative. If you find yourself faced with the headache of renting a property, consider hiring a property manager. A property manager manages rental properties for homeowners, by handling everything from [...]
Read more →Customer Service is your reasonable duty. While men and women serve and sacrifice their lives in combat to keep us free, we find it difficult to uphold honor and quality, on the home front. Most Americans will never serve in the military, but we all have a responsibility to represent our country with exemplary [...]
Read more →When a man loves a woman. When a woman is puzzled as to how to “catch” a man, she is inclined to resort to ungodly lifestyles in hopes of getting married. A woman, who does not understand how men think, willingly lives with a man unmarried, believing that is a pathway to marriage. However, a [...]
Read more →Finding favor in an “if” proposition. Many of us have encountered a church that advocates, “IF you want to be blessed by God, you have to give money to the church.” Many people have given to a church, on this assertion, but giving money to a church does not guarantee blessings from God. If someone [...]
Read more →Tips to stop compulsive shopping With the construction of malls, mega-malls, shopping outlets, and the issuance of credit cards, shopping has heightened and spending has escaladed, in recent decades. Shopping has gone from a necessity to a costly “experience.” Mall merchants prey on buyers’ insecurities, to make shoppers believe they have to have a certain [...]
Read more →A silver lining for teens in troubled homes It is common for children, particularly toddlers and teens, to stress out parents, but no one gives a voice to the children who are stressed out by parents—parents of substance abuse, illiteracy, unstable or low-paying employment and problematic relationships. Children, today, who are born into a life [...]
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