Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 15, 2003
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In 1928 a group of the world’s most successful financiers met at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. The following were present: The president of the largest utility company, The greatest wheat speculator, The president of the New York Stock Exchange, A member of the President’s Cabinet, The
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Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 15, 2003
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Almost half of Americans report having less than $5,000 in savings and investments, including 1 out of 10 who have none at all. Significantly, more than one-fourth of Americans
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 4, 2003
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My neice, Esther, has been a good cook from the time she was a little girl. She would have to stand on a chair just to get to the ingredients and mixing bowls. In the summer time she would make brownies and sell them at the local farmer’s market and had no problem sellling everything she made.
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Mar 13, 2003
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John G. Wendel and his sisters were some of the most miserly people of all time. Although they had received a huge inheritance from their parents, they spent very little of it and did all they could to keep their wealth for themselves.
John was able to influence five of his six sisters never to
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Contributed by Jim Twamley on Apr 2, 2003
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Shortly after his death, someone asked John D. Rockefeller Jr’s chief financial advisor, “He was one of the richest men in the world, how much did he
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 1, 2003
What do we owe God? You ask. Suppose he sent his bill.
One hundred thousand dollars, For the Sun upon the hill; Two thousand For the little brook that runs along the way; Five thousand for the nighttime And Five thousand for the day; Six thousand for the little birds; That trill and chirp and
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Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jun 3, 2003
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A typical market in the United States in 1976 stocked 9,000 items; today that same market carries 30,000 different items. And why is that? Because we have an obsessive compulsion to possess more
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Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jun 3, 2003
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Average American has four major credit cards with an average total credit card debt of $9,000.00.
Now, add to that those that a sucked into the minimum payment plan scheme and you have a recipe for financial disaster. Did you know that if you have a balance of $3,900 and you pay the 3% minimum
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An angry Messiah made his point: don’t go making money off of religion, or God will make hay of you (2).
(2) Max Lucado, No Wonder They Call Him
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 6, 2003
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Imagine that the American economy was going to be changed entirely to Euros – and the day the switch came, dollars would be worthless
And you didn’t know when the change would happen.
The smartest thing to do would be to start changing your dollars into Euros, keeping just enough to live on.
Then
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 3, 2003
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According to John de Graaf in his book, "Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic," the average American household carried a credit-card debt of $7,654 in the year 2000. Our supermarkets provide us an average choice of 30,000 items, about two and a half times the number of choices available in 1980.
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 3, 2003
Kokomo Tribune Columnist Ed Vasicek wrote, “Ravenous spenders often work long hours (or take a second job) to support their addiction. Notice that they are NOT willing to give up their purchase binges, but they ARE willing to give up their time and energy. Some of that time and energy COULD
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Contributed by Dennis Fakes on Nov 10, 2003
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A man came to the Lutheran Church and asked to see the pastor. “Pastor,” he said, “My dog died and I would like a Christian burial for him.”
The Pastor said, “I’m sorry to hear about your dog, but we Lutherans don’t do funerals for dogs. You might try the Baptist church down the street.
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 17, 2004
ILLUSTRATION... US Bureau of Labor and Statistics, ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/cesan.txt
What do we spend our money on?
1. Housing
2. Transportation
3. Food
4.
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 17, 2004
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ILLUSTRATION... AW Tozer in “I Talk Back to the Devil”
"Money often comes between men and God. Someone has said that you can take two small ten-cent pieces, just two dimes, and shut out the view of a panoramic landscape. Go to the mountains and just hold two coins closely in front of your eyes--the
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Apr 14, 2004
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This is one may surprise you. “The 3rd most common mistake is the buying and selling of cars,” as Ron Blue says. Why? The buying and selling of cars plays right into pride and ego. When pride and ego get involved, logic goes out the window. Someone has said, “Logic and automobile purchases do not
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The latest statistics reveal the following about how most Americans spend their money:
From table 7-13 Consumer Expenditures – Handbook U.S. labor Statistics 2003 edition - Reference person age 45-54
Average Income before Taxes: $59,351
Average expenditures $49,111
Food at home: $3,718
Food away
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