Do You Know What’s in Your Wallet?

Principles or Profits?
Most Americans agree that both principles and values should come before any financial profits. If you, too, agree, then would it not be logical to assume that your investments ought to reflect the principles that you hold important in your daily life? This fundamental concept can be hard to follow in today’s society [...]

The 4 MUST HAVE Ingredients To Succeed In ANYTHING! – Part 1

Yes It Is A Bold Statement!
All that is needed to succeed in any area of your life can be boiled down to 4 simple things; four ingredients. It doesn’t matter what you are trying to accomplish, if you have these 4 ingredients, properly in place, you will succeed with scientific and, even better, Biblical accuracy!

Yeah, [...]

Is Your Financial Past Holding You Back?

Scars show experience…
Scars show the pain that you‘ve been there, done that… But scars can be the best measure of future success if you‘ve learned how to use them to your advantage. When it comes to your financial life, you bear the scars of your past. You need to understand exactly where you‘ve been, what [...]

How To Catch Your Child’s Attention With Fish

Fishing for Kids
Recently I was given the book “Fish” by Stephen Lundin, Harry Paul, and John Christensen. If you have not had a chance to read “Fish”, I highly recommend picking a copy up today. The book itself is directed towards increasing morale and improving results in business, but the four principles the the book [...]

Where Is The Proper Place For Your Money?

Can I have a penny?
A man prays to God: “God, what is a million years to you?”  God replies: “To me, it‘s like a second”  “Well God, how much is a million dollars to you?”  To which God replies “It is like a penny.”  Thinking he had outsmarted God, the Man prays for a [...]

Teaching Kids the Consequences of Money Decisions

Piggy Bank Aha Moment
Last week I was presenting to a group of parents at a local church.  Before I went up to speak it struck me to ask them, “how many of you had a piggy bank growing up?”  Every hand in the audience went straight up.  I then asked them, “How [...]

Coupon Mama Shows You How to Make a Dollar Out of 15 Cents!

Clipping and Saving with Coupons, a Ministry?
When was the last time you went to the grocery store with your list in hand, cash in pocket and left out with everything on your list and leftover cash in your hand,  probably not lately if you don’t use coupons.

My name is Travise Smith also known as Coupon [...]

Should the Words Wealthy and Christian Mix?

Too many Christians manage money like it’s their own instead of treating it like a blessing or gift from God.  How about you?  Does your money truly belong to you or God?  Are you using all or most of the money entrusted to you for earthly or eternal purposes?   It’s a choice – we [...]

Bible Based Debt Elimination

After 12 years of struggling with financial debt, I discovered a distinctive 5-step strategy in the Bible regarding debt elimination.  I took swift action and paid off all debt (excluding mortgage) in five months.  I then paid off a 30-year mortgage in less than 5 years.  Here is how:
The Key Distinction Between Bible-Based and World-Based [...]

8 Biblical Principals to Increase

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