Christian Contentment

Bond Investing and The Wide Gate

12.27.2010 by Guest 9 comments

At any given time, at least one sector of the financial markets is constantly the home to a majority of people being herded, like sheep, into certain popular ventures. Jesus warned us…

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10 Things Rich Christians Must Do With Their Money

12.20.2010 by Jason Topp 8 comments
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Let’s face it. If you live in America, you are rich. Sure, there are exceptions like those who can’t afford food or shelter, but generally speaking, if you compare yourself to others around the world, you are filthy rich…

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How to Avoid Lifestyle Inflation

11.17.2010 by Craig Ford 2 comments

Most folks don’t have a problem spending money. Instead, they have issues trying to put a cap on their lifestyle. This is called lifestyle inflation. Your standard of living always seems to unexplainably increase in line with your income…

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Living the American Dream: Don’t Mortgage Your Future To Chase It

09.25.2010 by Jason Topp 10 comments
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Ahh, the thought of living the American Dream. Everything we could ever want or ask for, right? Not so fast! It’s not that the American Dream is bad – in fact, who wouldn’t want material success and prosperity. We all do, to a degree.

But there’s a big irony about the American Dream – most folks mortgage their futures to chase it. Millionaire Next Door authors Thomas J. Stanley and William Danko, point out in their research that most of the folks whom society would deem as wealthy were simply over-leveraged…

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How To Enjoy Your Job (When You Don’t Like It)

03.03.2010 by Guest 19 comments

At the mention of work, some cringe. You may picture yourself arising early on a Monday morning only to drag yourself to another monotonous day at the widget factory. Work is sometimes painful, for sure. But what if we were able to change our perspective on this activity that occupies so much of our time? Is that possible?

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A Lesson in Contentment…

02.21.2010 by Guest 10 comments

There’s nothing to eat,” I murmured to myself as I stood staring endlessly into my kitchen pantry. You know the position—arms braced on each side of the door, slightly leaning back gazing deeper and deeper into the dark recesses desperately hoping for something to appeal to my appetite. No luck. “Ehhhh, I am starving,” I muttered under my breath hoping perhaps the fridge would host greater luck. Then God spoke to me. As I was walking to the fridge…

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Learning how to be content

11.03.2009 by Bob 14 comments

I don’t believe that contentment means settling for mediocrity. But rather it is being satisfied at whatever place in life God has us at, while trusting that He does have our interest at heart and that he does want to bless us and see us succeed.

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Where are you fixing your hope?

06.02.2009 by Bob 8 comments

I was reading a little bit in Timothy today and I found a verse that is strikingly timely for the U.S. today. “Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things [...]

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