Control your Credit Cards
Today, the number of credit cards in Canada had grown to almost 65 million while the value of annual purchases made with credit cards increased more than ten times. The hard truth: More credit cards mean more credit card debt per person. Many Canadians are swamped by their monthly credit card obligations. Credit card debt is painful because often...... >Read More
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bankruptcy,
budget,
credit,
credit card debt,
debt,
FaithLife Financial,
Family,
FamilyLife,
finances
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Living Small, Loving Large
Are you called or are you driven? Do you feel like your life is out of control, or can you peacefully move forward, knowing God is leading? I want to look at that question in relation to our finances. But before we do that, look at this picture of a house:
Small, isn't it? And yet the majority of North... >Read More
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debt,
Family,
FamilyLife,
finances,
happiness,
income,
living with less,
Self,
Shelia Wray Gregoire,
Time
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Managing Excessive Debt: It All Begins With A Plan
Serious debt problems arise when the amount you owe is out of balance with your income and household expenses (such as mortgage payments and utilities). The primary aim of managing your debt is to restore the balance either by increasing your income – difficult to achieve in an economic downturn – or setting and following a plan... >Read More
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business,
credit cards,
debt,
debt management,
FaithLife Financial,
Family,
FamilyLife,
financial,
financial solutions,
LIFE,
Money
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Your Marriage is Worth Fighting For?
67% of first time marriages go the distance. I was reading a report on divorce statistics from StatsCan and this fact jumped off the page. It seemed to contradict a much repeated statistic that 50% of marriages end in divorce. So which one is true? Well, they both are actually.
Two of every three new marriages will indeed last for... >Read More
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blended family,
challenges & conflicts,
commitment,
divorce,
FamilyLife,
fighting for,
first marriage,
healthy marriage,
marriage,
resolving conflict,
second marriagae,
Self,
sex and love
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Gift of a Love Language
This is the season we all start thinking of gifts and what to give those dearest to us. It is such a nice feeling to find that special gift for someone close. Often we come across that special something when not looking for it. This year I am going to suggest a different kind of gift. The cost will... >Read More
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couples,
Family,
FamilyLife,
intimacy,
love language. gifts,
marriage,
sex and love
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Fear At the Top of the Hill
I looked down the 15 foot rock face that the other guys had just ridden down on their mountain bikes and the sight of it froze me in place. But hey, the other five guys did it so I backed up, approached the steep decline and ... froze again, jamming on the brakes. My buddies waited at the bottom... >Read More
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anxiety,
bike,
bike riding,
FamilyLife,
fear,
height,
neal black,
stress,
top of the hill
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How to Stop Spoiling Your Child
Are kids more spoiled today than in years past? According to a Time/CNN poll, 80% of respondents felt that "kids today are more spoiled than kids of 10 or 15 years ago, and two-thirds of parents admit that their kids are spoiled."
On the assumption that lovingly caring for your kids is good, but spoiling them is not so good,... >Read More
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attitude issues,
better parenting,
character development,
children,
Family,
FamilyLife,
good parents,
kids,
love,
parenting,
spoil,
unspoil
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Raise a Money-smart Kid
Take a moment to think about your financial habits – good and... >more
The Gift of Time
What one gift that everyone wants? The gift of time. Time is... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)