Money Management: Be Smart with Your Taxes
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Money Management: Be Smart with Your Taxes

Are you paying your taxes? I hope you are! Jesus told us that it is good to pay your taxes. He said, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” (Matthew 22:21 NIV) God’s word also tells us, “Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those…

3 Important Priorities – Basic Needs, Security, and Dreams                                                        
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3 Important Priorities – Basic Needs, Security, and Dreams                                                        

Today I want to look at 3 important priorities to help you build toward financial freedom. Do you know what a priority is? According to the dictionary, a PRIORITY is “a thing that is regarded as more important than another.” If you want to build a home, you cannot start with the roof. You need…

Forming Good Financial Habits
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Forming Good Financial Habits

Today I want to encourage you to FORM GOOD FINANCIAL HABITS. A habit is something that if practiced, and regularly repeated, becomes a routine or just another way of life. Think about driving a car: When you first start driving a car, it can be daunting. You have to look in the different mirrors while trying to steer and stay on the road. When you need to stop, you hit…

Personal Financial Planning – Planning at Retirement
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Personal Financial Planning – Planning at Retirement

Welcome to our PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING SERIES. Today I want to chat to you about PLANNING AT RETIREMENT. As you are no doubt aware, it is vital that one starts saving early for retirement. Over your working career, you need to build up your retirement savings. If you don’t, you are not going to be able…

Personal financial planning series – Planning for retirement
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Personal financial planning series – Planning for retirement

Today we continue with our PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING SERIES. Today I want to chat to you about PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT. When it comes to Personal Financial Planning, many do not make adequate provision towards their retirement. “The wise man saves for the future but the foolish man spends whatever he gets.” (Proverbs 21:20) A Long term plan… It is very…

Savings and investments
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Savings and investments

Welcome to our PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING SERIES. Today I want to chat to you about building up your SAVINGS and your INVESTMENTS. “The wise man saves for the future but the foolish man spends whatever he gets.” (Proverbs 21:20) What is the Difference Between Saving and Investing? Many new investors don’t understand that saving money and…

Personal financial planning series – Insurance to protect you and your loved ones
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Personal financial planning series – Insurance to protect you and your loved ones

Today we continue with our PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING SERIES. An area of Personal Financial Planning that many don’t ever consider is ensuring that you have adequate insurance in place to protect your family, your assets, and yourself in the event of death, disability, sickness or an unforeseen event. The statistics show that there is a…

Personal financial planning series – your personal financial plan
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Personal financial planning series – your personal financial plan

Today we start a new series on the importance of PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING. When it comes to Personal Financial Planning, many are… battling to make ends meet, under insured, getting deeper into debt, not planning or setting goals for the future, not saving enough for short term contingencies, nor investing to build up sufficient income to…

Manage your money like a pro (the 10:20:70 principle)
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Manage your money like a pro (the 10:20:70 principle)

Welcome to our Financial Matters weekly notes, where we will be helping you manage your money like a pro. If you find this blog post helpful and encouraging, please leave a like and don’t forget to leave a comment in the comment section, located at the bottom of the post. Join us by subscribing! We…