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37 He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. 38 So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”
Matthew 9:37-38 (NLT)
From the Life Application Bible:
Jesus looked at the crowds following him and referred to them as a [...]

I wrote about the purchase and acquisition of ShareBuilder by ING Direct last year in December. I wondered back then how they would integrate together. Well, ING finally took a step in the right direction.
You can now access your ShareBuilder account from your ING account. All you have to do is login your ING Direct [...]

As many of you know, I bank at Washington Mutual (WaMu). As many of you also know, WaMu actually failed and the government sold it to JPMorgan Chase for $1.9 billion on Friday. This was the largest bank failure ever in the United States. So what caused the downfall of the nation’s largest bank?
The major [...]

“I cannot afford to waste my time making money.”
Louis Agassiz
People say that time is money. Sure it takes time to make money. But I would say that time is more valuable than money. And you know why? Because you can always earn some extra money, but you can never earn extra time. Once time has [...]

14 Wise words bring many benefits, and hard work brings rewards.
Proverbs 12:14 (NLT)
Our words are very powerful. If we are careful with our words and speak wise words, they can bring us benefits. Hard work generally leads to rewards. And it is definitely better than lazy work or no work at all. You can’t expect [...]

Failing banks, government bailouts, corporate bankruptcies, huge buyouts. It must be the end of the world! Jesus is coming soon! We should all take our money and stuff it in our mattresses.
Just in case you couldn’t tell, I was being a little bit sarcastic. People everywhere seem to be panicking and thinking the end of [...]

“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.”
Ayn Rand
Much like a hammer can be used to build or to tear down, money is a tool that can help someone in need, or be hoarded all in the name of greed. Money in [...]

“Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.”
Benjamin Franklin
There seems to be a recurring theme in the Did They Say That section. Money does not produce happiness. And prosperity is much more than mere money. Benjamin [...]

5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. 6 Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart. 7 Work with enthusiasm, as though you were [...]

Looks like WaMu has extended their online 5.00% CD for both 12 and 13 month terms. They had briefly lowered rates to 4.50% but now they are back up to 5.00%. This is a great rate and the highest I know of for any FDIC insured CD.
You can only open it online with a minimum [...]

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to get your free credit report from all three credit bureaus (Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion) once every year (12 months).
It’s important to check your credit report to make sure there are no mistakes, errors or signs of identity theft. According to Consumer Reports, consumers find 13 million errors on [...]

“You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.”
Thomas Wolfe
What are your motives in life? Money, success, celebrity? As Christians, we have a higher calling, a higher purpose, a greater motive in life! We need to have an eternal perspective and not a “life-on-earth” perspective which [...]