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Happy Veterans Day to you all! Hope you’re all enjoying your day off (if you get one). I know I am! Although, technically, Veteran’s Day is on November 11 each year. Most federal and state workers (as well as most schools) have the day off today since it landed on Sunday this year. Veterans Day [...]

27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.” John 6:27 (NKJV) This verse is a reminder that there are more important things than perishable food and work [...]

ING Direct recently dropped their Orange Savings rate from 4.30% to 4.20% due to the recent Fed rate cut. You can still get their $25 for opening an account. If you’re interested, send me an email! WaMu’s online savings account also dropped recently from 5.00% to 4.75%. It’s still a great rate from a reputable [...]

Here’s another $50 bank bonus! This time it’s from the well established Wells Fargo bank with nationwide branches. All you have to open a free checking account with a minimum of $100 and you’ll receive $50 within 30-45 days of opening the account. That’s an easy 50% return on your money for FREE! Free checking [...]

Just wanted to let you know that I just received my free $100 from the Citi offer I talked about a couple months ago. I only deposited $1 and I got $100 in return! Easy money! The Citi offer is now expired but there are others offers available like the Wachovia $50 bonus and an [...]

7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house. Luke 10:7 (NKJV) From the Life Application Bible: Jesus told his disciples to accept hospitality graciously because their work entitled them to it. Ministers of [...]

If you have a local Wachovia Bank (Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C.) you might be interested in opening a free checking account with them for a free $50 bonus! All you have [...]

I decided to purchase a new vehicle (nothing very expensive) back in November 2006 and I got a great deal. While I was shopping for my new car, I dealt with several dealers via e-mail and one dealer quoted the lowest price out of all the dealers. I negotiated an out-the-door price (taxes, dmv, everything). [...]

   38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38 (NKJV) This verse doesn’t only apply to money. It applies to anything in [...]

   10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. 11 I returned and saw under the sun that— The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread [...]

I just saw this at FatWallet. It’s a $50 bonus for opening an Orange Savings account with ING Direct with a $250 minimum. Normally they only pay out $25 so this is a great deal and an easy 20% instant return on your money. Just go to the special New York Times ING Direct page [...]

Since the Fed lowered the discount rate (the rate at which it lends money to banks), many online savings accounts have followed and have lowered their rates. FNBO Direct was offering a 6% promotion but is now offering a still-respectable 5.05%. Here is an interest rate round-up from around the web: ING Direct: 4.5% to [...]

   11 He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding. Proverbs 12:11 (NKJV) 11 A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies has no sense. Proverbs 12:11 (NLT) Proverbs is one of my favorite books in the Bible. It [...]

Remember when my checking account got broken into? Well, I had to close down my main checking account at Washington Mutual because of a security issue. This was the account that I had linked with all my online savings, brokerage, etc. accounts. Well, EmigrantDirect happened to be one of them. Now, I really didn’t have [...]