http://jayperoni.com/theres-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel Faith Based Investing Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://jayperoni.com/theres-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/comment-page-1#comment-32 Going Gazelle Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:34:26 +0000 http://gocheckmedia.com/jayperoni/theres-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel#comment-32 Debt can be a pretty nasty trap. The more forms of behavior change you can throw at it to get out the better: - Spiritual Conviction - God wants his people free - Relational Agreement with your spouse - Behavioral modification techniques - Cash Envelopes - The Sense of Regaining Hope - Educating myself on how money really works For me personally, it took a deep spiritual conviction from listening to The Dave Ramsey Show and Money Matters from Crown Financial Ministries. I came to realize the way I was managing God's Provision was all wrong. No Plan. No Priorities. No Purpose. No Prayer. No Peace. (All of these P's have the possibility to make a really good talk or even a book on the P's of Personal Finance.) In the effort to chase credit card points and rebates I was overspending way too much. (Not so much that I couldn't pay off the bills every month, but if it meant my tithe didn't happen to pay Visa so be it.) Debt can be a pretty nasty trap.
The more forms of behavior change you can throw at it to get out the better:
- Spiritual Conviction – God wants his people free
- Relational Agreement with your spouse
- Behavioral modification techniques – Cash Envelopes
- The Sense of Regaining Hope
- Educating myself on how money really works
For me personally, it took a deep spiritual conviction from listening to The Dave Ramsey Show and Money Matters from Crown Financial Ministries. I came to realize the way I was managing God’s Provision was all wrong. No Plan. No Priorities. No Purpose. No Prayer. No Peace. (All of these P’s have the possibility to make a really good talk or even a book on the P’s of Personal Finance.)
In the effort to chase credit card points and rebates I was overspending way too much. (Not so much that I couldn’t pay off the bills every month, but if it meant my tithe didn’t happen to pay Visa so be it.)

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