7 Tips to Curb Child Obesity
In our culture of video games and Internet, fast-food and school-room vending machines, rates of obesity in children are on the rise. Perhaps this is a problem you can relate to. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently found that more than 15 percent of six- to-nine-year-olds were overweight in 1999 to 2000, compared with about 11 percent in 1998 to 1994. The study also found that increased rates of overweight...
Getting Out Of Debt With Baby Steps
Step 1. Cut up all credit cards. Reason: your credit is already shot and you are not looking for additional debt. What difference does your credit rating, or score, matter now. Temporarily stop contributions to your retirement funds. The main goal now, is to get out of debt. I have somewhat mixed feelings on this step. I understand the importance of saving and building your retirement and the possible lost earnings. If you are devoted...
There Comes a Time
Appointments are set, and kept. Set and broken. Rescheduled and juggled to the whim and fancy of the unmindful and inconvenienced. However, appointments within the realm of the supernatural are the pre-ordained celebrations of the majesty of God’s power. For every blessing in your life, there is an appointment waiting. Ecclesiastes 9:11 (Solomon writes, ) I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor...
Teaching Teens About Money
Most teenagers think they know everything… including everything about money. And it seems they should in light of the fact that they collectively spend more than $100 billion a year! But the reality is, most teens are very inexperienced at managing their own money. As parents, it’s our duty to teach our children… not just about God… but also about life. And that includes money management. Here are a few essential money tips...
Care-Pack Outreaches
I have been leading my church over the last year in a new outreach direction termed, “Servant Evangelismâ€, where we endeavor to bless our communities with the love of Christ without asking anything in return. Often, churches are perceived as constantly having their hand out asking for things, and we want to turn that perception upside down. Jesus said the second-greatest commandment is that you love your neighbor as yourself…...
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