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Steven Burke, a British construction worker was supposed to receive a check for $500. A misplaced decimal made the check $50,000 instead. An honest person would bring the error to the boss’s attention. And then there is Steven. He promptly went on a spending spree, spending $36,000 on designer clothes,…

Officials with Wells Fargo Bank said they were happy that a Pennsylvania woman did the right thing when an automatic teller machine gave her too much money. Kristina Edwards told a local newspaper that she went to the ATM to withdraw $60. When the machine produced $380, she tried to chase down the customer…

Published September 19, 2013 FoxNews.com Someone just paid David Rees, of Beacon, N.Y., $35 to sharpen a pencil. "I think people think: 'Wow, I can't believe he actually did it,'" Rees said. "I wasn't sure what would happen when I sent this guy my money." Now before you write him off as some con-artist…

even couples with perfect budgets and paid-off houses and zero debt still end up arguing about money, angry about money, resentful about money. Even couples with spotless credit reports can be mired in the kind of financial infidelity that sullies relationships. Because the budget isn’t the problem;…

Shannon discovered it in her marriage. She called up her financial planner to ask for help getting out of debt. The financial planner asked her, “Shannon, what kind of debt are we talking about?” Shannon replied, “$30,000.00!” How did she discover it? Well, a few weeks before, she got a call from a video…

One engaged couple went for marriage counseling. They had been engaged for a year but the guy had never told his fiancee about the $32,000.00 worth of debt he had racked up on credit cards. Finally coming clean he told her of the debt and then explained that the reason he had kept that from her was because…

SHE RARELY CRIED, BUT THIS ONE NIGHT WAS DIFFERENT. I HAD MADE A DEAL WITH MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS HEADING OFF TO COLLEGE THAT, I WOULD PAY HER SCHOOL BILL, ALL OF IT, IF SHE WOULD JUST FINISH PAYNG FOR HER CAR AND COVER THE INSURANCE BY GETTING A JOB. SEEMED LIKE A GOOD DEAL TO ME AND I WAS GOING TO…

In His book, Restoration Road, author Mitch Kruse encourages readers to allow the Lord to take on a path that leads us back to His divine plan. One of the first steps is to recognize the value of godly wisdom. Mitch writes, “Money is pride’s measurement of our giftedness (time, talent, and treasure).…

"I really don't want a lot of money. I just wish we could afford to live the way we're living now." [Anonymous, quoted in Reader's Digest "Laughter, the Best Medicine." Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest, 1997,.p:35]

Aaron Crowe Filed under: Saving Money, Economizer Who wouldn't want to save both time and money? Often, however, one comes at the expense of the other.Convenience, for example, comes at a price. You'll pay dearly for the luxury of enjoying a candy bar from the minibar in your hotel room. Make the effort…

2010 - Average American income - $50,000/year Average World income - $7000/year

One man, with a sanctified imagination, offered the following idea of what it is like to surrender your all to God: “I want this pearl, how much is it?” “Well,” the seller says, “it is very expensive.” But how much, we ask. Well, a very large amount. Do you think I could buy it? O, of course, everyone…

"I have to have a raise," the man said to his boss. "There are three other companies after me." "Is that so?" asked the manager. "What other companies are after you?" "The electric company, the telephone company, and the gas company." Mikey's Funnies, 33009

SEDONA, Ariz. — James Arthur Ray led a group of more than 50 followers into a cramped, sauna-like sweat lodge in Arizona last week by convincing them that his words would lead them to spiritual and financial wealth. The mantra has made him a millionaire. People routinely pack Ray's seminars and follow…

A Conflict of Interests [Jerusalem’s] heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, “Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.” Micah 3:11 (ESV) What people say with their lips can…

(Monday A.M.) Just read your mother's email. I assume she wrote you, too; if not I'll fill you in. This is day 18 of the 20 days of Medicare paying the bill. She says the supplement insurance has kicked in now. PTL! Praying that our LORD will go against the giants tomorrow and give us in His mercy the…

Rich but did not know it Come with me into West Texas during the Depression. Mr. Ira Yates was like many other ranchers and farmers. He had a lot of land, and a lot of debt. Mr. Yates wasn’t able to make enough on his ranching operation to pay the principal and interest on the mortgage, so he was in…

She’s so thrifty, she can smell a bargain a mall away.

Similarly, for every twenty books written on retirement, there may be only one that has any worthwhile treatment of the important personal issues. The result is that many people spend forty years building an impressive retirement nest egg, but no time at all thinking about how they are going to enjoy…

LOS ANGELES — As she walked from a post office, Talon Curtis thought she'd found one of those gimmicky sweepstakes offers on the ground that scream something like "$357,959.55" in big bold letters and "This is not a real check" in much smaller type. But just as she was about to do her part for a cleaner…

A man was going to die and wanted to try to take his money with him. He told three of his friends— a doctor, a preacher, and an attorney—what he wanted to do and gave each one an envelope with $10,000.00. His friends thought he had gone over the deep end; but, being good friends, they agreed to place…

One father to another: “What’s your son taking to college?” “Every dime I’ve got,” was the reply. The Sourcebook of Humor, James C. Hefley, page 47

Isn’t it true? Sending a child to college is like buying a new car every year and never getting to drive it. - Bonnie Rorrer, quoted by Eddie Allgood in Danville, Virginia, Register and Bee Reader’s Digest, December 1993, page 162

The “Ministry” of Judas 1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at the table. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive…

A college freshman was having considerable difficulty. His counselor called him into his office and asked him, “Why are you at college?” The boy replied, “My mother says that I’m here to prepare to be president, my sister says that I’m here to get a wife, my brother says I’m here to play basketball,…