We are God’s caretakers! That’s right. God doesn’t need us to take care of Him, but He does need us to care for what belongs to Him on this earth. Everything Belongs To God We are told in Psalms 24 that everything belongs to God. “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. […]
Financial Tips
Rebuilding Your Emergency Fund
So you’ve used your emergency fund, now what do you do? Tis the season to review your finances, to go over your budget and come up with a new saving’s plan for the New Year. When reviewing your financial situation you may have discovered that there were circumstances that caused you to use your […]
4 Things You Can Do Right Now To Live Below Your Means
Living with simplicity is trending today. We all want it, many need it, but few do it. Over the last two weeks, we’ve been writing about pursuing your passion, in a balanced manner that allows you to still provide for your family. In which, one of the suggestions we made was to live below […]
How To Pursue Your Passion And Still Provide For Your Family
Do you have an idea, or a passion that you know will be a great blessing to others; but may not result in a big payday? Yet, knowing this, you still want to pursue this passion? Today’s blog was inspired by a great conversation surrounding last week’s blog. If you remember, we talked about […]
What If I Seriously Can’t Afford To Tithe?
How can I tithe when I can barely pay my bills? This question is real. And today, I want to talk to the one who doesn’t have an income. I want to talk to the one who doesn’t make enough money to pay their bills. When You Can’t Afford To Tithe I often counsel […]
Starting Over
We are often asked: how we started over? The answer is simple; we focused on the small beginnings. Starting over for us was a new beginning that demanded acknowledging small victories. On the Oxygen channel, we watched a new series called Preachers of LA. We heard one of the pastors say, “you may see […]
When Less Became More
You’ve never really lived until you’ve lost everything and find joy in starting over. That was us over 8 years ago and looking back those were the best moments of our life! During that time, we had a 72% decline in our income, which started the trend for us to live with less. However, […]
Living To Pay Bills
How do we stop living to pay bills? This is a question we asked ourselves several years ago. We went from making more than enough to barely getting by. And it was in that very moment, we earnestly sought God to help us stop living to pay bills. One morning, André had a revelation. […]