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When in Guatemala, eat sweet bananas. When in the U.S….
Posted in Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, family finance, financial advisor, financial blessing, financial gain, financial literacy, financial smarts, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, getting rich is mindset, God and riches, invest, investing, investments, make money, money, money smarts, money works for you, patience in investing, saving and investing
We gave it all away
Pastor Mike Ashcraft reflects on the Rule of 20.
Posted in Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, discipline in finance, financial advisor, financial blessing, financial fitness, financial literacy, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, getting rich is mindset, God and riches, healthy budget, how to learn finance, riches
Tragedy strikes pastors too
My people are destroyed for lack of (financial) knowledge
What to do instead of New Year’s resolutions
Posted in Bible and money, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, discipline in finance, family finance, financial advisor, financial blessing, financial fitness, financial gain, financial smarts, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial,, get rich, God and riches, how money works, how to make money grow, make money, money, money smarts, personal finances,, riches, think and grow rich
Deo Delightful: God’s show of glory
Posted in Biblical prosperity, biblical thinking for prosperity, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christians Get Rich, financial blessing, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, formula for success, get rich, get to success, keys to success, prosperity, secrets of success, success
What can you build for your future?
Build a monument. Leave a legacy.
Thrift your way rich
Very simply: If you can’t control your expenditures, you will never get rich. But being frugal gives you the capability to the hit the highs, though it may take 10 years.
It’s your choice, but please don’t envy others who tightened the belt for years.
35 chairs in a one Honda Civic
Posted in Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, christianity and finances, entrepreneur, family finance, financial advisor, financial blessing, financial gain, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, money smarts, money works for you, personal finances,, saving money, wasting money
What comes first? Getting or giving?
Posted in Bible and money, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, financial blessing, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial,, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how money works, make money, money, personal finances,, riches
In Instanbul International Airport, some reflections about Christians getting rich
Posted in Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, church finances, financial blessing, financial gain, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, generational wealth, get rich, God and riches, habits of the wealthy, riches, theology of riches, wealth, wealth mindset
Stakeholders — how to get the best out of your team
Posted in business, business administration, business man, businesswoman, christian business, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, church finances, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, family finance, financial blessing, get rich, God and riches, marriage and entrepreneurialship, riches, team building, teams, think and grow rich
Tagged stakeholders
How the poor stay poor
Posted in Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, family finance, financial blessing, financial gain, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how money works, how to make money grow, make money, money, money smarts, money works for you, riches, saving and investing, saving money, temptation of money, think and grow rich, wasting money
Saving is not enough. You must also…
Posted in Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, family finance, financial blessing, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, God and riches, how money works, inventors, invest, investing, investments, make money, money, money smarts, money works for you, riches, saving and investing, saving money, think and grow rich
Scary, scary, scary ways to waste $$$
Posted in Bible and money, Christian finance, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, family finance, financial blessing, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, God and money, how money works, make money, money, money smarts, rants against waste, riches, saving money, temptation of money, wasting money
Beat inflation!
My three tips to beat inflation:
- Bus it
- Brown bag it
- Brew it.
What are your favorite ways to save?
Posted in beat inflation, Bible and money, Christian finance, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, family finance, financial blessing, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how to beat inflation, how to learn finance, inflation, money, money and marriage, money smarts, personal finances,, riches, saving money, think and grow rich, thrifty consumer, wasting money, ways to save
Too busy to make money?
If you wish to work in finance, I train. Reach out to me 310-403-6471
Posted in Bible and money, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, family finance, financial advisor, financial blessing, financial gain, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial,, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how money works, how to learn finance, pastors in finance, pray finances, riches
Bored Pastor
Posted in boredom, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christians Get Rich, church finances, family finance, financial blessing, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial,, get rich, God and riches, pastor, pastoring, pastors in finance, think and grow rich, Valley Boy Pastor
Tagged bored apes, bored panda, bored pastor
Just one step to getting rich
Posted in Bible and money, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, family finance, financial blessing, financial gain, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how money works, how to make money grow, make money, money, money smarts, personal finances,, riches, saving money, think and grow rich
Tagged patience
Structure and adminstration
How “passive” is your passive income?
Success depends upon how well you can adminster.
Posted in administration, business administration, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, family finance, financial blessing, financial gain, financial stewardship, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how money works, how to learn finance, how to make money grow, income, make money, money, money smarts, multiple streams of income, passive income, personal finances,, riches, saving money, think and grow rich
He fought cancer while building a business
When Adelso Lemus was expanding his business and felt pressured to cover ballooning expenses with sales, he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer.
“The doctor was gently telling us that they were going to see what they could do,” Adelso told God Reports. “I didn’t want to do chemo because the last time I had cancer it jacked me up.”
From his hospital bed, he watched his family huddle.
They weren’t weeping; they were strategizing. Who would do what to cover Dad’s extensive responsibilities in the business? Adelso and his family sought what they always wanted in times of trial: a turnaround, for good to come out of the bad.
“I wasn’t thinking I was going to die,” he says. “I just needed to work this through and get back to the business.”
Adelso miraculously survived the cancer. His 10-year-old business of specialty tres leches cakes now grosses $1 million in revenue.
He shares his life philosophy on a radio podcast “The Flipside” which encourages listeners to not despair but to find how “all things work together for the good,” as the Bible says.
Adelso, 54, lives in San Antonio, Texas. He got saved as a youth in Albuquerque when he saw a formerly “fried” pothead” all cleaned up and alive.” It was an unexpected surprise, and the young man invited Adelso to church. He didn’t want to go, but his friend hounded him and he broke down. Of course, Adelso ended up receiving Jesus and transformation.
He grew zealous for the things of God and even prepared himself to enter ministry. He was part of the church-planting mission that emphasized evangelism and discipleship and not Bible school degrees.
He and new-convert Veronica got married “Jesus people style,” the way the hippies did in the Jesus Movement of the 70s, without expensive ballroom-like details and during the Sunday morning service. They were in love with each other and considered the fact that Jesus didn’t have any money.
Adelso and Veronica marched off to Panama, where they were missionaries for nine years. It was a wild time of scrambling to make ends meet. Adelso became very resourceful as he adeptly negotiated equipment and building rentals without having enough money to do so. Navigating financial hardship with resourcefulness became a skill he carried forward in life and it became the hallmark of his business.
“It hardened my hide to be able to go through what I’ve gone through in the business,” he says.
When his 25th wedding anniversary approached, he was on staff at John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church. He decided to save as much money he could every week to honor his wife with a big bash to renew their wedding vows. He wanted to make up for the skimpy beginnings of married life.
How would he cobble together the money for the event? His sister gave him a secret recipe, a tres leches cake with a non-traditional flourish, pineapple. It was off the radar, but when he took samples to some local restaurants they were curious.
“Tres leches with pineapple?” one proprietor said. “That’s weird.”
He tasted it.
“The way they responded in the restaurant was really positive,” Adelso explains. “I wanted them to taste it to see if it had any potential. They really liked it. I just chased the dream because of the reaction that I got. It was a genuine surprised reaction. I thought, Wow, they really liked it. It made me realize that this was something I could possibly do on the side.”
He started at home, but you can’t cook at home for commercial ventures for long.
The preparation for a wedding renewal turned into a full-time business. He needed to rent space at a bakery. At a cooking conference where he impressed with free samples, an acquaintance tipped him off to a 2,000-square-foot San Antonio bakery that could rent him space in the evenings.
The only problem was that she wanted $800 a month and all he could offer was $350. Read the rest: Adelso Lemus fought cancer while running a growing business
Posted in business, business man, Cancer, cancer and christianity, christian business, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, Christian marriage, christianity and finances, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, Marriage, marriage and entrepreneurialship, money and marriage
Tagged adelso lemus, church planting, evangelism, God, inspiration, inspirational, Jesus, Jesus wedding, panama, pineapple tres leches, the flipside, tres leches, veronica lemus
Over consumption
Posted in Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, consumerism, family finance, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how money works, how to make money grow, make money, money, money smarts, out of control spending, overconsumption, personal finances,, rants against waste, riches, saving money, spending, temptation of money, theology of riches, think and grow rich, wasting money
My bike got stolen!
Posted in Bible and money, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, family finance, God and money, how money works, how to make money grow, life insurance, make money, marriage and finance, money, money and marriage, money smarts, money works for you, personal finances,, saving money
Is the ‘kingdom of God’ synonymous with ‘kingdom of Heaven?’
Posted in biblical thinking for prosperity, Christ, Christiain entrepreneur, Christian, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, Christian work ethic, Christianity, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, loving God more than money, real Christianity, theology of riches
Tagged glimpse of Heaven, Kingdom of God, kingdom of Heaven, prosperity, prosperity gospel, taste and see the Lord is good, taste of Heaven
A Flag Carrier
Posted in break out of poverty, Christian finance, Christian leadership, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, driven for success, dysfunctional family, family, family finance, financial blessing, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, formula for success, generational wealth, get rich, God and money, God and riches, habits of the wealthy, how money works, keys to success, leadership, make money, mindset, money, money smarts, positive mindset, poverty, poverty mentality, race and riches, riches, secrets of success, success, success mindset, think and grow rich, wealth, wealth mindset, winning mindset
The Watts Towers (and riches)
Posted in Bible and money, Biblical prosperity, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, financial blessing, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, God and money, God and riches, hope, how money works, how to make money grow, make money, money, money works for you, personal finances,, prosperity, race and riches, riches, saving money
Tagged Los Angeles, race riots, watts, watts towers
Comfort was killing me
Posted in business, business man, businesswoman, christian business, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, comfort, comfort zone, cruising in life, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, family finance, financial advisor, financial blessing, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, get rich, God and riches, riches, think and grow rich
You have to work 6 days a week anyhow…
Posted in Christian finance, Christian work ethic, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, envy, family finance, get rich, God and money, God and riches, greed, hard work, how money works, how to learn finance, make money, money, money works for you, protestant work ethic, work, work ethic
Get IN the way of the blessing
Posted in Bible and money, blessings, business, business man, businesswoman, christian business, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, financial advisor, financial blessing, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how money works, how to make money grow, make money, money, money smarts, money works for you, personal finances,, saving money
Whoa! A lot bigger than we thought. How the Griffith Observatory changed the way…
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Tagged galaxy, griffith observatory, Los Angeles, stars, universe
Nasty!
Posted in Bible and money, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christians Get Rich, family finance, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, fiscal fitness, fitness, get rich, God and money, God and riches, health, health and wealth, healthy body, healthy eating, Healthy food, healthy living, how money works, how to learn finance, how to make money grow, junk food, make money, marriage and finance, money, money and marriage, money works for you, personal finances,, riches, saving money, think and grow rich
Tagged cheat days, diet, dieting, me time, pampering, sacrifice, self time
Finance is not hard
Posted in Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christians Get Rich, family finance, financial advisor, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, God and riches, how to learn finance, inventors, invest, investing, investments, money, money smarts, money works for you, patience in investing, personal finances,, riches, saving and investing, saving money, think and grow rich
Assets, not liabilities
Posted in Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, family finance, financial advisor, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, God and riches, make money, marriage and finance, money, money and marriage, money smarts, money works for you, personal finances,, riches, saving money, wasting money
Tagged assets, assets and liabilities, assets vs liabilities, liabilities
Get a cheaper downfall
Posted in Bible and money, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, days off, family finance, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, how money works, make money, money, money works for you, personal finances,, rest and recreation, saving money, wasting money
Patience, not Precision.
Investing is not like golf, at least in one area.
Posted in Bible and money, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, family finance, get rich, God and money, God and riches, golf, how to make money grow, invest, investing, investments, make money, money, money works for you, opportunity, patience, patience in investing, personal finances,, riches, saving and investing, saving money, think and grow rich, time
Would you work for free?
Posted in Bible and money, business, business man, businesswoman, christian business, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, family finance, Financial Talk, financial,, God and money, hard work, how money works, laziness, learning skills, make money, money, money works for you, personal finances,, pray finances, saving money, skills, work, work ethic
Riches for all Races
Posted in Bible and money, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, Financial Talk, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how money works, make money, money, money works for you, race and riches, riches, think and grow rich
Why work for money when money can work for you?
Posted in Bible and money, Biblical prosperity, Biblical stewardship, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, entrepreneurial spirit, family finance, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial,, get rich, God and money, God and riches, God's provision, how money works, make money, money, money works for you, personal finances,, riches, saving money, think and grow rich
Two business models
Questions about the right financial plan? Reach out to Mike Ashcraft California financial professional
Posted in Bible and money, business, business man, christian business, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, family finance, financial advisor, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, God and riches, make money, money, money works for you, riches, think and grow rich
Hire yourself!
Posted in Bible and money, business, business man, christian business, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial,, God and money, how money works, make money, money, money works for you, personal finances,
Tagged great resignation, hiring, you're hired
The poor are better off than the middle class
Surprise! The poor are often better equiped to get rich than the middle class. Financial education while you make money doing business.
Posted in abundance mentality, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how money works, inventors, investing, make money, mindset, money, money works for you, personal finances,, positive mindset, riches, saving and investing, saving money, success mindset, think and grow rich, wasting money
Should I pay off my debt BEFORE investing for retirement?
Learn more: Mike Ashcraft financial professional California
Posted in bad debt, Bible and money, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, credit card debt, debt, family finance, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial wisdom, financial,, get rich, getting out of debt, God and money, God and riches, how money works, make money, money, personal finances,, prepare for retirement, retirement, riches, saving money, student loan debt, think and grow rich, wasting money
Financial fitness in 3 steps (part 2)
Questions? Reach out to Mike Ashcraft financial professional in California.
Posted in Bible and money, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, church finances, family finance, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial,, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how money works, how to, make money, marriage and finance, money, money works for you, personal finances,, prepare for retirement, retirement, riches, saving money, think and grow rich
Financial Fitness in 3 steps
Three things you must do now to be financially healthy in the future. Questions about finance? Reach out to Mike Ashcraft California financial professional.
Posted in Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, family finance, financial advisor, Financial Talk, financial,, get rich, God and riches, make money, money, money works for you, personal finances,, riches, saving money, think and grow rich, wasting money
Tagged debt, get out of debt, inflation, savings vs investments
Opportunity
Posted in America, American Dream, business, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, family finance, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial,, get rich, God and riches, opportunities, riches, think and grow rich
Stop wasting money
Posted in abundance mentality, being thrifty, Bible and money, business, business man, christian business, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, family finance, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial,, get rich, God and money, God and riches, how money works, investing, make money, marriage and entrepreneurialship, marriage and finance, money, money works for you, personal finances,, riches, saving and investing, saving money, think and grow rich, wasting money
Tagged Bible, Faith, God, inspiration, Jesus, North Hollywood, north hollywood train station
Balance
Posted in Bible and money, business, business man, christian business, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, christianity and finances, Christianity and money, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, exercise, family finance, fitness, formula for success, get rich, God and money, God and riches, gym, how money works, keys to success, make money, mindset, money, personal finances,, positive mindset, riches, secrets of success, success, success mindset, think and grow rich, workout
Get out of the hole
Posted in Bible and money, business, business man, christian business, Christian entrepreneur, Christian finance, christianity and finances, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, family finance, financial stewardship, Financial Talk, financial,, God and money, how money works, make money, money, self confidence, self development
Tagged self improvement
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