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Some relevant, recommended resources that will help your godly stewardship are:

Budgeting Tools

·        My favorite personal and business budgeting website is Crown-Mvelopes combo in “the cloud”(http://www.mvelopes.com/crown/home) where you can centralize all your accounts in one website and run them with your budget.  There are several aspects of this site that function better than any other such finance amalgamating websites I’ve reviewed, like www.mint.com, which is free besides ads and credit card pitches. 

·        Debt analysis: http://www.freepersonaldebtanalysis.com/?cpn=lnk:crownmv_home_debt

 

Consumer Education

·  Crown Financial Ministries has numerous valuable resources to help you develop godly stewardship; 1-800-722-1976;  www.crown.org

·        Larry Burkett’s book, The Complete Guide to Managing Your Money (actually 3 books in 1)

·        “My Giving Bank” is an outstanding, 3-compartment, “stewardship village” designed to help children learn how to divide their income biblically.  A more modern device “The Learning ATM” serves the same purpose.  Also found on amazon.com or cbd.com.

·        Larry Burkett’s book, Women Leaving the Workplace

·     Dave Ramsey’s book, Financial Peace and valuable website www.daveramsey.org/.  You can also benefit from the Peace University budgeting and debt elimination strategy.

·        Mary Hunt’s humorous books, Tiptionary & The Cheapskate

·        Austin Pryor’s book, Sound Mind Investing

·        Randy Alcorn’s book, Treasure Principle

·        Elaine St. James; Simplify Your Life and Inner Simplicity

·        Robert Kiyosaki; Rich Dad, Poor Dad

·        www.cnnmoney.com – outstanding source for many financial topics and calculators.

·        feedthepig.org – outstanding savings ideas from the US Gov’t, of all places

Consumer Tips

Coupons: www.couponcabin.com & www.groupon.com - for grocery and other coupons

Consumer Reports Money Advisor provides well-researched consumer information. Fantastic tips, especially in preparing for retirment!

Credibility (formerly Consumer Consumer Credit Counseling Service): www.credability.org/en/homepage.aspx Trustworthy, for-fee, service in selected areas of the southeast that organizes people’s debts and contacts creditors to lower and centralize payments

Advocacy (state level): www.usa,gov/directory/stateconsumer/index.shtml Click your state’s link for complaints

Consumer Advocacy (federal):www.usa.gov/directory/federal/index.shtml

Better Business Bureau: www.bbb.org Great prices: beatmyprice.com – find the best price on most anything.  Results are pulled from user submissions as well as other engines

Real Estate

Banking

Travel & Entertainment

Smart Smart-Phone Apps

Mvelopes –requires membership

Where (Yowza for iPhone) – notifies you of tagged retailers sale coupons posting

Gas Buddy – finds lowest gas prices in your area

Cellfire – loads coupons from grocery stores and others onto your loyalty cards.  Also sends mobile reminder of coupons when you enter the store

Price Grabber – Let’s you know where the best prices are based upon scanning an item’s barcode using your phone or typing in the product’s name.

Garage Sales Tracker (iPhone only) – Finds garage sales, flea markets, and consignment shops in your area

Foursquare – Tracks your location to tell you deals at restaurants, museums, etc.  Connects you to daily deals on groupon and other social shopping sites.