Easy ways to be a better steward.
•1. Make and Use a Budget
•2. Avoid Impulse buying
•3. Buy quality on sale or discount: end of season, thrift stores, used.
•4. Look for and plug the “holes in your purse.”
•5. “Barn-raise” and barter with friends.
•6. The “Dr. Lake Idea” –Any time you buy something for yourself (non-essentials) match personal purchase spending with an equal gift to someone in need, or a ministry.
7. Give away what you don’t need.
Below is a list of links that can help you get your finances in order so that you can spend less and give more.
http://financialplan.about.com/library/n_budget.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC062062791033.aspx
http://www.betterbudgeting.com/budgetformsfree.htm
http://www.freemoneyfinance.com/2005/12/about_free_mone.html
