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In this episode, Tom talks about sinking funds.  What are sinking funds?  Simply put, sinking funds are money that you set aside for an upcoming expense.  This may be vacation, a new car purchase (and by "new" we mean a newer used car), etc.  Tom also distinguishes between when to use an emergency fund vs. a sinking fund and how a sinking fund can actually help to add to an already existing emergency fund.  All of this packed into a little over ten minutes!   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes or on Stitcher Radio.  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.   Follow us on Twitter: @ICFPodcast   Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/incontrolfinancial   Got a question that we can help you with?  Go to http://incontrolfinancial.com and click on the Contact Us button to send an e-mail directly to Tom's inbox!   Please share this podcast with any friends or family members who might find the content

When we work, do we do it as we would work for the Lord as we see in Colossians 3:23?  Are we looking to our Lord, the Great Provider, as the ultimate example of what it means to provide for ourselves and our families?  Tom talks about work, provisions, and what we should focus on according to 1 Timothy 5:8.   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes or on Stitcher Radio.  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.   Follow us on Twitter: @ICFPodcast   Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/incontrolfinancial   Got a question that we can help you with?  Go to http://incontrolfinancial.com and click on the Contact Us button to send an e-mail directly to Tom's inbox!   Please share this podcast with any friends or family members who might find the content that we broadcast in this podcast to be useful (and maybe even life-changing!).  God bless!

How do we overcome a huge financial goal?  What if we have an unexpected large medical expense that isn't covered by insurance?  What if we want to pay off a large debt?  What if we're behind on our bills, and we've got debt collectors calling us at work?  Tom tells us the main components that we need to focus on in order to overcome and accomplish any financial goal, no matter how massive the goal may be.   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes or on Stitcher Radio.  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.   Follow us on Twitter: @ICFPodcast   Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/incontrolfinancial   Got a question that we can help you with?  Go to http://incontrolfinancial.com and click on the Contact Us button to send an e-mail directly to Tom's inbox!   Please share this podcast with any friends or family members who might find the content that we broadcast in this podcast to be useful (and maybe

Tom explains why multitasking simply doesn't exist.  He also tells us about how God designed our lives to have some downtime, and he tells us that our best course of action for accomplishing financial goals is to simply do one thing at a time.   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes or on Stitcher Radio.  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.   Follow us on Twitter: @ICFPodcast   Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/incontrolfinancial   Got a question that we can help you with?  Go to http://incontrolfinancial.com and click on the Contact Us button to send an e-mail directly to Tom's inbox!   Please share this podcast with any friends or family members who might find the content that we broadcast in this podcast to be useful (and maybe even life-changing!).  God bless!

We already know that we should limit borrowing and going into debt, especially consumer debt.  Let's ask this question: have you ever loaned money to someone?  If so, did they pay you back as expected?  If not, what did you do?  Did you lose a friendship over a few dollars?   Tom tells us how we should handle the sometimes awkward scenarios that come up when we decide to play the banker.  It's rarely a good idea, and if you can manage to do so - don't lend money.  Give it away to someone who needs it if you really want to help them and keep the relationship between the two of you healthy at the same time.   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes or on Stitcher Radio.  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.   Follow us on Twitter: @ICFPodcast   Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/incontrolfinancial   Got a question that we can help you with?  Go to http://incontrolfinancial.com and click on

It's time to start a war... a war on DEBT, that is!   Part four of this series on The G.O.O.D. (Get Out Of Debt) Plan is where we get to the topic that almost everyone has been waiting for: becoming a consumer debt slayer!  Sharpen your swords and prepare for battle; Tom is going to continue to show us how to wage war on that four-letter word - DEBT!  If you had medical debt and paid that off, now it's time to continue to march to the next territory and conquer consumer debt!   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes or on Stitcher Radio.  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.   Follow us on Twitter: @ICFPodcast   Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/incontrolfinancial   Got a question that we can help you with?  Go to http://incontrolfinancial.com and click on the Contact Us button to send an e-mail directly to Tom's inbox!   Oh, and one more thing.  Please share this podcast with any frie

It's time to start a war... a war on DEBT, that is!   In part three of this series on The G.O.O.D. (Get Out Of Debt) Plan, Tom is going to get us ready to wage war on that four-letter word - DEBT!  It's time to get to work and dive right in to the core of The G.O.O.D. Plan.  Listen to find out where to begin, and find out how to prepare yourself to free yourself from consumer debt once and for all!   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes or on Stitcher Radio.  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.   Follow us on Twitter: @ICFPodcast   Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/incontrolfinancial   Got a question that we can help you with?  Go to http://incontrolfinancial.com and click on the Contact Us button to send an e-mail directly to Tom's inbox!   Oh, and one more thing.  Please share this podcast with any friends or family members who might find the content that we broadcast in this podcast to be

Do you need to get out of debt?  Are you looking for a tried, true, and tested plan to reach your goals of real financial freedom without debt in your life?    In part two of this series on The G.O.O.D. (Get Out Of Debt) Plan, Tom is talking to you married folks out there!  If you're married and the two of you want to get yourselves out of debt, you'll want to listen to this episode.  If you're listening to this episode alone at the moment, don't forget to share this with your spouse afterwards so that the two of you can get on the same page TODAY and work together to start getting out of debt TOMORROW!   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes or on Stitcher Radio.  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.   Follow us on Twitter: @ICFPodcast   Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/incontrolfinancial   Got a question that we can help you with?  Go to http://incontrolfinancial.com and click on the Co

Do you need to get out of debt?  Are you looking for a tried, true, and tested plan to reach your goals of real financial freedom without debt in your life?    Tom tells us in part one of this series on The G.O.O.D. (Get Out Of Debt) Plan what the very first step is to bettering your overall financial situation.  It's not what you think or what you would expect, but it works!   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes or on Stitcher Radio.  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.   Follow us on Twitter: @ICFPodcast   Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/incontrolfinancial   Got a question that we can help you with?  Go to http://incontrolfinancial.com and click on the Contact Us button to send an e-mail directly to Tom's inbox!   If you truly enjoyed this episode and found it valuable, please consider sharing it on Facebook, Twitter, or even a link in an e-mail to friends and family.  Thank you, an

On this episode, Tom addresses the concerns we all have about how everything seems to have gone up in price.  These increases in price cause some of us to feel that we need to go deeper into debt in order to appear as well off as our neighbors.  This is conforming to the world, which we as Christians do not want to participate in (Romans 12:2).   This episode lays out the groundwork for future episodes that will be coming out every week over the next few weeks.  Tom will show you how you can apply the principles of finance that are already found in Scripture to your day-to-day personal finance life.  Life can be hard sometimes.  With the Bible, it can be much easier.  God bless.   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes or on Stitcher Radio.  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.   Follow us on Twitter: @ICFPodcast   Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/incontrolfinancial   Got a question t

This episode focuses on setting priorities when it comes to personal finances.  The episode was created after a request was received from a current listener to discuss this particular topic, so thank you, Holly!  It is a great idea for a topic, and there's no doubt that a lot of folks will be happy to hear their same questions answered here on this episode!   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes or on Stitcher Radio.  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.   Follow us on Twitter: @ICFPodcast   Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/incontrolfinancial   Got a question that we can help you with?  Go to http://incontrolfinancial.com and click on the Contact Us button to send an e-mail directly to Tom's inbox!

Tom talks about a subject that pretty much everyone will appreciate: having FUN with money!  He'll tell you why it's important to reward yourself throughout your personal finance journey - regardless of where you're at with that journey.  He'll also explain why it's actually dangerous to put off giving yourself a day of rest when it comes to accomplishing your goals.  Tom goes into greater detail on how rewarding yourself for the accomplishments of your smaller goals will actually give you forward momentum with meeting your larger goals.  He'll tie all of this in with Proverbs 21:17 to give you the grounding of Scripture that will help you to make this very positive - and rewarding (literally) - change in your life!   Please don't forget to leave a review in iTunes!  Your feedback helps to guide the format and content of future podcast episodes.

In this episode, Tom takes you through some budgeting tips and tricks, including a way to get on a budget when you are married and your spouse is not exactly on board to participate in doing a monthly budget.  Tom touches on the importance of and the core reasons for a budget and explains how a budget done well is truly a gift from God that helps His children better manage His resources.  Tom also explains how God will sometimes use a simple tool like a budget to bring married couples closer together.   In this episode, a special InControl Financial Podcast listener offer for a discount for You Need A Budget (YNAB) budgeting software is mentioned.  If you decide to explore the offer in greater detail, simply go to: http://incontrolfinancial.com/ynab   Remember to send your questions or comments to the InControl Financial Podcast about budgeting, debt, marriage, or anything else that you would like to discuss by going to http://incontrolfinancial.com and clicki

Don't play the lottery.  Nevermind that the odds are against you; when you are playing the lottery or any other form of gambling, you're telling God that His provisions for you are unacceptable.

How does God want us to handle debt?  His Word gives us a clear direction as long as we are willing to apply Scripture to our everyday financial decisions.  Today's podcast episode goes into greater detail on how we can use His Word as our filter to make the best financial choices, even when it comes to debt.

This is the first introductory podcast episode for InControl Financial.  We will introduce the podcast as well as the host and give you some background on how InControl Financial came to be.