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On today’s episode #320, Dave and Reb revisit the topic of stewardship, as surrendered discipleship.

They’re talking about those ‘S’ words again! Today on “Let’s Talk Money with Dave and Reb” the co-hosts re-visit some of Reb’s history with the words ‘saver’ and ‘spender’, and how the words “surrendered steward” have brought healing and understanding to her journey with God. 

“I used to define myself as a ‘spender’ and I often felt that the label wasn’t good,” Reb says. Somehow I felt the ‘saver’ label that Dave carried was better.”

It wasn’t until their journey at More Than Enough began, that her understanding of surrendered stewardship grew. 

“Life is more than the labels of ‘spender’ and ‘saver’,” Reb says. “Being a disciple of Christ is knowing you are a steward of all the resources he has given, including time, expertise, and money.”
Tune in and listen to episode #320 which is sponsored by the Ottawa-based Crosspoint Financial team led by Brent Vandermeer. There, you will discover a place to invest with purpose. Go to https://www.crosspointfinancial.ca/ to find out more. To learn more about Dave and Reb’s financial coaching business More Than Enough Financial go to www.morethanenough.ca. To order Reb’s e-book, audio book, or soft-cover copy of Cultivating Trust: Finding God’s Hope and Freedom for Your Finances, go to www.morethanenoughbooks.com.

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Today, Reb interviews Dave about qualifying for mortgages as interest rates rise, variable and fixed rate mortgages, and deferring payments on your mortgage. 

You asked, so we’re answering. On today’s “Let’s Talk Money with Dave and Reb” podcast, Dave answers mortgage questions posed by clients from More Than Enough Financial (MTE) including questions about fixed and variable rates, deferring mortgage payments, and several other topics in a jam-packed show. 

And don’t forget our contest! Tune in to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5I8R5VcNzmb-kSpcZTnI4g and find today’s show. Listen and watch, to answer the question—”What do their smiley face t-shirts mean?— and you will have a chance to win some MTE merchandise. Send your answer to [email protected] and enter the draw to win! 

Listen to their rapid-fire conversation which is sponsored by the Ottawa-based Crosspoint Financial team led by Brent Vandermeer. There, you will discover a place to invest with purpose. Go to https://www.crosspointfinancial.ca/ to find out more, or to book an appointment with a financial advisor. To learn more about Dave and Reb’s financial coaching business go to www.morethanenough.ca. To order Reb’s e-book, audio book, or soft-cover copy of Cultivating Trust: Finding God’s Hope and Freedom for Your Finances, go to www.morethanenoughbooks.com.

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On today’s show, Dave and Reb talk about the advertising culture influencing us, and the need to spend time with God and be in His Word—to advertise the truth to ourselves.

Jesus tells us in John chapter 8 that we will know the truth, and the truth will set us free. On today’s “Let’s Talk Money with Dave and Reb” episode, Dave and Reb talk about the need to know God’s truth, but also to be intentional about speaking that truth to ourselves daily. In our culture where we are continuously distracted by the noise of social media, constant streaming, perceived needs advertised to us in an endless loop, and where an average of 694,000 hours of video are streamed by YouTube users each minute, we need to advertise God’s truth to ourselves with intention. (see https://www.wyzowl.com/youtube-stats/) 

“We live in a world where we are bombarded by advertising each and every day, especially in brand exposure,” Reb says. “It is so important to immerse ourselves in God’s truth around money and possessions so that we will know His truth deep within us, and we won’t be trapped by the false promises of the world.”

Tune in and listen to today’s conversation which is sponsored by the Ottawa-based Crosspoint Financial team led by Brent Vandermeer. There, you will discover a place to invest with purpose. Go to https://www.crosspointfinancial.ca/ to find out more, or to book an appointment with a financial advisor. To learn more about Dave and Reb’s financial coaching business More Than Enough Financial go to www.morethanenough.ca. To order Reb’s e-book, audio book, or soft-cover copy of Cultivating Trust: Finding God’s Hope and Freedom for Your Finances, go to www.morethanenoughbooks.com.

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On today’s episode of “Let’s Talk Money with Dave and Reb” you will learn more about giving, gratitude, and generosity, and how to foster those in church community.

Author, speaker, and coach Lori Guenther Reesor once again joins Dave and Reb on “Let’s Talk Money with Dave and Reb” to continue their discussion about gratitude, generosity, and the learned spiritual discipline of giving. Flowing from her book Growing A Generous Church —A Year in the Life of Peach Blossom Church, Lori talks about her passion to encourage thankfulness in the body of Christ, and then to see how giving to God and others flows from that gratitude.

“Giving and receiving is one big circle of God’s grace,” Lori says. “Gratitude connects us to God, the giver of every good thing and the source of our strength. When we’re grateful, we can share.”

Tune in and listen to today’s conversation which is sponsored by the Ottawa-based Crosspoint Financial team led by Brent Vandermeer. There, you will discover a place to invest with purpose. Go to https://www.crosspointfinancial.ca/ to find out more, or to book an appointment with a financial advisor. To learn more about Lori’s book go to https://lgreesor.com/. To learn more about Dave and Reb’s financial coaching business More Than Enough Financial go to www.morethanenough.ca. To order Reb’s e-book, audio book, or soft-cover copy of Cultivating Trust: Finding God’s Hope and Freedom for Your Finances, go to www.morethanenoughbooks.com.

Tune in and listen to today’s conversation which is sponsored by the Ottawa-based Crosspoint Financial team led by Brent Vandermeer. There, you will discover a place to invest with purpose. Go to https://www.crosspointfinancial.ca/ to find out more, or to book an appointment with a financial advisor. 

To learn more about Lori’s book go to https://lgreesor.com/.

 To learn more about Dave and Reb’s financial coaching business More Than Enough Financial go to www.morethanenough.ca. To order Reb’s e-book, audio book, or soft-cover copy of Cultivating Trust: Finding God’s Hope and Freedom for Your Finances, go to www.morethanenoughbooks.com.

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On today’s episode of “Let’s Talk Money with Dave and Reb” you will learn about gratitude, generosity, and giving.

“If Jesus talks about money, we can too,” says author, speaker, and coach Lori Guenthor Reesor. On today’s episode of “Let’s Talk Money with Dave and Reb”, the co-hosts welcome this special guest as she talks about her recent book Growing A Generous Church —A Year in the Life of Peach Blossom Church. 

After speaking with Christian financial donors across Canada and spending a lot of time drinking coffee in church basements, Lori crafted a creative non-fiction book out of her Doctorate of Ministry thesis that has created a refreshing road map for churches to pursue and teach giving, gratitude, faithfulness, and financial communication as part of the stewardship journey. 

“Silence and secrecy around money gives it too much power,” Lori says, encouraging Christ-followers to learn how to talk about money in a healthy, productive way, including how to give generously.

Gratitude is a big part of this learning, and expressing that gratitude to faithful donors and volunteers in our church families is really important.

Tune in and listen to today’s conversation which is sponsored by the Ottawa-based Crosspoint Financial team led by Brent Vandermeer. There, you will discover a place to invest with purpose. Go to https://www.crosspointfinancial.ca/ to find out more, or to book an appointment with a financial advisor. 

To learn more about Lori’s book go to https://lgreesor.com/.

 To learn more about Dave and Reb’s financial coaching business More Than Enough Financial go to www.morethanenough.ca. To order Reb’s e-book, audio book, or soft-cover copy of Cultivating Trust: Finding God’s Hope and Freedom for Your Finances, go to www.morethanenoughbooks.com.

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On today’s episode, Dave and Reb talk with regular guest Rev. Ray Borg about the lure of mammon, and Jesus’ call to serve God alone.

Today on “Let’s Talk Money with Dave and Reb”, Rev. Ray Borg from Financial Discipleship Canada once again joins the conversation. This week, the topic centres on Luke 16:13-14, when Jesus declares that it is impossible to serve both God and mammon. It was a challenge to the Pharisees who, the Bible says, loved money. 

Money brings power, and that is often what underlies what we seek. Whether it is power, money, or possessions, there is a warning and encouragement from Jesus, to seek God first and serve Him only. 

“We need to look at what has captured our hearts and what is taking us off course,” Dave says. “Then we can bring it all to the feet of the Lord, and surrender it to Him.”

Tune in and listen to today’s conversation which is sponsored by the Ottawa-based Crosspoint Financial team led by Brent Vandermeer. There, you will discover a place to invest with purpose. Go to https://www.crosspointfinancial.ca/ to find out more, or to book an appointment with a financial advisor. To download a free copy of the booklet It’s Not About the Money—Unmasking Mammon, written by Rev. Borg and Jan Kupecz, go to www.notmine.ca. 

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Where do you go when you can’t pay your hydro bill? What do you do when you don’t have enough to eat? The answer? Dial 211. Today on “Let’s Talk Money with Dave and Reb”, the co-hosts welcome John Hoyles, the executive director at Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario/211 East to explain how this navigation system works. 

211 is a helpline that connects people to the social services, programs, and community support they need. It is a relatively unknown service available in regions all across Canada. With over 7500 services in the Eastern Ontario database, community navigators receive the calls and help people find exactly which services they need to solve their problems. 

This number isn’t just for the vulnerable people in our community, but is for anyone needing help, especially if they don’t know where to go. John Hoyles shares a number of beautiful stories on today’s show, so tune in and listen to their conversation which is sponsored by the Ottawa-based Crosspoint Financial team led by Brent Vandermeer. There, you will discover a place to invest with purpose. Go to https://www.crosspointfinancial.ca/ to find out more, or to book an appointment with a financial advisor.

To use 211, simply dial 211, or go to https://211ontario.ca/. If you need more information on this service, please call the More Than Enough office at 613-520-4157, extension 1002.

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What is your current financial reality? How much money comes in and how much is going out? What are you paying in interest to service your debt? Or how are you intentionally saving money? On today’s episode of “Let’s Talk Money with Dave and Reb”, the co-hosts talk about financial awareness, and planning what you spend and spending what you plan. Dave encourages people to focus on planning because paying down debt and saving money are possible—it may just look a little different than when interest rates and inflationary pressures were lower.

“Remember that although this is a season of financial volatility, it doesn’t mean forever,” Dave says. “So try not to focus on all the trouble.”

Dave and Reb remind listeners that saying “yes” to some things, means saying “no” to others. Financial planning, meal planning, and planning of all kinds is so important at this time. 

“Live your financial reality, or as Washington Post financial columnist Michelle Singletary says, ‘live your financial truth,’” Reb says. “Knowing the truth of where you are at, and then making a financial cashflow plan is key.”

Tune in and listen to today’s conversation which is sponsored by the Ottawa-based Crosspoint Financial team—a place to invest with purpose. Go to https://www.crosspointfinancial.ca/ to find out more, or to book an appointment with a financial advisor. To learn more about Michelle Singletary, the financial columnist mentioned on today’s show, go to https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/michelle-singletary/.

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On today’s episode, Dave and Reb provide practical tips on setting a financial spending plan for 2023 to help stay focused, especially in this season of such financial uncertainty.

In response to a client’s recent question, Dave and Reb talk today on “Let’s Talk Money with Dave and Reb” about how to stay financially focused in a season of inflationary and interest rate pressures. Tune in to hear how “keeping it simple” can be the focus you need. 

Dave and Reb talk about making a plan, creating a financial rhythm to support that plan, and most of all understanding the goals and purposes behind the plan. 

“It is also very important to pray first—pause and pray,” Dave says. “Can we pause enough to turn our minds to Christ and receive the life He is? It is so important on our financial journeys.”

Listen to today’s conversation sponsored by Financial Discipleship Canada and notmine.ca – a ministry to the body of Christ that voices and encourages dialogue and new conversations regarding finance and our discipleship to Christ. To learn how you can connect your finances to being a disciple of Christ go to https://www.financialdiscipleship.ca/.

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