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Events that you can’t control influence the value of your assets in profound ways, and there is nothing you can do about it. Careful investing will help to reduce your risk, but even prudent investing can’t insulate you completely from the vagaries of the market.
For example, consider these factors:
- Rapid increases or decreases in energy prices,
- increasing or decreasing interest rates,
- top managers at companies who commit fraud,
- economic turmoil in China or Southeast Asia or Europe, and
- terrorist attacks in Europe or the United States.
Unless you are a high government official or a top executive, these things are outside of your zone of influence, and this is a very short list of variables that cause the value of your assets to rise or fall. Your net worth can nose-dive or take off like a rocket in a matter of days, and it has nothing to do with you.
Again, you can reduce your risk by investing wisely, but you can’t insulate yourself completely from market volatility unless you hide your money in a mattress. In the long-run, that is the riskiest investment strategy of all.
Investing in God’s people is another matter. Those investments pay dividends for many years and have the potential to affect untold numbers of other people in ways you can only imagine. Just as important, those investments are not influenced by economic volatility because God never changes. He will continue to bless our investments in people no matter what the financial markets are doing.
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Jeremiah 40: 7-8
Now all the commanders of the forces that were in the field, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been exiled to Babylon. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, along with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, both they and their men.
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Falsely Accused is a true story about a young woman who was accused of committing a double homicide. It’s about a travesty of justice, and it reveals Yahweh intervening in the life of a believer to rescue her from danger in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Everyone will enjoy the book, but young people in particular need to read it because the mistakes made that led to the problem could have been avoided. They were the kinds of mistakes that young people are prone to make. As they say, forewarned is forearmed. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
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Hosea 4: 6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
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Stand! is a gripping novel about the subterfuge surrounding the global warming debate. It lays out the facts concerning climate change through an exciting story that pits a college professor and his research collaborator against corrupt university administrators and radical environmentalists. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
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- War in the Gulf
- All options on the table if Iran threatened: UN envoy
- Who’s Winning in the Middle East? Everyone Outside the West Knows It’s The Islamists
- Egypt’s Islamists dominate new parliament
- The Palestinian Campaign to Delegitimize Israel
- Young Jews are Pro-Israel
- Major powers open to serious talks with Iran
- CBO: ObamaCare-Like Programs Don’t Save Money or Reduce Costs
- President Reagan Put His Pro-Life Stance Center Stage In Support of the March for Life
- The Online-Piracy Bills Were Killed by a Generation’s Expectations
- U.S. To Close Syrian Embassy
- Oprah and the Obesity Epidemic
- How Can Obama and the Democrats Deflect Blame? Let Me Count the Ways.
- Criminal Division Chief of AZ U.S. Attorney’s Office Will Plead Fifth in Fast and Furious Investigation
- Political Calculations: The Core Business of Planned Parenthood
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Top 5 diggtm articles yesterday:
- Anonymous on SOPA & PIPA – Don’t Mess With Us
- Wow!…Gingrich lashes out on ‘ex’ question (video)
- Mitt won’t Release Tax Returns Because He ‘Wants To Beat Barack Obama’
- Newt Gingrich Releases 2010 Tax Returns: Made $3.1M, Paid $613K
- Romney Parks Millions in Cayman Islands
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The Jerusalem Post:
- Thailand’s recognition of Palestinian state ‘disappointing’
- Egypt pardons 1,959 detainees, blogger Nabil
- ’14 killed in Syria bus bomb as clashes break out’
- Iran: US presence in Gulf ‘not new issue’
- ‘Mubarak had no role in gas deal with Israel’
- ‘Haniyeh to run for Hamas Political Bureau chair’
- IAF strikes Gaza terrorists after mortar attack
- ‘Iran transporting weapons to Syria through Turkey’
- ‘Italy to help Libya protect borders, oil’
- Iranian channel attacks UK media regulators
- US Jewish publisher regrets Obama hit scenario
- Security and Defense: Taking the battle overseas
- ‘Egypt’s military rulers will be held accountable’
- Law and Order: Cracking down on Arab sector violence
Haaretz:
- Tehran rejects Sarkozy’s accusation of seeking nuclear bomb
- Final results: Muslim Brotherhood wins sweeping victory in Egyptian elections
- Jewish publisher is an idiot – but his hatred is shared by many
- WATCH: Obama campaign video says U.S.-Israel bond ‘unbreakable’
- Hamas officially announces Khaled Meshal to step down
- Report: Turkey intercepts material for missiles, chemical weapons on Iranian trucks
- Bus explosions kill at least 14, at least 23 killed in Idlib province, Syria activists say
- U.S. Chief of Staff: U.S. and Israel have shared understanding of Mideast security
- Police officer opens fire on vehicle during car chase in Tel Aviv; two lightly injured
Other:
- Former Chief Scientist: Israel to Continue as High-Tech Power
- The Silent Young Jewish Majority
- Calculating Victory: How Iran Views Confronting the U.S.
- The Sources of Iranian Negotiating Behavior
- Swiss Direct Democracy, Islam, and the Diminishing Political Stature of Swiss Jewry
- Israeli Census: 722,000 Jews Live Beyond 1967 Lines
- Gaza’s Hamas Rulers Ban Palestinian Singing Competition
- Muslim Brotherhood Website Rife with Anti-Semitism
- A Leaner, Meaner Muslim Brotherhood
- Palestinian Fatah Movement Ill-Prepared for Election Showdown with Hamas
- To Syrian Rebels, Hizbullah Is the “Party of Satan”
- Syrian Oil Minister: Syria Has Lost Two Billion Dollars in Oil Revenues
- Syrian General Killed by Own Troops
- Israeli irony: Dweik arrested again on the same charges
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What Will You Do with the Rest of Your Life? deals with a question that every Christian has to consider: what should I do with my life? Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
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Business:
- Europe exhales after another good week
- Tech Titans’ Strong Results: Tech Weekly
- Did Google Just Break Its Cash Machine?
- Wall St Week Ahead: Strong start for stocks, but what’s changed?
- Monti’s Cabinet Approves Package to Spur Italian Economic Growth
- Orange Juice Jumps to Record on Texas Disease, US Import Probe
- Ohio annual home sales increase slightly in 2011
- Should I Put My Money in Caribbean Tax Havens Like Mitt Romney Does?
World:
- Japanese Holdings of U.S. Government Debt Top $1T for First Time
- After threats, Iran plays down US naval moves
- Coordinated sect attack kills 143 in north Nigeria
- Syrian opposition plead with Arab League to change tack
- Egypt’s military to release convicted blogger
- Iranians worry about possibility of war amid tensions with West
- Madagascar’s Exiled President Blocked from Returning Home
- China Begins Effort to Come Clean on Pollutants
- PACE Mission: Russian Needs Political Reforms
- US Senators Signal Conditional Support for Lifting Burma Sanctions
- Croatian nationalists try to take down EU flag hours before referendum
- Gunmen kill 4 members of security forces in attacks across Iraq
- American Man Kidnapped in Somalia
United States:
- Santorum: ‘Grandiosity Has Never Been a Problem With Newt Gingrich’
- Gingrich ‘Tired of the Elite Media Protecting Barack Obama by Attacking Republicans’
- Obama Claims Success in Bringing Int’l Community Together to Isolate Iran
- Obama Administration Says No to Oil, Yes to Biofuels
- Romney on Releasing His Tax Returns: Dems Will Attack Me Because ‘I Have Been Successful’
- Santorum: ‘We Defeated Mitt Romney in Iowa’
- A New Definition of Autism Could Exclude Many Now Diagnosed, Expert Says
- Trouble in ‘Girl Land’: Caitlin Flanagan Takes on Adolescent Girls
- If feds can bust Megaupload, why bother with anti-piracy bills?
- Ruling that faults FBI is upheld in Bulger case
- Roe vs. Wade anniversary: Marking the 39th with marches and blogs
- Obama’s State of the Union: Jobs, re-election time
- Between Romney, Gingrich, religion’s likely no issue
- SOPA Shellacked, PIPA Plastered
- Repeal of legislative immunity proposed in Arizona
- Keystone pipeline gets second chance
- At US courthouses, hundreds reject landmark Supreme Court ruling
Opinions:
- George Will: A case that threatens the Constitution
- Larry Kudlow: Mitt’s Attack on Crony Capitalism
- John C. Goodman: Obama’s Phony War on the Rich
- Daniel J. Mitchell: Illinois Downgrade Provides More Evidence that Higher Taxes Make Fiscal Problems Worse, not Better
- Jeff Carter: Do The Rich Pay More Taxes?
- Bob Beauprez: Obama Slams Door on Jobless Americans
- Mike Shedlock: Time to Concede Home “Ownership” is a Fraud
- Ed Feulner: Top Ten, But Falling
- Bill Tatro: Obama’s Ex Girlfriend
- Virgil Goode: La Raza’s Lobbyist in the White House
- Michael Tanner: Obama Officials Say We Don’t Trust the Government Enough. Why Would We?
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- Romney scrambles to fend off Gingrich
- Megaupload shutdown sparks new fears about Web content sharing
- Justices throw out electoral maps in Texas favoring minorities, Democrats
- The Romney standard
- Giant plasma blob is headed our way
- The new ‘Dr. Death’
- Iraqi security forces raid Sunni politicians’ homes
- Can Congress and the Web get along?
- Talking with Aung San Suu Kyi
- An interview with Burmese President Thein Sein
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- Japan seeking waiver on sanctions to get oil from Iran
- Tehran-5+1 dialogue should start if West has sincere intention: Salehi
- Intellectuals are sources of pride for Iran: Leader
- Oil sanctions on Iran will negatively affect world’s economy: Japanese envoy
- Iran never intended to carry out terror acts in Turkey: embassy
- Iran, Russia discuss ‘step-by-step’ plan
- Iranian economy favorable despite sanctions: World Bank
- Korea to lose $7.2b from U.S.-led sanctions on Iran
- Bahraini child killed in crackdown
- Saudis protest against Al Saud
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If You Voted for Obama in 2008 to Prove You’re Not a Racist, You Need to Vote for Someone Else in 2012 to Prove You’re Not an Idiot explains why voters in the United States need to elect someone besides Barack Obama to lead them. Whoever is elected President of the United States in 2012 will have to contend with the monumental problems that Obama’s misguided policies have caused both at home and abroad. One thing is certain, though. It should not be Barack Obama. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
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http://www.americanthinker.com/
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- Why I’m Giving Newt a Pass on the Scarlet-A Factor
- Why the U.S. Has Troops around the World
- Red Tails and Reality
- Krugman’s Premature Victory Lap
- Mr. Gingrich’s Neighborhood
- The Difference between Planning and Social Engineering
- The Flowers of War
- Forest Fires, Earthquakes, the Titanic, and Healthcare
- What’s the Matter with the Democratic Party?
- Marianne Doubtful
- Indiana Democrats Abandon Ship
- EU to ban imports of Iranian oil to Europe
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/
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- Forget Energy Independence: Producers Have America Over a Barrel
- Good as Gold
- Seven Ways in Which the Latest Obamacare Decree Is Wrong
- ‘The Case for Regime Change in Iran’
- Romney, Bain, and Vanity Fair
- L.A. Mayor Calls Obama Adviser ‘Mr. Fluff’
- Obamacare Will Mandate Free Coverage of Abortion Drug & Contraception Without Religious Exemption
- Gallup Chief: ‘Anything Is Possible’
- PolitiFact’s ‘Epic Fail’
- Romney Lowers Expectations, Says ‘Newt Will Win Some Primaries’
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- A straight fight
- Toddling to talks about talks
- Israel cultivates some odd but useful allies
- A textbook manoeuvre
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- Gingrich surges in South Carolina
- Scores dead after Nigerian blasts
- Mutant bird flu research halted
- Egypt’s Islamists win elections
- Yemen MPs approve Saleh immunity
- Deadly blast hits Syria jail van
- Pakistan’s political soap opera
- Enter the dragons: A baby boom for Chinese across Asia
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http://www.themoscowtimes.com/
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- News Analysis: Elected Governors To Benefit Investors
- U.K. Spy Rock Confirmation May Boost Putin
- Politkovskaya Killer May Be Female
- Russia Denies Ottawa Embassy Staff Were Expelled
- Ukraine Not Ruling Out Joining Customs Union
- 45% of Voters Support Putin for President
- Official Criticizes Proposed U.S. Internet Law
- U.S. Denies Role in Fobos
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http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/
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- South Sudan to build new pipeline through eastern Africa
- Syrian pound depreciation ominous for economy
- Oil falls on demand concerns, Greek debt talk
- Demonstrations erupt in Egypt’s Tahrir Square
- Syria’s violences continue as AL mandate expires
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- Helping the NY Times Become ‘Truth Vigilantes’
- Where Does ‘Women and Children First’ Originate?
- What We Really Learned from ABC News and Marianne Gingrich
- Pleading the Fifth: Gunwalker Witness Refuses to Testify
- Can America Turn It Around?
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http://www.nationalreview.com/
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- Inside Syria’s ‘free’ town Zabadani
- Did delay to abandon ship cost lives?
- Witness describes Nigeria blasts
- Republicans tested on Christianity
- One-minute World News
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Yahweh to Jeremiah—Jeremiah 16: 21
“Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—this time I will make them know My power and My might; and they shall know that My name is Yahweh.”
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- Carried Interest — A Bipartisan Issue
- Not the Conservative Movement’s Finest Hour
- Gingrich Was No Coward, Just Corrupt
- Demagoguery on Romney’s Tax Rate
- For Romney, 24 Hours Can Be a Lifetime
- Internet Kills SOPA/PIPA Bills
- Occupy AIPAC Next Step for Leftist Group
- Gingrich’s “Grandiose Thoughts”
- Plotting Genocide in Wansee and Tehran
- Politifact’s Pants on Fire
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His Name is Yahweh explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important. It’s available in eBook format and in paperback.
God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This [Yahweh] is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.”
Exodus 3: 15
