"The Curse Of The Lottery"

I was watching a program called "Curse Of The Lottery" which is about people who have won the lottery. Some have won a few million while others have won over a hundred million dollars!

Some of the stories were good and some of them were so sad! You would think that with winning all of that money a person's problems would be solved but that didn't happen in all of the cases.

First I think that it is a requirement that you appear on television to accept your lottery winnings. (Although I do seem to remember that some people had their lawyers appear.) Once you appear on television then everyone will know that you won the lottery.

Another thing is that a lot of that lottery money will be taken in taxes regardless of whether or not you take your lottery winnings in one big check or if you opt to receive payment installments.

Even though the name of the show was "The Curse Of The Lottery" a few of the people that were featured in the show did go on to lead a relatively productive life. One woman even said that she kept her same phone number.

The rest of the stories were quite sad! One man who won the lottery killed himself! Another became so deep in debt that he spent all of his lottery money in a few years. Actually this man traded his lottery winnings for quick cash from one of those places that do that kind of thing.

It's really just too hard for me to say that winning the lottery is an entirely bad thing because money can solve a lot of problems. Unfortunately it can also bring in a new set of problems as well!

This hasn't stopped me though from buying lottery tickets!

Sometimes Customer Service Represenatives Can Be So Rude!

Usually when I'm talking to a customer service representative they are usually pleasant and easy-going. But not this particular time! It's just so hard to believe that you could actually get two entirely different personalities when you call the same place!

On one of my previous occassions calling this company the customer service representative and I talked for almost a whole hour! And it was a very pleasant conversation with both me and the representative laughing!

That's why talking to this last one gave me pause for thought. She just seemed like she didn't want to be bothered and I wondered that maybe I knew more than she did and she didn't like it! (In defense of the topic of companies outsourcing to other companies this representative sounded as though she was from the US so I can't complain about not being able to understand her - I understood her quite well!)

There's really no sense in reporting her. Maybe she was just having a bad day?

If she doesn't like her job maybe she should read my Working From Home blog

Praying For A Financial Miracle

"Question: I pray for a financial miracle, not in greed but for relief and to help so many others both directly and indirectly in the name of JESUS. I'm tired of poverty and really believe that GOD has provision (lottery jackpot) above and beyond here on earth. I can see a great future and GOD in the blood of JESUS does provide. I am not ashamed for this vision of the future that is prayed for. Is this good?

Answer from Jesus:

I can assure you that both God and myself would like to see the abundant life manifest on Earth. It was never God's intention that so many people should live in abject poverty. On the contrary, it was always God’s intention that everyone should share in the abundant life in a universal brother/sisterhood in which people would recognize the truth in my statement that inasmuch as you have done it unto the least of these my little ones, you have done it unto me.

I am not saying that you should not pray for abundance, both in your personal life and in the lives of others. However, a central theme on this website is that people need to change their attitude towards religion and towards their relationship to God. People need to move out of a passive state of mind in which they expect God to change their situation through some kind of financial miracle. Instead, they need to get into an active state of mind in which they begin to see themselves as Co-creators with God.

If you truly read the Bible, you will see that this idea is already incorporated in the teachings I gave 2,000 years ago. Take for example my parable about the talents. The person who buried his talents in the ground was rebuked by God because he had not fulfilled the essential command given by God to “Multiply and take dominion over the Earth.”

When you are sent into this world, God gives you certain gifts and talents, and it is your responsibility to multiply those talents. When you do, God will multiply your multiplication so that to him that has, more shall be added. If you bury your talents in the ground and passively wait for God to do it all for you, you are simply not fulfilling the covenant that God has offered to man.

So instead of praying for a financial miracle, such as a lottery jackpot, it would be more constructive to pray for God to enlighten you as to how you can play an active part in bringing about this new more abundant future. There are two ways for you to do this, and the first is to change your own state of consciousness. It is a universal law of God that if you want to change your outer situation, you must begin by changing yourself, your state of consciousness.

Begin by leaving behind the consciousness of poverty, which truly springs from a sense of being separated from God, and step up to the abundant consciousness. The abundant consciousness is the Christ consciousness in which you see yourself as a son or daughter of God. You will remember my statement that I am come that all might have life and that they may have it more abundantly. As you will see throughout this website, I came to show all people that they can rise out of the lower state of consciousness, the carnal mind, and attain a higher state of consciousness, namely the Christ consciousness.

The Christ consciousness is truly the abundant life, and when you attain that state of consciousness, when you seek first the kingdom of God, all else, including material abundance, will be added unto you in accordance with God's will and your soul’s plan for this life.

When you begin to attain the abundant consciousness in your own life, you can then work for bringing about the abundant life on a larger scale. I earlier said that it is God’s intention that everyone should share in the abundant life. So you need to consider why we currently have a situation on Earth with such an unequal distribution of wealth that a majority of the world's population live in abject poverty while a small elite live in incredible luxury. You will quickly realize that this is a manipulation of the original plan of God.

If the situation is to change, two things must happen. One is that more abundance must be created, and this can be done by using the laws of God. The best way to use the laws of God is to attain Christ consciousness because then you will be in alignment with those laws. So one viable way to change the current situation on Earth is to attain Christ consciousness and then see how you can help bring about more abundance that you share with others.

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Ask Real Jesus

For more information about additional sources of money please check out my blog about unclaimed money

The Unclaimed Money Blog

Update!

One of my most favorite pieces of advice is to take something that you love and turn it into a business! Please take a look at my Working From Home blog to get some working from home ideas!

If you are looking for money or some sort of financial help you can take a look at my blog Grant Basics 101 which is my blog about government grants and types of free money that is available out there!

Tax Season Is Here!

With the New Year comes the new tax season. I realize that it is only January but the sooner you face the fact that you have to do your income taxes the better off you will be!

There is the federal income tax, the state income tax and in more local areas (like my own local area I also have what is called an "Earned Income Tax" - yeah it's a bummer but it is a bummer that HAS to be done!

If you are not comfortable with doing your own income tax then by all means hire an income tax preparer to do your income tax. I used to work for both H & R Block and the IRS and believe me if you hire a good income tax preparer then they may be able to help you get a higher tax refund.

Beware Of Credit Scams!

The Basics - 5 credit-fix scams to avoid

Theres no magical way to fix your credit score. Beware fast-talking crooks selling shortcuts.

Thinking of paying someone else to clean up your credit file? Anything they can do, you can do better. And cheaper.

But it takes time and dedication.

If your report contains genuine errors (read: debts that have been on the report beyond the allowable time or debts that really aren't yours, not just debts you wish weren't yours), you can fix that yourself for free. And with a minimum of hassle.

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Money Central - MSN

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I thought that this was a very good article to point out!

It seems that more and more ways are popping up offering to "help" people with their credit and sometimes people are in such a bad way that they will sometimes let themselves be easily scammed.

So be careful out there!