Joseph Jagde

Lasting Favor and psalm 30

Psalm 30 reads as follows from the New King James Version of the Bible: 1 I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my foes rejoice over me. 2 O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me. 3 O LORD, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. [ (posted by Joseph 58 days 5 hours ago.)

Prayer and the Hope of Generosity

The place of prayer is the place you want to be if you are in deep trouble. Even with being in this good place, there can still be the matter of feeling stuck and finding out which way to proceed. In a given prayer session, it might seem like you are getting stuck on the road and just not propelling forward into the upcoming graces of the Lord. In moments like this, there are ways to shift gears, back peddle a bit... (posted by Joseph 204 days 22 hours ago.)

Praying About Finances In Hard Times

The financial news still seems to contain peaks and valleys will lots of valleys maybe still on the horizon. Worldwide, the high stakes poker game finance has gotten out of control, with extensive use of derivative type products that net great up front fees, but can end up like an unbelievably tangled line that those who have gone deep sea fishing on a party boat may have experienced.... (posted by Joseph 217 days 10 hours ago.)

Pray Your Way Through the Financial Crises

Prayer encompasses many of our present day earthly concerns and a big concern for many at times becomes financial as strains and strands of difficulty appear in that both personal and public arena. Generally, there are a lot of headlines in the media about the current and ongoing various financial tailspins too the point that it is obsessive. This in and of itself represents a spiritual shortfall, where to a... (posted by Joseph 227 days 10 hours ago.)

Examining the Too Big To Fail Argument

Governments around the world are supporting and propping up giant financial institutions as too big to fail. The argument goes, that there is a domino effect to the toppling of any one of these dominant financial companies and there is a lot of truth to this concept. Companies such as Citigroup are the lending institutions for concerns on a world wide basis. It is not only U.S. interests but the whole global economy... (posted by Joseph 3 years 2 days ago.)

Toxic Assets or Toxic Jargon?

In the media, there is almost a constant referred to soured investments held by major financial concerns as toxic assets. It is as if they were tainted with some chemical poisons. Yet there are financial instruments that were packaged in various ways and it is said that there were over 26 billion dollars in fees collected just for the packaging process of mortgage backed securities that in many cases are now deemed toxic. So... (posted by Joseph 3 years 5 days ago.)