There is all kinds of advice available on
how to reduce credit card debt, but still nothing much seems to change.
The
problem still seems to persist and in fact, worsen. However, it’s not
that difficult to reduce credit card debt. As we just said, there is a
lot of advice available on how to reduce it and the only thing you need
to do is put that advice to practice. However, with
that
advice I suggest you use the principles of faith and prayer.
Some
credit card debt is so large, that it will take mountain moving faith
to break it down. This doesn't mean that you can still buy
whatever you want while you get out of debt -- that's what got you into
debt in the first place. If you learn to center upon Kingdom
living, you will learn to trust God for what you want instead of
spending more than what you can afford at the
time. This is a whole new way of thinking, but it
will help
you to not just get out of debt, but to continually
increase
your money. For the spiritual side of this
information, click here
and here.
Now
back to the physical side of what you can do along with your faith to
mend and heal your credit card debt. The first step
to
reduce credit card debt is to prevent it from taking dangerous
proportions. The 2 most important ways of implementing this step are –
balance transfers and use of cash.
Wealthy Living
Credit Card Debt Solution: Balance transfer
This
is often treated as the number one measure to reduce credit card debt.
This is really something that can help reduce credit card debt by
slowing down the pace at which your credit card debt is getting built.
It also provides you relief in terms of the APR being 0% for initial
6-9 months (and hence helps reduce credit card debt faster). To reduce
credit card debt using this mechanism, you need to transfer your
balance from your current credit card(s) onto another credit card that
has a lower APR than your current card. Thus you reduce credit card
debt by preventing it from increasing so rapidly.
Wealthy Living
Credit Card Debt Solution: Cash
The
other preventive measure to reduce credit card debt is to use cash
instead of a card. I realize that hard earned cash
is
difficult to get out of pocket as compared to plastic, but this will
reduce your credit card debt by not adding more to it. That is
the
simplest, and if you're in financial trouble the most difficult way
to reduce credit card debt.
This
can be done, but you will need two things to help you unless you know
someone who will lend you the money you need. But then again,
you
will still be in debt. So it is best to get out of debt once
and
for all.
First,
keep reading this series. I have important information that
will
help you change your life to remain strong in your commitment to get
out of this debt. Second read the book, "It
Makes Perfect Biblical Sense" and read "God's Wealth Plan."
Both of these will establish you in a firm foundation of God's
financial program to help not only generate more money now, but it
will help you to take positive action with your
debt.
So
if you combine God's financial principles with the following
information that you can obtain by clicking on the following
links, you will have great success getting out of debt while
you
increase your money.
This
Wealthy Living Credit Card Debt series is in progress. Please
prepare spiritually while you wait for the rest of this
series. Then be prepared to learn how to spend
wisely, avoid
impulse buying, create a working budget, learn about the various means
of debt assistance and more.