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Credit Card Shopping Portals

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  When it comes to credit cards, especially travel credit cards, there can be a lot of benefits. That's a big part of why they have an annual fee. One of the most overlooked benefits can be shopping portals. What is a credit card shopping portal you ask? Why I'm so glad you did! That's what I'm here to tell you about today.  If your credit card's bank offers a shopping portal, it will most likely be linked from the front page, or dashboard, of your online account. It is usually available in your app as well. It might look something like the picture above. Different banks handle things in different ways, but most banks (including Bank of America, American Express, and Chase) have portals where you add an offer to your card. Then you either shop online or in person and within 45ish days the reward will be added to your account:  Yeah, we're big fans of Shake Shack, but when they offer you 15% cash back who wouldn't be? So how do you go about taking advantage o...
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Small Things with Great Love

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  “The future splendor of this temple will be greater than that of former times, “the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared. “And in this place I will give peace,” decrees the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.   Haggai 2:9  What can I do for God? I am so limited physically, mentally, spiritually. What do I have to offer? The things that He has called me to build, that I have tried to be faithful in, are so small and paltry in my eyes. They are so much smaller than that which has come before me.   I’m reading through Haggai the first part of this week (there are only two chapters). It tells the tale of the Israelites who returned from exile in Babylon. They had been sent back to Jerusalem to build the temple, but when they got there, they got busy fixing up their own homes and kind of forgot to do what they were sent to. So, God sent the reminders. He sent a drought and closed up the skies to rain. The people were hungry, thirsty, they did not have what they needed, ...
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What Does it Take for God to Get Your Attention?

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  Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, along with the whole remnant of the people, obeyed the Lord their God. They responded favorably to the message of the prophet Haggai, who spoke just as the Lord their God had instructed him, and the people began to respect the Lord. Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, spoke the Lord’s announcement to the people: “I am with you,” decrees the Lord.  Haggai 1:12-13  My health challenges have been many and varied over my adult life. You would think with so much experience; I’d have my priorities in order when I encounter a new kink in my system. Unfortunately, though, I’m afraid I mirror the history of the Israelites in my own life far more than I would care to admit. Now I’m not saying that God sent me Lyme disease or EDS or a brain tumor, or anything else as a punishment. What I am saying, though, is that God knew they were coming to me. Whether He sent them, they were part of His design for me...
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