The Parable of the Persistent Widow is a lesson about the power of prayer. But does it also teach us how to deal with unrighteous judges in our lives? How often are you frustrated in your attempts to get satisfaction from some big corporation? Maybe you’re overcharged on your cell phone bill or a product turns out to be shoddy. We’ll apply a Bible lesson to the problem on this MoneyWise. 
<ul><li>Jesus said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow … who kept coming to him saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.”</li><li>When you email someone directly at the top, you’ll discover that some companies have something called an “executive escalations department. Think of it as an executive customer service department staffed by people called “executive response specialists.” Their job is to provide speedy resolution to customer complaints that have somehow “escalated” to the level of the top brass in the company.</li><li>Find a working email for someone at the top of the company. See these websites for help finding an email address: <a href="https://ceoemail.com/us-companies.php">CEO Email Addresses</a>, <a href="https://www.elliott.org/company-contacts/">Elliott Advocacy</a> and <a href="https://gethuman.com">GetHuman.com</a>.</li><li>If that doesn’t work, try to get anyone’s email address at the company. It has to be a personal address.</li><li>Finally, it’s always better to use email rather than the phone because it leaves a “paper trail.”</li></ul>On this program we also answer some of your questions:
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The Parable of the Persistent Widow is a lesson about the power of prayer but does it also teach us how to deal with unrighteous judges in our lives?  Are you frustrated dealing with some big corporation?  We’ll apply a Bible lesson to the problem!

Applying the Parable of the Persistent Widow

FaithFi | Aug 19, 2021

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