I’ve always thought about tithing and how it is 10% of your income. That’s true, but I did a little studying in the Bible and i think it’s more. It’s more than just giving 10% of your income. It’s about giving 10% of your increase. 10% of those things God has provided you with. we should be doing that as Christians.
Luke 11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Think about it, read that Bible verse again.
You should not only be giving 10% of your income(and I fail on this part too), but 10% of everything God has given you. 10% of our free time. 10% of our happiness, 10% of our joy, 10% of our caring, 10% of our contentment. That’s the Christian thing to do.
Who do we give them to? We give them to other people, the people around. We make sure that we are giving happiness to other people. We make sure we give other people joy. We make sure that we give other people caring and contentment. Think about it? God gave us these, it’s only right we, as Christians, give some of this to other less fortunate people.
Just a thought at 1 am.
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I understand what you are trying to say, and don’t want to discourage you from aiming high, but there’s something that just bugs me from aiming for 10%. I mean really? it’s like this. God wants me to be totally surrendered to him like a complete sacrifice. What if i said, Well, i’ll give you 10% of me God. I understand what you are trying to say, and i know you agree that ultimately it’s 100% that belongs to God. But what i wanna know is why 10%? Is it 10% because that’s what Abraham and Israel did? Or is it 10% because that’s what the Holy Spirit is asking us to give?
My world view for lack of any other words isn’t based on what a book says to do or not to do (I’m not slamming the Bible I swear), but what’s in your heart. God gave you the brains to figure out what to do, where you’re needed, etc. Let your heart and brain rule your actions and for some reason I don’t think anyone is sitting somewhere “judging you” right, wrong or indifferent. What matters is what we do here – not an expectation of reward in some other plane.
Whatever feels right in your heart is the best. But only for you, not for everyone…
There were actually many tithes, given for many reasons. While our law based obligations were completed by Jesus, the promises of faithfully following God’s leading have not been superseded.
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