You hear many Christians complaining about paying their tithe to the church.\u00a0 They also hesitate to give offerings and alms, for fear of not having enough to pay their bills.\u00a0 My husband and I\u00a0have been tithing for over 25 years and have found the rewards to be great.\u00a0 We don’t tithe with the idea of what will God give us if we do this.\u00a0 God loves a cheerful giver; not one who gives begrudgingly or out of duty. (2 Cor. 9:7)<\/p>\n
When we sold our farm and moved into town 3 years ago, we had an awesome experience regarding giving an offering.\u00a0 When we moved into our little ranch style house we had to downsize dramatically.\u00a0 We decided to have a huge garage sale.<\/p>\n
About that time we loan some friends $1000. so they could go to Oklahoma to visit their daughter who had just been diagnosed with cancer.\u00a0 They promised to pay us back from their income tax return.\u00a0 When their check came, to their shock and dismay, the government had taken most of it to pay back something else they owed.\u00a0 They brought us $300. and were almost in tears because they couldn’t pay us the rest.<\/p>\n
We told them not to worry about it.\u00a0 The Bible says to lend without expecting to get it back.\u00a0 Our society tells us to charge interest and bug them until they pay back every penny.\u00a0 My husband and I believed that God would somehow give us back the money.<\/p>\n
One day that week we received a check back from over paid farm taxes for $706.\u00a0 That weekend we made nearly $900. from our garage sale.\u00a0 God paid us back more than double.\u00a0 That is awesome!!<\/p>\n
One Sunday I felt we should put an extra offering of $25. in the plate.\u00a0 Monday I found $50. in my purse.\u00a0 I have no idea how it got there.\u00a0 God doesn’t always repay in money.\u00a0 One time I made a special offering and received over $100. in clothing from a friend.\u00a0 Once we thought our car repairs were going to be $1200. and found that the actual bill was only $150.\u00a0 God always settles His accounts.<\/p>\n
God’s way of doing things are so much better than ours.\u00a0 His thoughts and ways are so much higher than ours.\u00a0 So the next time you see a need, don’t be afraid to give in the name of Jesus.\u00a0 He might just surprise you with a special blessing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You hear many Christians complaining about paying their tithe to the church.\u00a0 They also hesitate to give offerings and alms, for fear of not having enough to pay their bills.\u00a0 My husband and I\u00a0have been tithing for over 25 years and have found the rewards to be great.\u00a0 We don’t tithe with the idea of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","tag-giving"],"yoast_head":"\n