Honoring God in Personal Finances (Workbench of Practical Christianity #4) | Douglas Wilson

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• MA

  @matthewcharles6869 · 1 year ago

  I'm just really desperate for some biblical advice and encouragement. I'm in CA and don't have alot of biblically sound influences around me. I respect Pastor Doug and his ministry and would just love some advice and words of encouragement please. My wife and I could really use some encouragement. I've been losing hope and my situation has not improved. Everyday things are getting harder and harder.

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• LI

  @lizakamomboyd6965 · 3 years ago

  Thank you Pastor

• TR

  @truthtriumphs5289 · 1 year ago (edited)

  John MacArthur has a different interpretation about the widows offering..

• RA

  @ralphdavis162 · 3 years ago

  It is impossible to give money to God. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1st Cor.16 1,2 is a one-time event! I ask that you read the text in context. Paul was instructing only the Christians in Corinth and Galatia that were living in the 1st century. You and I are not included in that group. They were instructed “to store up and set aside” until Paul arrived. They were not told to give to a pastor every Sunday. Selected men in Corinth and Galatia then brought their stored-up offering (which was anything at all, not just money) to the persecuted Christians in Jerusalem and they distributed their offering themselves as they saw fit. This was a one-time event only. Paul did not keep a large amount for his salary and the corporations’ expenses like so called pastors do today. <br>Please remember, people are the church not a corporation. Placing the word “church” at the end of the corporation’s title, whether profit or non-profit, does not make it a church. By definition, a corporation is a false church. Amazon Church, Microsoft Church, Community Bible Church, Grace Church. A corporation is not a church! 2 Cor. 9:7 instructs us to be cheerful givers, but that is to each other. And we can be cheerful givers/helpers, and servants to each other in many, many ways and on any day of the week. Please remember to always read God’s word in context.

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• BR

  @Brievel · 3 years ago (edited)

  And what to do when the choice is literally between tithing, and feeding and clothing one&apos;s children? What does one choose?

• MA

  @matthewcharles6869 · 1 year ago

  I’m in a crippling amount of debt and can’t pay it off what do I do? I’m newly married and it’s causing so many problems for us. I have a full time job but it isn’t enough. I’m trying to find a second job at night and on the weekends but God hasn’t given me anything yet. Idk what to do. I’ve admitted to God I did this to myself and I’m willing to work whatever and how ever many jobs to get out of debt but haven’t been able to find anything. Putting a tremendous strange on my marriage. I just wanna be debt free so I can serve the Lord. Why hasn’t he helped me yet? Please pray for me. I’ve never felt so helpless and lost in my life. I used to be so much more friendly and care free. I feel like this has changed me. Please pray. Thanks

• MA

  @markb7067 · 2 years ago

  We don&apos;t give to get. We get to give. The closest biblical instruction for &quot;honoring God with our finances&quot; is to give to the poor and support our household. Sure we should support our local church, other ministries, and charities with money or otherwise as we&apos;re led and as we&apos;re able. But giving to a religious institution isn&apos;t the equivalent of &quot;giving to God&quot; unless that religious institution is your God.

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• MA

  @matthewcharles6869 · 8 months ago

  Not sure if anyone cares , but update…things are worse. God is just shitting all over us and nothing is getting any better. I’ve been praying and praying and praying praying and praying and nothing has happened. Just more and more debt more and more expenses more and more unanswered prayer. I think I might be done with God.