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View Poll Results: Should we give as we feel led or should we tithe? | |
Tithe 10% all the time
|    | 20 | 5.67% | |
Tithe 10%, but give more as God leads me
|    | 166 | 47.03% | |
Give as God leads me
|    | 144 | 40.79% | |
I don't give at all, or I do so rarely
|    | 23 | 6.52% |  | | 
11th August 2004, 12:53 PM
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Reps: 30 (power: 0) | | | We are no longer part of the old covenant(Mosaic/Ceremonial Law) which in part God instructed us to tithe. We are in the new covenant where all things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. We are no longer bound by the chains of legalism. We are to be slaves of righteousness and nothing else. I believe we are to be a living sacrifice regardless if it's our money or our bodies. However much that is it's up to God to instill that on our hearts. | 
12th August 2004, 05:05 AM
|  | A Sinner 23  | | Join Date: 11th May 2004 Location: The wonderful wilderness God has made
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Reps: 26,327 (power: 43) | | I think 10% is a good minimum. More is always good, as long as the heart is right
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12th August 2004, 05:11 AM
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Reps: 17,079,220,653 (power: 17,079,244) | | | I guess if you go to a Church, making donations is a good idea. But 10% of what? How do you figure that? Do you wait until your tax returns are done and give 10% of your total family gross income? or 10% of your tax refund?
I give a lot more than 10% of my gross away, anything else I give voluntarily is usually from Me, not my wallet.
They say you get back what you give, one way or another. | 
15th August 2004, 09:42 PM
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| | Join Date: 18th July 2004 Location: Idaho
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Reps: 246 (power: 0) | | | Give or Tithe Tithe 10%, but give more as God leads me
For I am under the working age....I do not have money 'on hand' but what my mother or father gives me... i save some for the lord | 
16th August 2004, 11:43 PM
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| | Join Date: 13th August 2004 Location: South Texas
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Reps: 7,713,910,191,922,698 (power: 7,713,910,191,938) | | | I believe that we should tithe and then give as led. I am guilty of not doing this but I am trying to follow what I believe. Sarah | 
17th August 2004, 08:34 PM
|  | Contributor 30  | | Join Date: 7th June 2004 Location: Brisbane
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Reps: 7,110 (power: 20) | | I give what I can... I don't have a whole lot of money to throw around, some weeks I have more than others. For a long time I didn't give money, because I didn't believe in the church that I was attending (but I didn't have an option) and I didn't want my money to go towards working in a church that was bs...
I went to hillsong church in sydney a few years ago, and I was appalled that they had a 10 minute 'offering' sermon before they took up the offering, alternately attempting to bribe people, and then coerce them into giving money. Very sad. | 
23rd August 2004, 09:38 PM
|  | As For Me And My House We Will Serve The Lord 35  | | Join Date: 17th August 2004 Location: TN
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Reps: 3,403 (power: 12) | | | I voted give as God leads me. I use 2 Corinthians 9:7 (NIV) "Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." as my guide. For me personally, I'd rather be happy about the amount I give, rather than giving more and not truly being able to or wanting to. So some times we give more than other times. | 
24th August 2004, 06:46 AM
|  | obey HIM!!! 48  | | Join Date: 31st May 2004 Location: Tzaneen - South Africa
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Me and my house gladly pays:
1) Gods tithing calculated at 10% in our income;
2) Firstfruits (calculated with the increase of our income); and
3) Sowing where the Lord leads us to sow.
He never fails!!!
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24th August 2004, 09:19 PM
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Reps: 835 (power: 0) | | | I believe in tithing as set out in the Torah. There was a saying someone once said on a Jewish documentary, when referring to helping the needy: "if you've got money in the bank, you aren't doing enough."
__________________ Shema Yisroel: Adonai Eloheynu, Adonai Echad | 
24th August 2004, 10:03 PM
|  | A Sinner 23  | | Join Date: 11th May 2004 Location: The wonderful wilderness God has made
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Reps: 26,327 (power: 43) | | Originally Posted by jewishprincess613 I believe in tithing as set out in the Torah. There was a saying someone once said on a Jewish documentary, when referring to helping the needy: "if you've got money in the bank, you aren't doing enough."
Interesting statement
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