I'm usually very generous giving money to the church, about 300 a month, so is it wrong for me to buy things that would please me, like an Xbox 360? I'm not wealthy at all mind you, so 300 a month is pretty generous. We all have our hobbies, I myself enjoy video games.
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Buying things for yourself wrong?
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After tithing your money is yours....right? But as long as you're not spending an insane amount per month of video games instead of giving more to not only church, but other charities?? A difficult one but we need to do all we can to support our churches and Christian charities...
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If it's wrong to buy a video game console, where do you draw the line as to what's allowed/not allowed? There's a lot stuff we spend money on that we don't actually need e.g. cinema/restaurants, surplus pairs of shoes, DVDs, TVs, books, holidays, computers, etc. Should we all live in the cheapest house possible, and consume nothing other than bread and water?
I think it's primarily about a mindset - e.g. remembering that our money is not actually ours but is supposed to be used for God. A modern analogy might be if you were the CEO of a company in which "God" held all the shares and provided all the funding (obviously this analogy is not perfect).
I think it's primarily about a mindset - e.g. remembering that our money is not actually ours but is supposed to be used for God. A modern analogy might be if you were the CEO of a company in which "God" held all the shares and provided all the funding (obviously this analogy is not perfect).
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