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Just curious, how many actually sacrifice in a truly faith filled, biblical manner?
First off, I'm not a believer in Christians needing to tithe, but even if you did I do not see tithes on the same level as sacrifices.
Why? Well a sacrifice is meant to hurt to a degree. Thats why its called a sacrifice. Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son. The woman at the altar gave her last bit of coinage. Those were sacrifices.
We hear in churches quite often how people sacrifice this and that. Its all well and good and Im not downplaying the things people do, even with selfish motives. As long as God gets the glory!
What I am curious (and I truly mean this more towards myself) is what would the Church look like if we sacrificed more?
I know the counter points: we need to be responsible with our time, money, etc. But what I'm talking about is being able to give the extra $6 to missions as opposed to having that mocha latte frappucino from the coffee store. Or volunteering an extra hour at the church instead of watching a movie.
I don't think God wants us to give so much we ignore our obligations to other necessities (bills, family, etc). But I do truly think people have a skewed idea of what true sacrificing really looks like.
What do you think? I'm curious what others have to say on the subject.
Late edit - I wonder if Jesus Big 3 Points recorded in Matthew 6 are the basis of all Christian sacrifices? Fasting, giving, prayer. And yes, prayer can most certainly be a sacrifice. A sacrifice of time, effort, forgiveness (praying for those who wrong you)...
First off, I'm not a believer in Christians needing to tithe, but even if you did I do not see tithes on the same level as sacrifices.
Why? Well a sacrifice is meant to hurt to a degree. Thats why its called a sacrifice. Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son. The woman at the altar gave her last bit of coinage. Those were sacrifices.
We hear in churches quite often how people sacrifice this and that. Its all well and good and Im not downplaying the things people do, even with selfish motives. As long as God gets the glory!
What I am curious (and I truly mean this more towards myself) is what would the Church look like if we sacrificed more?
I know the counter points: we need to be responsible with our time, money, etc. But what I'm talking about is being able to give the extra $6 to missions as opposed to having that mocha latte frappucino from the coffee store. Or volunteering an extra hour at the church instead of watching a movie.
I don't think God wants us to give so much we ignore our obligations to other necessities (bills, family, etc). But I do truly think people have a skewed idea of what true sacrificing really looks like.
What do you think? I'm curious what others have to say on the subject.
Late edit - I wonder if Jesus Big 3 Points recorded in Matthew 6 are the basis of all Christian sacrifices? Fasting, giving, prayer. And yes, prayer can most certainly be a sacrifice. A sacrifice of time, effort, forgiveness (praying for those who wrong you)...
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