Today was a good day! I got to wake up to the smell of my wife cooking one of her native foods, pancit(asian noodles). Then we got ready for church and we rode with our friend, Holly 'cuz her husband Kevin had to work today and we were glad to spend time with three Logan women. On the way to church, I looked at my wife and asked her what the spanish word for Sunday as ...Then it dawned on me, It's Domingo and were going to Flamingo (Road Church). Silly right? Yeah, a little bit...
Today, Pastor Troy taught about the tithe and he really pushed home the reasons we are to tithe. One of the most important things about the tithe, in my opinion, is that the tithe is a good indicator of your perspective and what you value in life. I guess it comes back to the willful and deliberate acknowledgement that what you have comes from God, and as a steward, there are certain expectations that are placed upon you by God as a kind of litmus test to see where and in what things you place your confidence. One day last week, I thought about my paycheck and that although I work hard for it, it comes from God --He made that possible. I am to give my tithe, the 10% of the firstfruits, which is non-negotiable according to scripture and yet I get to keep 90% -- What a deal if you think about it.
I guess, it's just how we choose to focus our perspectives that matters. You can either complain about the 10% you're supposed to bring into the storehouse, or you can rejoice that God has given permission for you to keep 90% for yourself. Sounds like a good deal to me.
Guess it's all in how you look at it, right?
Today, Pastor Troy taught about the tithe and he really pushed home the reasons we are to tithe. One of the most important things about the tithe, in my opinion, is that the tithe is a good indicator of your perspective and what you value in life. I guess it comes back to the willful and deliberate acknowledgement that what you have comes from God, and as a steward, there are certain expectations that are placed upon you by God as a kind of litmus test to see where and in what things you place your confidence. One day last week, I thought about my paycheck and that although I work hard for it, it comes from God --He made that possible. I am to give my tithe, the 10% of the firstfruits, which is non-negotiable according to scripture and yet I get to keep 90% -- What a deal if you think about it.
I guess, it's just how we choose to focus our perspectives that matters. You can either complain about the 10% you're supposed to bring into the storehouse, or you can rejoice that God has given permission for you to keep 90% for yourself. Sounds like a good deal to me.
Guess it's all in how you look at it, right?
4 comments:
Honey.. I get to keep your 90%.. and I rejoice! hahhaha... love you!
Joe! You're bloggin'!
How fantastic. :-) Thanks for the congrats. Life is definitely good these days, thank God!
What's up?
Good Word bro ! Loving the Blog ... by the way Joe 3:16? i was expecting JoeTree63 ;)
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