Giving ain't so bad - Christian Giving Outline

It’s not mine

everything belongs to God

giving is acknowledgment

The spirit of giving

tithing?

kingdom business

church

other organizations

people

more than money

time, effort, energy

Where is your heart? (Show me the money)

the heart is deceitful, so we have to go with hard facts

what you love

greed, selfishness

don’t try to hold back, but have a generous heart

cheerful giving

A faith matter

God trust you?

Do you trust God?

Will God take care of me

there is a blessing in giving

Proverbs 11:25 NASB95

25 The generous man will be prosperous, And he who waters will himself be watered.

Tithing Worksheet

Why gross? Because that’s how much money you made. Look at the top of your check, that’s how much money you made.

of course the bottom will tell you how much you get after Fed Tax, SS tax, Medicare tax, insurance, so forth

but all of that was made possible by the gross amount.

the government just doesn’t trust you like God does, so they just take it before you get it

an offering is extra giving beyond that - in the OT they had to give extra at certain times of the year: festivals, celebrations, and also on special occasions (birth of a child, being healed)

Gross: $100 Check: $93.67 Tithe: $10 Offering: $2? Total given: $12

so in the truest since, if you made $100, but your check said $ 93.67and you said, “I am going to give my tithe and a offering”, it might look like this: $10 tithes, $3 offering