What are your feelings about tithing, your spiritual belief? It can be an emotionally charged
activity, especially if you're having problems or doubts about it.
Ultimately tithing is something you have to decide for yourself. No one can do this for you.
To tithe or not to tithe is the question. Search your heart and your spiritual belief and take
note on the findings.
Because in the end, it will be your feelings about tithing that has to be taken into consideration, and
these feelings will lead you to your decision.
There will always be people with questions and doubts about what tithing can bring to their lives... as
evidenced by the question below.
"I've heard so many different oppinions about tithing until I'm confused.
I've watched CBN on TV and noticed all these people testifying to what tithing has done for them.
I just want to know if this is true or is it a ploy to get money out of us?"
Again, seek the answer in your heart - your spiritual belief. Your feelings about tithing should
not display guilt, doubt, fear, a sense of lack or confusion. If these are your feelings, then
don't tithe.
The results will be disastrous for you and only create more guilt, doubt, fear, feelings of lack
and confusion. So take time to examine your feelings about tithing - your spiritual belief...
I mean your "true" feelings, then go from there.
Please read the article below to see how others have dealt with some of the same issues on tithing.
Tithing - Fact Or Fiction By Kathleen Gage
If you subscribe to virtually any religious or spiritual belief you've likely heard about
tithing. Whether or not you are actually tithing is another thing.
Tithing can be a very emotionally charged activity. It has been said that what you put out
you receive back tenfold. Is this true or is it simply a way for a church or spiritual
group to strong arm followers to give up their money? Some people believe wholeheartedly
in the spiritual practice of tithing while others view it as manipulation. What do I believe?
Read on to find out.
Your Feelings About Tithing
There are many different views of what tithing is and is not. Some believe true tithing
only happens when you give to a church or somewhere you are spiritually fed. Others feel
that any act of freely giving money to a person or institution is a form of tithing.
Regardless of what your feelings about tithing and about where the money goes, the energy in which the money
is given impacts the gift and the giver.
Your Feelings About Tithing: Gratitude Or Resentment
As a child, I can still remember as if it was yesterday, the brass plates passed from row
to row to gather money by church ushers. Even at a young age I could see and feel there
were some people who willingly gave and did so with gratitude and others who resistantly
gave up their hard earned money.
Since that time, I have witnessed this same thing in various churches and other gatherings
I have attended where a bowl, plate or basket is passed around for money. There are those
who willingly give and those who have extreme difficulty parting with their money.
I must admit, I have been both resistant and willing. Both carry an emotional charge. When
I was in resistance the emotional charge was that of fear, lack and there just wasn't enough
to go around. It was only when I got to a place of trusting that that which I gave would
bless another and somehow, someway come back to me multiplied that the feeling went from
one of fear to one of gratitude.
Your Feelings About Tithing: No Expectations
An essential element of tithing is to hold no expectation on the money when it leaves
our possession. Further, to have no expectation of us benefiting in any way other than
through the blessing of blessing others.
It is when there is no expectations placed on tithing that the greatest blessings come.
How do I know this to be true? From my own experience and the experience of others who
willingly tithe. Years ago, I was experiencing very lean times. It was a real struggle
to pay the bills let alone give any of my money away. A friend invited me to her
nondenominational church. It was actually classified more as a spiritual center than
a traditional church.
On that day I was obviously open to receiving a message about the blessings of tithing.
The minister spoke of money as energy and how charged that energy is for many people.
She also said that if we trusted that God (Higher Power, Universe, All that Is) is our
source, we would not fear letting go of the money.
She also pointed out that once we release the money, we need to totally release it. What
this means is, don't even think about what else you could have done with the money. Let
it go. Get into a feeling of gratitude for having the ability to bless another.
When I heard her say this, something connected for me. Trust. Trust. Trust.
Your Feelings About Tithing: Increase Your Giving
At that time giving a dollar was a big deal to me. On that particular occasion I decided
to trust what she was saying. I gave $20 and did my best to let it go.
The most amazing thing happened. Within a few short days I was experiencing more abundance
than I had in quite some time. Blessings were coming from a variety of places; places
that I never would have thought I would receive them from.
Since that time, I have been keenly aware of the power of tithing. However, there were
several occasions I would forget the $20 experience. Whenever I did, I seemed to be
moving in a place of fear with thoughts of lack.
History Repeats Itself
In the early days of my business I again found myself in a place of struggle and fear.
Again, I attended a service where the minister talked about the gift of tithing. At
that time I had $40 in my checking account and money was very tight. After hearing
Reverend Christopher preach about tithing, I again chose to move in a space of trust.
I took $20 of the $40 dollars and tithed.
The most amazing thing happened. The very next day I received a letter in the mail.
When I opened it a $10 bill literally floated out of the envelope. The day after
that I received a check from a utility company for an overpayment I had made on a
utility service nearly a year before. Within days, my account went from $40 to
over $500.
Does tithing work to bring blessings? I believe it does. I also believe to my very
core that how and why we tithe is important to recognize. Do we do it because we
feel moved to do it or because we think it is expected of us?
What are your beliefs and experiences with tithing? Do you feel joy when you tithe
or do you have feelings of lack and fear surface? It is in the level of trust we
have the blessings are created and we are in more of a position to recognize
those blessings.
Be blessed.
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