Tithe With Attitude

Well you knew sooner or later, I was going to get to the subject of tithes and offerings.& Now before you react, first recognize I am not about to pass the plate, in that my point of reference is not the Old Testament offering to The Almighty a tenth (tithe) of everything Gid gas blesses us with.& We all know Mosaic law requires this act of gratitude and allegiance.& I am more compelled to refer to Pau the apostle’s letter to Timothy.& “Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds and to be generous and willing to share.& In& this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming of age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.”& 1 Timothy 6:18-19. You see the more and more I think and pray on this, the more important it appears that tithe and offerings include the kind of life we lead as believers in& Christ Jesus.& I understand the money issue but I want to also be sure that the behavior, the lifestyle, the attitude reflects the living principle of what I think Jesus demonstrated and commanded...