What’s the biggest change you’ve made in striving to glorify God better with your finances?
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winn collier on February 28, 2011 at 12:31 pm
more careful budget – and looking at increasing giving to our church.
Pichee on March 1, 2011 at 1:04 pm
The biggest and most significant step I have taken to glorify God through my finances is to commit to tithe regularly — no misses. It’s easy to donate one time to a cause or ministry, to do give when I have extra money, but regular tithing requires an extra step of faith. It means that whether I have a lot of expenses for this month or not, I will tithe. I will trust Him to provide for me.
tom felten on March 1, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Thanks for sharing your heart for God and your desire to faithfully give to His work, Pichee. It reveals a faith that is based in Him and His eternal treasure, not the stuff of earth.
aheartforhome on March 2, 2011 at 12:53 am
The biggest change I’ve made recently is to take a step of faith and rely on God to provide as I scale back my home business in order to focus on other priorities. It’s hard to “let go” and to stop trying to work everything out with my own “bright” ideas.
But I remember reading how Hudson Taylor once had nothing to eat in the cupboard. His life was surrendered to God’s service but at that one discouraging moment, there seemed to be nothing to show for it. But he prayed, in faith that God would take care of him. And before the day was over, provision had arrived!
So I am confident that God “will undertake to guide the future as He has the past” for me!
tom felten on March 2, 2011 at 8:34 am
aheartforhome, the examples of Hudson Taylor and other heroes of the faith can help us choose wisdom and faith and over poor choices and selfish decisions. Your priorities remind me of Proverbs 31:25-27. Press on!
Sheriann on March 2, 2011 at 8:11 am
I realise that I have the tendency to spend alot. I need to honour God more in the giving of my firstfruits or increases.
tom felten on March 2, 2011 at 8:37 am
Good reminder to all of us, Sheriann! (Deuteronomy 18:4)
Dirtdawg625 on March 2, 2011 at 11:17 am
Make God a priority every day not just on Sunday. We will always have all of the Holy spirit but dose the holy spirit have all of you?
tom felten on March 2, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Good question, dawg! One way to know if we’re walking in the Spirit is we’re exhibiting His fruit. Check out Galatians 5:22-23.
gaadefuin on March 3, 2011 at 1:57 am
What if I really have nothing? Sometimes, I don’t feel like going to church because I have nothing to give during the offertory. I know it is not the money that matters, but my presence…yet and still…
Hannah C on March 3, 2011 at 12:57 pm
God doesn’t look at the amount, gaadefuin. He looks at the heart. It doesn’t matter if you give one dollar or a thousand dollars — if your purpose in giving isn’t to give God the glory and thanking Him for whatever you have, then it’s all in vain. If you think about it, God doesn’t really need our money — all the riches in the world doesn’t even compare to His vast riches. He wants us to give because it’s a way of trusting Him with our finances, and thanking Him for every small bit of blessing that we have.
Besides, money isn’t the only thing that you can offer to God! Got some free time? Volunteer to serve in a ministry in your church. Got the blessing of talent? Use it for God’s glory. Whatever you give, whether in cash, kind or deed, what matters most is your heart. =)
gaadefuin on March 4, 2011 at 2:20 am
Thank you, Miss Hannah, for the enlightenment. I will bear them in mind. God bless!
purestrength on March 5, 2011 at 11:02 am
Last year because of a decrease in enrollment in our preschool my hours were reduced. I decided to trust God and continue to give the same amount as I was giving. He is so faithful!! Every month as I trust Him to provide he does – either by a reduction in a bill, a little extra money from out of the blue, or some other blessing. In the fall our finances got a little tight and I asked Him for a small part time job. Well the next day a job was posted at our school – it fit right into my hours and I get to see all of the children that I taught in preschool too.
God loves to provide for us. Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
If you have time to worry – you have time to worship!
Thank you so much God for caring!
tom felten on March 7, 2011 at 9:34 am
Thanks for sharing this, purestrength. It’s so freeing when we begin to see—as Randy Alcorn would say—that all of our material things (including money) actually belong to God. We are His stewards. What a privilege to take what He gives us and to be content in it.