Rich Givers
Here’s a short video clip from Craig’s message last week:
What did you think about what Craig had to say about tithing and giving richly?
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February 8th, 2008 at 8:26 am
I think it was the most direct and powerful message on tithing I have experienced ever…and it made me wish I could take the 3 month tithing challenge with another 10%.
February 20th, 2008 at 6:47 am
One thing we talked about in our small group was how it is really easy to be an impulse buyer, but we are usually not impulse givers. It seems like tithing and giving to ministry, etc, is something that we always have to pray about and seek guidance for, case ya know, wouldn’t want to screw it up! But seriously, when was the last time we stopped to pray and think for a week about buying something like clothes or shoes? And how much did the clothes cost? What percent of my tithe was that?
Or let’s just say that in a PURELY HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION that totally did not take place one summer morning about two years ago at the Gold Rush II pawn shop in downtown Champaign, you bought a sixth guitar because the price was *really* good and you didn’t own a black Gibson Explorer already and this one even came with the CASE which is hard to find sometimes, and yeah, it was an awesome deal at $197.79 with tax. It took me all of ninety seconds to make that choice and spend that money.
But when was the last time we just burned through even a *small* amount of money in giving without thinking about it? If we were half as impulsive in giving as we are in buying stuff I think there would be a lot more good will out there. If somebody paid for even your dollar cup of coffee on the way to work in the morning, wouldn’t you be stoked? The wrong way to think is “what can a dollar do?” I think the right way to think is “how can even something small change someone’s attitude for the day?” Small amounts of money and small things like that which *directly affect people*, you never know what is going to happen. You can start a fire that will burn down a whole forest with one spark. You can grow a tree from a single seed.
What can you do with a dollar? What can you do with ten dollars? If a dollar is gone, are you gonna miss it? If ten dollars are gone, are you gonna miss it? But what can it do when you give it?