Hey Fam,
I love this site because its a group of serious Christians. I love that I can talk to you and ask whats bothering me or those around me.
In this case its me and I will do my best to be frank with the situation. I have tried to work it out on my own but I told the LORD the
other day, I dont want to make decisions without you. Plans without you. I want you to be in everything.
In this situation I put Him in there but ended up saying to Him - "show me in your word". And thats just where I am stuck.
I know I should deal with my conscience and how at peace I am but I just dont trust myself 100% you see. What if its a trick to get me
offline and get me in trouble years down the line - I dont know so LORD I need you to guide me. I love you.
THE SITUATION:
So I have always believed in never messing with my tithe. I pay it almost religiously you could say. Almost legalistically, but for me its
a covenant with my God so hence why I dont play with it.
I was once talking with my Father and the thought came accross my mind about a person/situation. I felt He said - "you were cheated"
I basically felt He was trying to say I wouldnt keep what doesnt belong to me my daughter. I wont keep what was given wrong.
Basically what had happened was I had a property that I put up for rental. The tenants paid a chunk of the cash which was actually meant
for the property. It was divided into what I charged for it per month.
This money, was meant by housing estate law/etiquette to be put into a deposit account eventually to be used for the property.
I remember narrating to an elder that I was mixed up as in did I need to pay this money as tithe into the church? Because it was
essentially a business deal and was for business purposes. Down the cycle that money would be expected to return square for
square to the property.
It was not paid out of a profit/revenue. But rather the capital amount. In fact it was paid out of a liability because your meant to put
that money back.
But he said "you should give God everything" or something along the lines of that. I also wonder if he understood me properly. Either
way, I ended up taking a tenth of that chunk and giving it to the church.
I felt I was right all along (but I dont know if God is doing an audit or clean up of my life that of late He is going into every nook and cranny
of my life) - the past few months been tough cause I think one of the hardest prayers you can pray is LORD show me who I am and where
I got it wrong. He goes everywhere.
Well, it looks like He goes into what could have been unfair. Like I said I proceeded to give that money to the church under some sort
of duress. But a happy duress if there is such a thing - I love to give to my Dad.
I forgot about it for the longest time until it came up during one of my prayer session. Ultimately I do feel right about "claiming" the funds
back, I am cool about it but not settled cause I got no word to assign this sort of thing. Is there a tithing Jubilee where you give it to the poor, fatherless, widows, foreigners in a certain year the 7th year? I dont know. Afterall this topic is hard to come by except its the L.DS church.
And we are not LD.S/morm.on.
I need the Word. As in where is the clause that gives me permission to not tithe for the period that aligns with the overpayment?
I need help children of God please pray to God to breath an answer that would honour Him. I am not settled about leaving that tithe
there.
Blessings.
I love this site because its a group of serious Christians. I love that I can talk to you and ask whats bothering me or those around me.
In this case its me and I will do my best to be frank with the situation. I have tried to work it out on my own but I told the LORD the
other day, I dont want to make decisions without you. Plans without you. I want you to be in everything.
In this situation I put Him in there but ended up saying to Him - "show me in your word". And thats just where I am stuck.
I know I should deal with my conscience and how at peace I am but I just dont trust myself 100% you see. What if its a trick to get me
offline and get me in trouble years down the line - I dont know so LORD I need you to guide me. I love you.
THE SITUATION:
So I have always believed in never messing with my tithe. I pay it almost religiously you could say. Almost legalistically, but for me its
a covenant with my God so hence why I dont play with it.
I was once talking with my Father and the thought came accross my mind about a person/situation. I felt He said - "you were cheated"
I basically felt He was trying to say I wouldnt keep what doesnt belong to me my daughter. I wont keep what was given wrong.
Basically what had happened was I had a property that I put up for rental. The tenants paid a chunk of the cash which was actually meant
for the property. It was divided into what I charged for it per month.
This money, was meant by housing estate law/etiquette to be put into a deposit account eventually to be used for the property.
I remember narrating to an elder that I was mixed up as in did I need to pay this money as tithe into the church? Because it was
essentially a business deal and was for business purposes. Down the cycle that money would be expected to return square for
square to the property.
It was not paid out of a profit/revenue. But rather the capital amount. In fact it was paid out of a liability because your meant to put
that money back.
But he said "you should give God everything" or something along the lines of that. I also wonder if he understood me properly. Either
way, I ended up taking a tenth of that chunk and giving it to the church.
I felt I was right all along (but I dont know if God is doing an audit or clean up of my life that of late He is going into every nook and cranny
of my life) - the past few months been tough cause I think one of the hardest prayers you can pray is LORD show me who I am and where
I got it wrong. He goes everywhere.
Well, it looks like He goes into what could have been unfair. Like I said I proceeded to give that money to the church under some sort
of duress. But a happy duress if there is such a thing - I love to give to my Dad.
I forgot about it for the longest time until it came up during one of my prayer session. Ultimately I do feel right about "claiming" the funds
back, I am cool about it but not settled cause I got no word to assign this sort of thing. Is there a tithing Jubilee where you give it to the poor, fatherless, widows, foreigners in a certain year the 7th year? I dont know. Afterall this topic is hard to come by except its the L.DS church.
And we are not LD.S/morm.on.
I need the Word. As in where is the clause that gives me permission to not tithe for the period that aligns with the overpayment?
I need help children of God please pray to God to breath an answer that would honour Him. I am not settled about leaving that tithe
there.
Blessings.
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