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Hey, the news says you're Rich.

Would you believe the nightly news if the host came on your TV and said, "Everyone in the world has just become a millionaire!" Would you believe him or her? Or would you be a little sceptical. It seems that most people in the world these days has money, but how are you spending your money? At the mall? At the gas station, on line, offline? Do you keep a record each week of how much you are spending and where?

We are a consumer society and if you give your money away..to a church for example, you might be taking the first step to financial freedom. Have you seen that show where people horde everything they own paying no attention to spiritual things? Let me tell you, God owns everything and when we give back to him a tithe of what we have we are saying in effect that we trust him. Everything that we have, our life and our breath all comes from a loving God who wants to bless us and give us life. When we give our money back to God, we are saying "Lord even if things get really scary in my life, I trust you to handle the most difficult things for me. I am not renouncing my responsibility in this Lord, but I am taking responsibility by putting my faith in you."

You see giving your money back to God doesn't help me only if I really am a christian. If I am then trusting him with the smallest thing, it shouldn't be a problem, but it is for some of us. We may be young and lack experience, but if you are saved what an act of faith it would be for you and for me to not only trust Jesus as Lord and Saviour, but with our wills as well.

This is Mike.,

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