Dear Church,

What if?

Separated they are just words.  Together they create one of the most powerful questions in the English language.

What if you really knew God loved you beyond anything you can comprehend?  WOuld you be different?

What if?

I have been wondering about a lot of “what if?” questions for a couple weeks now.  Questions that perhaps you have never thought of.  Or maybe you have and disregarded them because of what it would imply and how much your life would have to change.  Questions that challenge me and sometimes cause me to wonder if maybe I am crazy.  But I am not – well actually I am.  I have been asking the questions that no one wants to hear, but we need to.  And I intend on finding the answers and putting them into practice.

What if everyone in the Church actually gave the full 10% that God says is necessary?

We get on the Government about being greedy and having too much salary and not being willing to give some of that up in order to help the people.  But if the ENTIRE church gave the 10% that God asks us to, we could literally take care of hunger, adoption, the sex-trade industry, pornography, AIDS, and everything in between.

JUST ON 10%!!!!

I know it is uncomfortable to give when the economy is tight and you are not sure how you will pay the bills.  I know it is hard to give when it would mean giving up that phone or the extra car.  I know it is hard to give when you are wondering how your children will eat.  But here is the thing – if people tithed you wouldn’t have to worry about what your children would eat!!!  We would see the church being able to take care of people and families just like they did in the early church!  We should not be a welfare system, but a place of safety and challenge.  Not allowing people to get lazy, but challenging them to work hard because they have been taken care of in their time of need!

I think we need to stop complaining about how much money the government is taking and start tithing and doing things the way the church was always intended to.  God wants to take care of His people.  He put people and a plan in place – I think it is time we step up to the plate!  I for one am already doing my part and given time this message and all the other one’s God has placed inside will be shared with people in order to challenge them!

“Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33

The Kingdom doesn’t have any oppression, by giving sacrificially of yourself you are pouring into the Kingdom and all the other things will be given to you as well.   Will you respond to the heart of the Father that wants His people to be taken care of?!