Thursday, May 04, 2006

Does Tesco get more than God?

In a recent financial report it transpired that for every £8 that we spend in the UK, £1 of it is spent in Tesco. That’s a staggering 12.5% of our spending! How mad is that!!!!

"A tenth of the land's produce, whether grain from the ground or fruit from the trees, is GOD's. It is holy to GOD.” Lev 27:30
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.” Mal 3:10

When I realised how much we give to Tesco I wondered if we give what we should to God? (A tithe is not a gift, it is the payment of goods received – a planet to live on and a life worth living). Does more of our finaces go to Tesco or God?

Tithing is not just about money or produce, it is about us too.
Do we just give money or our time, our heart, our life?

“I appeal to you therefore, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.” Rom 12:1 (Amp)

Or as it says in the Message:
“So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life - your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life - and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.”

1 Comments:

Blogger just said...

thanks for the invite to fusion. can't do the evenings but hope to come at some point on the Saturday. Did you know that Zanzibar is now closed and may not re-open? Might be a good venue for the next one?!! like how the Message puts it...

thanks for all your encouragement and support and most of all for the prayers

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