Tithing

[sheep wrecked]

(08-13-2009 12:31 PM)Mark Wrote:  Something I noticed some time ago; we used to have Home Friendship Group where we went from house to house each week. We grew to about 18-20 people. Only about 10-12 went to church. It became apparent that more people would rather go to someone's house and hear the Word of the Lord than get dressed up go to church. It was such a blessing to everyone. I think that is how it should be. Whoever hosted would usually supply snacks, but if they couldn't, we would turn it into a pot-luck. When we stopped doing that, the church suffered. Now, my wife says there are only 4 people who go to church (I stopped going a while ago because of the pressure of tithing). So sad to see it stop. Who knows? There could have been several groups today reaching so many more people for Jesus.

I don't think we can stop the Gospel from going forward. God will raise up who He needs to do that. Because groups or churches fail, only proves the Grace, Mercy, Love and enduring faithfulness of God. He will get the job done in spite of us, not because of us