Should the rich support the poor?
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also, our church helps not only in our community outreach system, but we also take care of our own members to a greater degree.
That care includes a study of their financial situation, a committee decision on what financial aid they HAVE to have immediately, then training in financial responsibility... teaching them how to create and live within a budget, so that the problem doesn't continue repeating, month after month.
The goal is to bring them to financial independence. If they have to be helped financially for several months to achieve that, it happens.
Although I haven't seen it happen recently, if a person/family refuses to change their bad habits, the financial aid stops.
We believe in being good stewards of God's financial blessings...
That care includes a study of their financial situation, a committee decision on what financial aid they HAVE to have immediately, then training in financial responsibility... teaching them how to create and live within a budget, so that the problem doesn't continue repeating, month after month.
The goal is to bring them to financial independence. If they have to be helped financially for several months to achieve that, it happens.
Although I haven't seen it happen recently, if a person/family refuses to change their bad habits, the financial aid stops.
We believe in being good stewards of God's financial blessings...
my husband is a painting contractor, and has the contract at the local housing authority. sadly, he sees every day the expensive new cars as he parks his '98 Jeep. (that thing just won't quit, thank God!)
i think people get frustrated by the abuse of the system because it actually prevents people who NEED help from getting it. the system, as it is, positively encourages folks to not work. as Lynn was saying, if you're trying and just need a little help for a while, there's not much that can be done, but if you're willing to do absolutely nothing, you're in.
but my son and husband have also seen that the children raised by people totally dependent on welfare have nothing to compare it to. it's the lifestyle in which they're brought up, and there are precious few to tell them there's another way.
so, call me a bleeding heart, but i feel for those kids. it's one reason it goes on and on.....
Mark tries, where he can, to encourage the young ones to finish school, go to college (meh) or trade school (better) and start a business. two or three times in the past 30 years, he's been successful in that.
i think people get frustrated by the abuse of the system because it actually prevents people who NEED help from getting it. the system, as it is, positively encourages folks to not work. as Lynn was saying, if you're trying and just need a little help for a while, there's not much that can be done, but if you're willing to do absolutely nothing, you're in.
but my son and husband have also seen that the children raised by people totally dependent on welfare have nothing to compare it to. it's the lifestyle in which they're brought up, and there are precious few to tell them there's another way.
so, call me a bleeding heart, but i feel for those kids. it's one reason it goes on and on.....
Mark tries, where he can, to encourage the young ones to finish school, go to college (meh) or trade school (better) and start a business. two or three times in the past 30 years, he's been successful in that.
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This is a extreme example of what happens when the rich do not support the poor.
is this about the needy being fed
or about should the government dictate how the funds of workers are distrubuted to those who dont work
(not if these workers should share what God provides)
because you are abolutely right that those with SHOULD share to those without
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Absolutely if you have and you are willing to support from your heart do it,support the need .second thought if you are rich in spiritual its good to spread the gospel to the people who dont know it i mean the poor,who never heard of the lord anytime.third,its not evil to be rich because if you work hard the lord is going to pay your hard work,being lazy as well lead to povert.its good for each of us to try and work hard .my thoughts
Good post I like how you mentioned being spiritually rich sharing with the spiritually poor, that should be the utmost importance in supporting.
being money wealthy doesn't mean one is evil, I agree, the account of Joseph the rich man who placed Jesus body in his own tomb is a great example of that.
being money wealthy doesn't mean one is evil, I agree, the account of Joseph the rich man who placed Jesus body in his own tomb is a great example of that.
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i posted my thoughts already on the first page and this one i think
and i posted the distinction because your post was related more to the title question more than the OP
so if anyone else was only reading the title
and saw people saying "no"
the "no" is more than likely in relation to "should your earnings be spent how the government desires" or "on people who are capable and lying about it"
and i posted the distinction because your post was related more to the title question more than the OP
so if anyone else was only reading the title
and saw people saying "no"
the "no" is more than likely in relation to "should your earnings be spent how the government desires" or "on people who are capable and lying about it"
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