I don't have too much to say on this topic except James said to be 'doers' of the Word.
What does that mean?
I am fully into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ ways, God's Old Testament teachings, and
, as I believe from my personal experience from simply asking the Holy Spirit in to my life 15 years ago, His prompting.
Remember, God just will correct us with loving means, his Love, which is not human agape or eros its a an inexplicably loving-us Love that's best example is Jesus' dying on the cross for doing acutely NOTHING ever wrong. (Jesus never sinned on Earth in 33 years of living).
Tithing is something I've done both biblically 10% and also based on prayer and the Lord's leading.(Both those two ways of giving were me following His will best I knew how).
It does say, as 'PartyPoisoned' aptly pointed out, bring your tithe to the storehouse of the Lord. My question then is this: Is the storehouse your church or is it just not mattering where you give your tithe, whether its church, a children's organization.
YOU think about that, please, that is, the incisive posts of what blindingchick said, orchidfloweringbeauty said, billy the kid too, about giving tithe, and, Julieanne's always Wisdomic thoughts.
And...give credit to Llamason , too, while you are thinking, I'm still lazy some, but I do now click 'preview post' before submitting post replies or edit more after submitting And , yes, that fascinating young man just aforementoned herded me to do that.
Meanwhile, as all you mares and fillies are playing UP with more thoughts on this sensitive subject, I am going to go to Paypal.com and give to where God right this second is prompting me to bump UP that last seen $1410 certain donation dollar SOME MORE. Sounds like a sweet, salty thing to do, huh like peas and carrot sampling or, hey, howaboutit? Graham crackers, marshmallows and, chocolate bar smoothed all together.
God bless every singles one of you, for however you're giving, for giving to Him
And, I speak from personal experience, like blindingchick just said, I know He does bless us for giving, for, ultimately, what we get and what we got is simple to explain: God gave it to us.