Just wondering, do you folks really believe the line in that song, "The more you give the more He gives to you"? It was commonly believed in the AG where I used to belong, too.
In my experience, it never worked that way. In fact, just the opposite happened when I stopped tithing. I cut back my giving from 10% of my gross pay (which I'd been doing since I was a kid) to even less that 10% of net. A few months later, I got the biggest raise, both in dollars and in percentage increase, I had ever gotten.
I think it was a coincidence, personally. But maybe, just maybe, it was a "reward" for starting to follow the NT principle of giving as I "purposeth" in my heart, not "grudgingly" or "of necessity" (
2 Corinthians 9:7).
Now, I can honestly say that, when I give (whether to church or to a charity), I am a cheerful giver. As a tither, there were times it was cheerful, sure, but often not. Not exactly grudgingly, either, but usually it was my duty and obligation. "Of necessity".
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