I just wanted to share with you what God has been laying on my heart. Hes really been rockin me about tithing and giving.
A friend of mine gave me a book called the Go-Giver and I read it in about two hours. The books main focus is learning to give more than you receive. This is something that I struggle with. Often times I think that I am entitled to a great life because of all the "work" I am doing for God. However, that is the wrong approach to life.God didnt invite me to start TRAIL with Him so that I could receive, but rather give more. He has called me to TRAIL because He knows how many lives this is going to change for eternity.
He didnt place this vision and passion on our hearts so that we could be able to provide a great life for ourselves, but that through TRAIL we could provide an opportunity for our lives to be poured out and to give young men across the nation( the world one day) the chance at the life that they were created for.
So when we pray, let us pray that God will pour us out. Let us pray that we find new ways to give of ourselves, in prayer, time, life, money, and love. When we start to give more than we receive then we will see the Kingdom being expanded through TRAIL and we wont be able to stop the blessings on the ministry. God didnt bring us together to expand our lives but to expand His love and His kingdom.
Tithing isnt something that I have been doing because I needed every penny that was coming in just to make ends meet. But what I was doing was robbing God of the opportunity to provide for me. He provided my needs even when I didnt give. But He doesnt want to just make my ends meet. God delights in me( and you) and wants to dump blessings on me. I just have to trust and believe that He is greater than anything in this world.
Pray for me in these areas. And I will pray for you as well. Peace.
T.R.A.I.L.
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