{"id":2681,"date":"2022-07-07T17:29:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2022-07-07T17:29:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:29:52","slug":"blog-july-7th-financial-security-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=2681","title":{"rendered":"Blog July 7th \u201cFinancial Security – Two\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last week I started to describe my experience with tithing- today I wish to share what I hope is a really useful article from \u201cThe Word For Today\u201d- I believe the opening paragraph to be particularly profound.
\nYour desire for financial security can discourage you from giving. Why? Because each pound you give away feels like it\u2019s no longer available for your protection. But the opposite is true. Our sense of freedom and security actually increases when we give, because giving is a declaration that our security rests someplace other than the bank or our own earning capacity. Giving is an act of confidence in God, and it\u2019s the only way to overcome financial insecurity.
\nThink of all the things in life over which we have little or no control. Illness. Accidents. Job losses. Economic conditions. No wonder we\u2019re insecure! The Bible says: \u2018One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed\u2019 (Proverbs 11:24-25 NIV). To the rational mind it sounds counterintuitive, but to the kingdom mind it makes good sense.
\nPaul writes: \u2018\u201cA few seeds make a small harvest, but a lot of seeds make a big harvest.\u201d Each of you must make up your own mind about how much to give. But don\u2019t feel sorry that you must give and don\u2019t feel that you are forced to give. God loves people who love to give. God can bless you with everything you need, and you will always have more than enough to do all kinds of good things for others\u2019 (2 Corinthians 9:6-8 CEV). In your hand, a pound will never be worth more than a pound. But when you sow it into God\u2019s kingdom, it begins a harvest you can reap when you have a need. Giving is truly the key to financial security.<\/p>\n

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We Can Do Anything featuring Lucy Stimpson-Maynard from the album “Precious” recorded and produced by Ross Gill Last week I started to describe my experience with tithing- today I wish to share what I hope is a really useful article from \u201cThe Word For Today\u201d- I believe the opening paragraph to be particularly profound. Your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ken-shearsmiths-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2687,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions\/2687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}