Here is the current proposal, of course it could change before it is signed into law.
http://www.politico.com/livepulse/0909/Ensign_receives_handwritten_confirmation_.html?showall
Now do you really honestly believe the federal government is that concerned about your health?
Friday, September 25, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
63.5 % return on the investment
Investments can be made in many different areas. They could be made in the stock market, real estate, a business start up, or even in a country. The greatest investment one can make is in the Kingdom of God. When you give above the tithe, and give to support New Testament missionary endeavors, you are investing in the Lord's work.
He has given some promises concerning this.
Luke 6
38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
II Cor 9
6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
And in II Cor 9 the Bible tells us giving is like an experiment.
12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
Many of you that read this do not know who I am, or anything about me. So I don't write this to bring attention to me, but rather to what the Lord has done this past year. I keep track of what our family gives above the tithe to support missions through the church we attend. I also keep track of what God gives back to us through other people, as Luke 6 speaks about. Thus far this year, the rate of return on what the Lord has given back to us is 63.5%. I was challenged at the beginning of this year to give much more than the past year, and at a time when our finances are tight. To God's glory, he has given back, and much more.
Are there any banks offering a return of 63.5%? How about the stock market? Real estate is certainly not giving you a return like that on your investment. But the Lord is showing that he is "able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think".
We don't give to get, but the Lord is always faithful to his word, and the reaping is bountiful on the bountiful sowing of money into his work.
If you are a Christian, how is your giving?
Do you tithe?
Do you give to support missionaries through your church?
Is your giving the largest part of your budget?
Or
Do you spend more on a automobile payment than on the Lord's work?
Do you spend more on groceries and going out to eat than you give to the Lord?
This is why the apostle Paul wrote,
Phil 3
17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
He has given some promises concerning this.
Luke 6
38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
II Cor 9
6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
And in II Cor 9 the Bible tells us giving is like an experiment.
12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
Many of you that read this do not know who I am, or anything about me. So I don't write this to bring attention to me, but rather to what the Lord has done this past year. I keep track of what our family gives above the tithe to support missions through the church we attend. I also keep track of what God gives back to us through other people, as Luke 6 speaks about. Thus far this year, the rate of return on what the Lord has given back to us is 63.5%. I was challenged at the beginning of this year to give much more than the past year, and at a time when our finances are tight. To God's glory, he has given back, and much more.
Are there any banks offering a return of 63.5%? How about the stock market? Real estate is certainly not giving you a return like that on your investment. But the Lord is showing that he is "able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think".
We don't give to get, but the Lord is always faithful to his word, and the reaping is bountiful on the bountiful sowing of money into his work.
If you are a Christian, how is your giving?
Do you tithe?
Do you give to support missionaries through your church?
Is your giving the largest part of your budget?
Or
Do you spend more on a automobile payment than on the Lord's work?
Do you spend more on groceries and going out to eat than you give to the Lord?
This is why the apostle Paul wrote,
Phil 3
17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
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