I pray that God may help me to love every human being the same way as He loves us, with a passion, an unconditional love,
To holy my mind, my heart, my soul, my thoughts,
To pray for all born again Christians to stop judging each other, but rather pray for each other,
To give me a passion to love Him, to learn His Word with a passion,
To help me raise my child according to His Will & Wisdom,
To be and stay1 person between my family, between friends, between work colleagues, between Christians, between everyone Jesus has died for and rose again.
To pray with a passion, and with the confidence God did hear and is already busy to forfill every prayer,
To never give up, or when we feel spiritual tired to trust in Him to strenghten us and give us the courage to pull through no matter how big the storm,
To always remember "He took up our pain and bore our suffering, But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed."-Isaiah 53:4-5
I guess the list is endless and God knows us better then ourselves, let His Will be done in our lifes!

You are Holy, Holy Holy!!!

Thanks Azibalua, the Holy Spirit just told us last nite to be honest about everything and how we feel about each other. We know each other more then 11 years and have been in a previous relationship of +- 3 years before we became born again Christians now. Our pastor and church makes no decisions without the Holy Spirit, even every Sunday service if the Spirit tells pastor to preach the same topic 3 weeks in a row then it be so. And we are a small congregation, so pastor and his wife have our best interest at heart. We could call them 3 or 4 times a week and they will always make time to listen and give advise, not their own but out of the Word of God. I believe that when God put two people together, absolutely no-one & nothing can tear them apart when they obey God's will & Word. But in life today, when you suddenly fall inlove we just think or say this is the one or we even say God have given this person to me, without consulting a wiser person in God's Kingdom to advise us or help us. And when everything else fails we give God or the pastor the blame. Thanks for your advise, love & huggies
God bless xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks Muskeeto and Snowwy,

Yes you are correct Azibalua, sorry we did decide to be friends first. I did explain to him, we first have to talk to my pastor and he don't have a problem with that. Because of previous problems in a relationship I had, my pastor helped me and at the end of the day I could surely see that God have given pastor the wisdom to advise me. And my friend understand it that way and respect it

I would say, men want the same what we want. They want to be love and needed. But the best relationship is when both serve the LORD.  Men are human and there are decent, loving, caring, unselfish men and when we wait in the LORD's perfect time He will sent you Mr. Right. I myself used hate and despise men, but most woman are not much better then they are. We are all human, some are selfish and self centered but in all of us there is a good side, a good person. God have so much confidence in us, when we have given up hope already. I also had gone through some rough relationships and sometimes we as woman don't respect ourselves, but we expect respect from men?? When you serve the LORD, He knows everything about you, sometimes even things we ourselves don't know. And to your surprise he gives you someone that understands you, respect you, love you for who you are, let you feel needed, special, precious, beautiful, loves you unconditionally. And you can be yourself around that person, you can talk anything with that person and he will not judge you, but love you and help you through whatever storm. And with God as your Rock, absolutely nothing and no-one can harm you, but the LORD will always give you strenght and Wisdom to make the best of any relationship.
God bless xxxxxxxx

May God grant you the Wisdom to know the difference between blessings and worldly treasures. Whether you want to or not believe, we must give our full tithe. I think you should stop focusing on "PASTORS" and put your trust and focus on God. I know there are pastors and Christians that does rob the church monies and are unfaithful, but that doesn't mean we should stop giving our tithes or use the bible verses the way it suites us. May the Holy Spirit help you.

That is the verse everyone uses when they don't want to give their full tithe, what is ment with that is offerings. And if you look through the whole bible how many verses are there that state you must give a tithe of everything you have. More then enough. Actually all the money and treasure and gold belongs to God, and He's the One that bless us DAILY with what we got so why can't we give Him what He ask.

You say:  "You are not following the word of God about tithing, rather you are following the lies pastors are telling about tithes."

But why is my life so blessed since I started to give my full tithe. Before I became a Christian at my previous church I only had to give R10 tithe a month, and believe me my salary was really good but were never blessed. I were working as a admin lady for 5 years, continueously in tears and unhappy. Believe me when I say to give your full tithe is worth it,

yes mabell, God is good!! And He got a storehouse full of blessings, it all depends if we obey His will.  

"May the Lord give you understanding to know that pastors collecting tithes are all thieves. They are not practising tithes as God has commanded in the old Testament and the are not following the New Testament way of giving in 2 Corinthians 9:7."

It's not about the pastor or what he does wrong, the same as it's not about the disciples and what they does wrong, but about the will of GOD. They will have to explain to GOD as long as we can see and feel the difference and blessings God give us when we obey in giving the tithe.

sorry what do you mean by that?

How do we start, what do we say?

Malachi 3:8, 10-12 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the LORD Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the LORD Almighty. " “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”- Jeremiah 17:7-8

From the time I give my full monthly tithe (10% of ALL my monthly income), even while I were the only person in the house working for my family, I paid it with a greatfull heart. And my salary wasn't much at that time, but my trust was/is in the LORD and He provide. A year later the LORD blessed me with a office job, working for a young couple very loving and caring. They have blessed me with new furniture, a tv, a pc and loads of other stuff. That same week that I started working for them my old boss called me back and wanted to make me manager and he even promised me a bigger salary but my pastor said I must look at it spiritually. The Spirit of the LORD showed me different negative implications if I would choose my old job and I decide to stay. And untill today I'm so blessed, at work, and in my life. My salary is double with what I started with 2 years ago and I can say with proudness that the LORD have blessed me to provide for my family even though my father is not with us anymore. Don't worry about what the pastor does with the money as long as you are obeydient to God's will and God will take care of them when they have to explain to Him oneday. ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty Put your trust in the LORD, give His tithe with a gratefull heart and you will see He will bless you Deut 28:1-14If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God: 3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. 4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. 5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. 6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. 7 The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. 8 The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you. 9 The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you. 11 The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. 12 The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13 The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them. God has never made promises that He don't keep, He's not like human. Psalm 118:8-"It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans." Satan should be under our feet, and only we can decide if he rules in our lifes. Because Jesus Christ has already died on the Cross for our finance and He lives, so we speak "LIFE!!" in everyone's finance from today in the Mighty Name of Jesus!!!

James 2:14 "FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD AND SO I WORKS WITHOUT FAITH DEAD"

God bless xxxxx

‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty-Haggai 2:8

Malachi 3:8, 10-12 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the LORD Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the LORD Almighty. " “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”- Jeremiah 17:7-8

From the time I give my full monthly tithe (10% of ALL my monthly income), even while I were the only person in the house working for my family, I paid it with a greatfull heart. And my salary wasn't much at that time, but my trust was/is in the LORD and He provide. A year later the LORD blessed me with a office job, working for a young couple very loving and caring. They have blessed me with new furniture, a tv, a pc and loads of other stuff. That same week that I started working for them my old boss called me back and wanted to make me manager and he even promised me a bigger salary but my pastor said I must look at it spiritually. The Spirit of the LORD showed me different negative implications if I would choose my old job and I decide to stay. And untill today I'm so blessed, at work, and in my life. Put your trust in the LORD, give His tithe with a gratefull heart and you will see He will bless you Deut 28:1-14If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. 4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. 5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. 6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. 7 The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. 8 The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you. 9 The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you. 11 The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. 12 The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13 The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them. God has never made promises that He don't keep, He's not like human. Psalm 118:8-"It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans." Satan should be under our feet, and only we can decide if he rules in our lifes. Because Jesus Christ has already died on the Cross for our finance and He lives, so we speak "LIFE!!" in everyone's finance from today in the Mighty Name of Jesus!!!

God bless xxxxx