i think the hardest part of life to know when enough is enough, and start giving some of it away to other people.
it is so hard to look around you, and see all your friends with huge trucks, fancy rolex's (gotcha!), pistola's, AR's, all the cool man toys...and say "enough is enough"
i have been going crazy to buy a new truck for the last few months...but i just can't justify it.
how do you balance your personal wealth, savings, retirement investing, bills, vehicles, hobbies, tithing, and giving offerings above and beyond your tithe... ??
I think that is the real gist of this verse. someone has to be "rich" to be able to give when & how it is needed. and that "rich" person needs to handle it with prayer
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1 Timothy 3:16
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.
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