This probably ain't a real flowery BLOG as BLOGS go none of mine are particularly flowery.  Basically I have been dealing with finances, I've been reading a book written by Craig Hill, and Earl Pitts, called WEALTH, RICHES, & Money (God's Biblical Principles of Finance)  I have a long standing habit of being a rotten Stewart.

As usual I'm discovering that I need to humbly ask our LORD and Savior to make some changes from the inside out.  It means learning some more Ancient Paths learning to view money and prosperity the was Christ views it.  Long story short these are some notes I had slapped together in Yahoo I just thought I'd post them here as I go thru the Growth Process.

Blessings,

David.

Attitude Check

Deuteronomy 26:1-4

First-fruits and Tithes
 1 When you have entered the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, 2 take some of the first-fruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name 3 and say to the priest in office at the time, "I declare today to the LORD your God that I have come to the land the LORD swore to our forefathers to give us." 4 The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the LORD your God.

First let's start with an attitude of thanksgiving.

How has God brought me out of bondage, and the hands of Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll.  Certainly a tenth of what I receive are Holy to the Lord.  Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll exacted way more than that.  I have a lot to learn about that which is "Holy to the Lord"

My body for one, gone are the days when I can just hook up with a woman just to do what feels good.  But let's look at what I'm free to do.  I'm free to love and Worship the Living God.  I'm free to respect and live under the LORD's God Given authority.

Even when I was staying clean in NA I struggled with authority, as long as I spoke addiction over myself I was still struggling to come under any authority.  Addiction was my excuse.

Holy to the Lord I think is what us Christians are called to be.