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Gina:
Right. I remember finding the site while I was at work one day. I was upset because I was trying to figure out how I was going to be saved seeing how I wasn't able and willing for that matter to tithe 10 percent of my income. I was working two jobs in addition to my full-time job (not every day) to support myself and my daughter and pay the tuition for my daughter's school. The pastor at my church had just given the congregation the "tithe" speech. He could tell by the looks on some of our faces that some of us weren't pleased with what he was saying, so to sum up his message he laughed and made a snide remark, "When you throw a shoe into a pack of dogs, the one that yipes is the one that got hit. hahahahaa"
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So, about a week went by and I got up the nerve to google "is tithing scriptural." I was literally terrified of questioning "god's" word. I remember thinking to myself, You're so going to hell, Gina, you greedy, ungrateful, money-hungry, you-know-what.
But thank God !! Bible-truth.com was about the second link from the top. I think Dr. Martin's was the first link.
I remember reading the tithing article when I got home and was elated. But when I read the letters to Kennedy and Hagee I remember just being absolutely g-l-u-e-d. I felt like I was walking on air for about the first year or two afterward. Suddenly I loved everybody. I felt more compassion for everybody. It's like my insides were changed. My whole outlook changed. I could feel my body and mind just relax but I was supercharged with excitement and joy at the same time. I'd never felt that way before.
Well, except for the morphine shots they gave me in the hospital when I was giving birth. That is about as close as I can describe the way I felt.
It was like I'd been in some dark, dank prison for many years and someone came along and unlocked a huge wrought iron gate and said, You are free to roam about the country.
Thank you!! Gee, lemme see, who can I take with me? So, like Duane and many of us here, I went around telling everyone I could think of the good news. I was amazed that not very many were as thrilled about it as I was. But then the real work started. The more articles and papers Ray put out, the more I had to search inside myself and really examine myself and it has not been that easy to say the least, but it never gets old. His papers aren't like a pair of Nike's. They never wear out.
thetruth:
Hello,
Duane...very good post!enjoyed it.
Gina...Great testimoney!...testi....money!
Love all you BT...ERS!
River:
Once I realized that hell was a lie, I wondered how much other information all in my life was complete bull as well. And from my constant studies I see there is no end of it. Ignorant is what we are.
Shawn Fainn:
River, it's funny how the tearing down of one lie can lead to a domino effect on the others. That's one of the reasons i still post various bt articles and videos, etc on fb from time to time.
Gina:
River,
I'm sort of what you might call a linquistic artist. ;D Really, I am. It's such a blessing and a gift.
I respectfully submit that we were ignorant. :) We're not anymore,entirely. Not entirely. Well, maybe not all of us, entirely. But you never know, we could all be of like-mind; we know we will all be like-minded one day. But today probably isn't that day? Or it could be, I don't know. It's still a mystery.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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