Our favorite Biblical hack to make giving easier and fun
SeedTime Money (Christian living & Personal Finances)
Release Date: 12/10/2022
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info_outlineToday we are talking about the one simple life hack that we extracted from the Bible regarding giving.
Being completely honest with you I (Bob) used to hate giving and never did it cheerfully, but this simple hack has helped me fall in love with giving.
It’s been a game-changer for us and we know it will be for you too!
Links Mentioned:
- Simple Money, Rich Life - https://seedtime.com/smrl
These are a few of the topics we cover:
- How to decide the amount you should give
- Navigating your feelings around giving
- The Apostle Paul's money lessons to the church
- Why you need a separate giving account
- Why we need to error on the side of giving more
- Jesus' prescription for the love of money
You can watch the recording of this episode on our SeedTime Money Podcast YouTube channel - https://youtu.be/W78EmOTSNdU
If you haven’t checked out our best-selling book Simple Money, Rich Life (https://seedtime.com/smrl/), we think you’ll love it. It was named the 2022 Book of the Year by ICFH and has over 600 5-star reviews on Amazon, and is best described as “a money book for people who don’t read money books.”
You can take it for a test drive for FREE at https://SeedTime.com/sample where you can download chapter 1 of the audiobook, grab the 1st 2 chapters of the ebook version, and even get the 5-week book study companion guide.