u/Foreign_Strike2177

Let me give a background;

I am an Adventist that was more or less born into the faith. I must have been five years old when my other became converted to the Adventist faith from being a lukewarm Sunday worshipper, through her own mother. She was converted by a gentleman who was a devout Seventh-Day Adventist and who taught my mother to strictly keep the Sabbath and faithfully return her tithes. I hadn't even started school when that happened. By the time I started school, I knew how to read having been taught to do so by my mother who taught me how to read by reading the Bible.

I got baptised when I was old enough to make that choice for myself. Unfortunately, life happened, and somewhere in my young adult life I backslid from my religion but found my way back to it by the grace of God and got re-baptised.

However, presently, I am not quite compliant when it comes to tithing. Because of the following reasons;

1. I fail to understand how tithing is part of the Decalogue

2. Why didn't Paul emphasize on tithing in the new Testament.

3. I resolved to Tithe because I want to be an upstanding Adventist and I have to do as the church recommends or commands. Leaving the church is not an option for me.

4. I resolve to tithe, but then I don't execute this resolution. No matter how much I pray about it.

It is like when Paul writes in Romans 7 verses 15 and 19;

Romans 7: (NIV)

15

"I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do."

19

"For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing."

Am I the only one that is struggling with this issue?

I should mention also that, there was a time when I tithed faithfully, but the pastor of the local church I was attending at that time was dishonest and took advantage of our ignorance and misappropriated the tithe money for his own personal use without submitting it to the Local Conference, etc.

Since, then I have experienced this problem that I am presently having.

Edited: changed "General Conference to "Local Conference, etc"

I wonder 🤔 The last time we saw him, Hope wasn't completely pleased with his work. Even when he was at Forrester Creations, none of his designs went into production.

They're all looking so beautiful 😍❤️

Why not throw in a twist to Steffy-Carter's pregnancy storyline; Steffy approaches the couple and suggest to be their surrogate. Carter jumps in to support the idea and convinced his wife it's a good idea. In fact great idea. And Daphne buys into it and they go to a clinic to implant Carter sperm into Steffy. End of story.

Wyattt says to Will "of course I know Katie" and my mind reverted back to that time when him and Katie were seeing one another. And I was lije "Of course yiu know Katie.

She's very beautiful. Absolutely and the best Taylor ever.