101 ways to give
Posted by Tara Burner on October 1, 2009
Today is the start of 10 days to give
read here for 101 ways to give: time, money, energy, talents, etc.
Attracting All You Want
Posted by Tara Burner on September 22, 2009
I’m working on a new site at AttractingAllYouWant.com
I decided to start it to help others obtain what they want as well as share information pertaining to getting what you want.
Whether you believe in the Law of Attraction or prefer being prosperous and getting what you want by God’s grace and mercy there will be something for you on the
new site.
Many people within churches believe that wealth, prosperity, abundance and asking for things isn’t “Christ-like”.
However, scripture says otherwise.
I’ll be sharing many resources, programs, information along with scriptures and methods
here to help you obtain what you want.
10 Day Give
Posted by Tara Burner on September 20, 2009
Sign up here after watching the video.
This is something we should be doing daily anyhow.
From their site:
The 10 Day Give is a challenge that is designed to help us get our minds off of ourselves and start thinking about how we can help others.
The thing is, I think most people really want to make other people’s lives better, but with everything going on all around us all hours of the day, we just don’t get a chance. This is an opportunity to choose, on purpose, to give of ourselves. There really are hundreds of opportunities that we overlook each day.
Giving…tis the season, now and every day
Posted by Tara Burner on November 19, 2008
With the onset of the holiday season, many are getting in the giving mood. For years I’ve yet to figure out why people are giving from November until January and not the rest of the year. Somehow it just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. This past weekend, I blogged about tithing, giving and helping, but this evening’s blog is more related to the holidays and giving.
Every imaginable organization, foundation and need comes to the public eye in November. We have kids in need, we have the poor, the hungry, the widowed. We have those who simply can’t make ends meet, we have Veterans who need assistance and the list goes on and on. While I think we all should help the charities we feel moved to help during the holidays, I also believe we need to make giving a part of our daily lives. It’s something that should be done each and every day, not just from November thru January. There are sick kids, poor, hungry, injured people every day of the year…why not help through out the year as well. Everyone can easily donate and give during the holidays since it’s expected but can you give when you don’t have it in your face reminding you? I hope so.
When you give to others, when you help others not only are you helping improving their lives, you’re changing yours as well. One can’t give and not feel happy about it, you know that warm fuzzy emotion that rises from within and comes out either in the form of a smile, a jump for joy, pure happiness and satisfaction. Consider all the benefits you’ll receive if you make an effort to give & help someone in need.
A few of my personal favorites and where I give are:
Compassion International where I’ve sponsored 2 girls – one from Columbia, one from Thailand. You can read more about more the experience here. This is an ongoing, life changing way of helping a child in need.
A new effort was Feeding America which I learned about on twitter compliments of Mommy Gossip. I was glad to be a part of this drive.
I also like to help various people at Kiva. It’s a way to help people in business or getting into their own business by lending them money which they repay over time.
You can also find an A to Z Charity Listing here that lists countless charities you can help with.
If you don’t want to help with the big charities, you can also visit EveryDayActOfKindness.com where we have various organizations, individual people who are in need of your help.
Give:
verb, gave, giv⋅en, giv⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow
The Bible talks about giving through out the scriptures.
Take Mark 10:21:“Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack,’ he said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’
How many of us would be willing to do that? To just get rid of everything, giving it to the poor? Could you do that and trust that you have treasures in heaven?
A bit more feasible for the average person would be 2 Corinthians 9:10-11 “Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.”
Now we’re getting a bit closer to what more would be able to willingly do. However, even then many fall short. The more they get the more they decide to keep it all and not share, not give. Ultimately their ‘riches’ will dissipate and they’ll be one of the poor who they should have helped.
Another, Proverbs 19:17 “He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.”
Now, same thing as all the others…you help, you give and you’ll get your rewards. Easy enough but yet so many feel they’re not in a position to give or perhaps just don’t feel the need. If only they knew.
And, lest we not forget Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
That scripture is used time and time again in churches especially when taking up an offering or tithe.
However, it proves a valid point…if you give a little, you’ll get a little…if you give a lot, you’ll get a lot. Works for me, what about you?
Tithing, giving, helping
Posted by Tara Burner on November 16, 2008
This entry is a random rambling with no organization whatsoever regarding giving, helping, tithing and just feeling good and receiving God’s blessings.
Tithing (by my definition) is not only giving monies to the church but it’s about giving to others…period. Helping others who are in need, others who can’t do for themselves. Whether it be a child in need, an entrepreneur “wanna be” or existing entreprenuer in another country or the person standing on the street corner; if you give them assistance, that (again to me) is a form of tithing.
Leaving your comfort zone and being sociable and interacting with others is a form of helping and giving. You never know how that small act of kindness, that smile, that kind word may affect a person (not to mention yourself). Your testimony or your story of how God healed your back, healed your eye or how He worked in your life may be what someone else needs to hear at that time. That’s a form of helping and fellow shipping, sharing with another. I, personally, am not a social type of person (ask anyone who really knows me!)…I have my select few that I share with, speak to, etc. but on some occasions have had to leave that comfort zone and come out to play with others and sometimes (like today) I leave surprisingly shocked that it was actually enjoyable, fun and uplifting.
Planting seeds in the most random of places is a form of giving: Carrying on a conversation at the DMV when asked to be an organ donor and explaining “Sure why not since I won’t need my organs in Heaven” which then leads to the opportunity to share Jesus with the person working there because she wants to know how you can be so sure you’re going to Heaven is a way of giving. You’ve shared His Word with someone and planted the seed to grow.
We know the Bible tells us in numerous places about tithing. Only a select few are listed below, you can search “tithe” at Bible.com for countless more. I happen to like these, from Proverbs.
Proverbs 3:9-10:
9Honor the LORD with your wealth
and with(A) the first fruits of all your produce;
10then your(B) barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Proverbs 11: 24-26
24(A) One gives(B) freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25(C) Whoever brings blessing(D) will be enriched,
and(E) one who waters will himself be watered.
26(F) The people curse him who holds back grain,
but(G) a blessing is on the head of him who(H) sells it.
Proverbs 22:9:
9(A) Whoever has a bountiful[a] eye will be blessed,
for he(B) shares his bread with the poor.
I like this one because it doesn’t speak of money, but “shares his bread with the poor”. Now I’m no theologian but I interpret that as to mean that if you help someone with whatever you have that they need, that’s a form of tithing/helping and that person who shared will reap their blessings for doing so.
Some have it in their mind they must give 10% of their income in form of money to the church. Perhaps I’m just a bit more relaxed or laid back in my thinking (which may or may not be a good thing) but I think as long as we help, give, do what He directs us to do then that’s all forms of tithing/giving and He’ll reward you for such generous acts…whether it be money, clothing, food, whatever…
I also know that when you think you haven’t any ’spare’ money to tithe, that’s when you SHOULD be tithing. Sadly, many put tithing, helping, giving (whatever you want to call it) last on their list of things to do. When they get their paycheck, they pay the bills, and tell themselves they’ll “give next week” and before you know it “next week” is here and they still haven’t tithed. They don’t understand that if they tithed first that HE would supply more and all their needs and they’d have the bills paid, more money, more blessings. It’s hard to comprehend and hard to understand but that’s why we stand in faith and trust in Him.
I don’t always tithe to one particular church. I give my time to Our New Hope Church by serving and they have a great youth group on Friday evenings. I tithe financially to Flamingo Road Church who has awesome services, can watch online too! I also give to other online ministries where I get the word too like Kenneth Copeland Ministries, Joyce Meyer Ministries, Compassion International, Kiva.org and give what I have to others. For a few months I kinda let this slide and was like the majority, saying I’d get to it and yet never did. Now that I’m happily and regularly tithing, I’ve seen a huge improvement in my life as far as my outlook on it, my direction, as well as my businesses prospering more when I’m tithing.
So, if you’re hurting financially or feel like you’re not blessed then TITHE! GIVE! HELP!
And, make sure to do it with a cheerful happy heart, not one of obligation or heartache.
You’ll sow what you reap and if you sow blessings to others, you’ll receive blessings back.
If you can’t tithe money:
then give your time…help with an organization or church
give food…bake something or cook a meal for someone in need
donate your old clothing to someone in need
there are countless ways to be a blessing in someone’s life…just do it and be prepared to receive blessings!
According to dictionary.com:
Tithe
noun, verb, tithed, tith⋅ing.
–noun
1. Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
2. any tax, levy, or the like, esp. of one-tenth.
3. a tenth part or any indefinitely small part of anything.
–verb (used with object)
4. to give or pay a tithe or tenth of (produce, money, etc.).
5. to give or pay tithes on (crops, income, etc.).
6. to exact a tithe from (a person, community, parish, etc.).
7. to levy a tithe on (crops, income, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
8. to give or pay a tithe.
Eco Tuesday: LED Lighting
Posted by Tara Burner on September 23, 2008
The LED (Light Emitting Diode) light bulb is actually a cluster of individual LED units.
Energy efficiency – LED light bulbs burn very cool, while incandescent bulbs emit 98 per cent of their energy as heat!
Long life – LED lights can last from 50,000 to 100,000 hours. Incandescent light bulbs typically last around 1,000 hours and fluorescents are good for roughly 10,000 hours.
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Act of Kindness
Posted by Tara Burner on September 3, 2008
View, today’s Act of Kindness and be moved 
Every Day Act Of Kindness
Posted by Tara Burner on September 1, 2008
www.EverydayActOfKindness.com :: experience the joy in being kind, helping others or receiving help if you need it.
Break the bottled water habit
Posted by Tara Burner on August 11, 2008
Sign the pledge here and join me and others and take the pledge.
Which basically is this, which I’ve been doing anyhow and others should be too:
I pledge to Break the Bottled Water Habit by Thinking Outside the Bottle and using a reusable water bottle instead of buying bottled water. I also pledge to support the efforts of local officials to stop spending public funds on bottled water and prioritize strong public water systems over bottled water profits.
So, click the badge above and come join me!
Story of Stuff
Posted by Tara Burner on August 10, 2008
You HAVE to watch this
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
I won’t get into details but watch it, come back and comment your thoughts or ways you’re going to make a change.
