Faith Filled Family Magazine September 2016 | Page 31

Interviewed
Murray

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Helen us to do are also good for us!

Welcome John and thank you
for your time. I really enjoyed
reading your book as education
about money is high priority in
today’s crazy materialistic culture.
The book, according to the
intro, is aimed at the younger
generation learning to be more
forthcoming with their financial
contributions to their favourite
charities or causes.
Randy Alcorn, in the forward,
quotes you as saying ‘Generousity promotes physical and
emotional well-being.’ Is this
a reason for becoming generous?
Thankfully, God is generous to
us. The things He commands

rather than after wealth has
already been obtained makes
We have no guarantee of physi- the decision to live according
cal or emotional well-being to Godly principles that much
in this earth. (Just read the easier.
Psalms, and you’ll get a vivid
tour of depression, oppression, You contrast this with ‘giving
and injustice in the righteous as we feel led’ (p9) and then
life.) But it’s nice to know that not really ever feeling the
God’s design for living generally urge!
promotes our well-being.
(P16) Abraham recognises
As Christians, we should follow that all resources including
the Lord because we love Him money are from God and are
and want to bring glory to His essentially His.
name. However, that doesn’t
mean we have to be blind to (P18) It is worth highlightthe benefits we’ll receive in the ing that ‘God intended one of
process. In His grace, God has the three tithes to be used to
given us salvation – eternal throw a giant festival.’
security – along with way to live
in this life that is wise and full of I like how you present the
blessings.
complete financial picture as
the Old Testament draws it.
P 8. We believe that making It begins to clarify for us the
these decisions early on, whole of God’s attitude to