Why did Jesus say: to sell all & give to the poor [more than once].
Peter said: silver & gold have I none...

I hear some preach that unless you are blessed you cannot bless others but then it occured to me, yes you can if you are able to bless SUPERNATURALLY. Like Jesus did with the bread & fish & even when He sent out the deciples without script or cloak, etc but then when he was going to be crucified, then He told them they would need provision bag, coat & sword. Why is that? If He can protect & provide when He was here why not now that He is IN US?

So, I have this big desicion to make...
To give away my inheritance to my Nephew & just trust God that He will provide for us or to not give it away or maybe part of it.

Jesus had no home but I think the deciples had homes and Paul had to work to earn money for himself so it was not all supernatural.

But the early church gave all away into a community "pot".

I don't know. Have any of you figured any of this out?

As Andrew Wommack pointed out, the comment that 'silver and gold' have I none, may have simply meant they didn't have their wallet with them ! They would have had to have money to live and to travel. Jesus had supporters who provided for him, although he could have used his ministry to make himself rich he didn't.

You need money too. However its the attitude to it that's important. We are stewards of what God gives us. If you give all the money to someone else is it the Holy Spirit telling you to do this, or are you doing it out of fear ? I suspect if the giving is motivated by a worry about having wealth, rather than motivated by the Spirit to give to a specific person or cause, it might not be God, but you'll have to judge this yourself.

I don't think stewardship is necessarily about being poor, or about being rich. There are clear principles about not having more than we need (if you have two coats give one away etc.), about lending and not expecting back, but being poor and lacking doesn't benefit anyone if we aren't in ministry. It puts us into a place where we need help from others. Jesus couldn't work as a carpenter when he began his 3 1/2 years of ministry. He needed support from others during this time, but before that he provided for himself (and probably his family) working at the family business. Supernatural provision was also available, but so was natural hard work part of what was required for him to obtain money. It would be nice if all we had to do was give a large sum of money away to a televangelist to obtain 100x what we gave, unfortunately this is not so. The scripture about receiving back 100 fold is in the context of giving to your enemies, not to those in ministry - particularly those who want to blow it all on a private jet.

Roger states in his excellent books on finance, that you should not give up large sums of money on a whim, but it has to be the Holy Spirit that motivates. You can be a good steward of any money you receive and do good with it - which can also be spending some of it on yourself !

Hope this helps,
Best wishes
Andy

Skydove,
I'm not getting this.
You need this money.
Your husband needs this money to retire.
Your nephew's father is a millionaire.
you are receiveing an inheritance and he wants the little money you are getting?
Now you feel obligated to give it all to him, because he asked for it, not even that he needs it or is suffering or something?

I'm not getting. I can understand that you are kind and wish to help and I pray that god gives you wisdom in handling this windfall.

Hi, My aunt just died and the care home she lived in got her to write a will (after my mum died who all her estate was to go to) while she was in their care for severe mental health and dimentia they got her to give all her money to the care home - a government home. What a shock and difficult for us - good thing is that my sister saw the solicitor today and at least we get the personal things she had. I think inheritence money causes such a stir and can take away from the main issue of loss (it did for us, feeling that she and us were taken advantage of) I agree with Andy and Misticriver. I worked with the homeless for 12 1/2 yrs and always went along the lines of what it meant to give everything to the poor etc. so know where you are coming from. On the other hand if the money was given to you maybe you could relax and recieve it as such. maybe think of it like a bunch of flowers - would you go and hand them straight out. Sometimes it is our time to be blessed. Sometimes God does want us to share with others but don't be afraid to recieve either especialy if it was the wishes of your relative who could have decided differently.

Father we ask you for your wisdom and grace and we ask for skydoves nephew to come to full knowledge of you - independant of gifts or finance. I pray God's blessing on you.

Andrea

I don't know about your horse or any advise in that area but

but your nephew wants your money, his dad is rich, how old is your nephew , tell him to get a job. if you don't like having money,
give some to the food banks and homeless shelter or help some seniors out with their medication bills. Please be sure to keep enough
for yourselves so you are able to support yourselves. I'm sorry I may sound rash, but there is nothing wrong with money unless you hoarde it and want more and more and spend it on foolish possessions like needing 20 pairs of shoes cuz you like shoes.


I had to put my cat down 4 years ago she had cancer and was suffering, it was very difficult, animals become part of the family and its hard to part with them.