Do you ever get tired of giving? Have you ever seriously considered dropping out of the ranks of tithers? I have.

Sometimes I get so overwhelmed by those computer generated appeal letters that come into my office, three or four a day, from ministries in urgent need. Then a man raising his support calls and wants to drop by for an hour to solicit financial backing. After him follows a brother in dire straits who wants an extra 500 dollars for unexpected ministry expenses. Driving across town one sees a billboard with a toll-free number appealing for money to be used in famine relief in Africa. A young college student is raising funds to go to the islands for two weeks of carpentry service. An elderly man wants to spend 900 dollars to deliver personally 200 dollars worth of library boo…