It's this hit and miss approach to giving that the NT wants to avoid --
Stewardship is not a once-a-year consideration, but a week-to-week or month-to-month commitment requiring discipline and consistency. When the church wants to get involved in a worthy need-meeting project --
The New Testament Pattern of “Giving”
God's Guidelines for Giving
Giving God’s Way
The New Testament Church—Its Finances
Ten Principles of Christian Giving
On the first day of every week, each of you is to put aside and save whatever extra you earn, so that collections need not be taken when I come. - 1 Corinthians 16:2So we are not spending what we should have been giving.
Stewardship is not a once-a-year consideration, but a week-to-week or month-to-month commitment requiring discipline and consistency. When the church wants to get involved in a worthy need-meeting project --
...now finish doing it, so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it according to your means. - 2 Corinthians 8:11
The New Testament Pattern of “Giving”
God's Guidelines for Giving
