How Do I Balance Marriage and Tithing?

Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

This week on Ask the Pastor, Pastor J.D. pauses his series called, "Why Does It Matter?" to answer a listener question about challenges of tithing when a spouse disagree.

A glimpse inside this episode:

* Tithing is a biblical command that reflects trust in God.
* Communication is key when spouses disagree on financial matters.
* It's important to honor each other's perspectives in marriage.
* Testing God through tithing can lead to personal testimonies of faithfulness.
* You can't give what you don't have authority over.
* Prayer is essential in changing hearts regarding financial decisions.
* Generosity can be demonstrated through small acts of giving.
* God values the spirit of generosity over the amount given.
* Mutual respect in financial decisions strengthens marriage.
* Encouragement and prayer can lead to shifts in financial perspectives.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to Ask the Pastor.
0:10.7	I am your humble servant, Matt Love, blessed with the opportunity to, I just, again, I say this sometimes.
0:19.1	I just feel like I'm, I am your avatar,
0:22.1	people of, of, ask the pastor. The people are represented by Matt. I speak, I speak what you tell
0:29.1	me to speak to J.D. So I'm here with Pastor J.D. Greer. And we have got a bonus episode for you
0:35.9	guys today. This was a question we got from a listener, and it just kind of really struck us.
0:41.6	And we just kind of thought, man, this would be a great one for JD to unpack, because it's a challenging question.
0:48.4	So let me just read, J.D., let me read the question here because there's some context in there.
0:54.0	And then we'll dive in. So she says, Jady, what advice read the question here because there's some context in there. And then we'll dive in.
0:55.1	So she says, Jady, what advice would you give a wife when she and her husband do not agree on tithing?
1:02.8	She would like to trust God in this area of their lives, but her husband feels like mathematically, it just doesn't work to both tithe and pay the bills.
1:09.8	And the only place they can tighten their
1:11.2	budget is to stop giving to their retirement. They were late in starting, so he doesn't feel
1:15.6	comfortable in stopping retirement contributions in order to tithe. As always, thankful for your
1:20.1	wisdom with difficult areas of life. This is a great question where theoretically maybe she's
1:24.2	asking about somebody else, but it's probably about her. I don't know. The way it was phrase is interesting. But this is like a tough question. Like you and your spouse are
1:31.9	thinking about generosity. You're trying to figure out how to do it, but also trying to dive into
1:37.0	the real process of like being wise with your money and, and I don't know, having enough to
1:43.1	cover the things you feel I need to cover.
1:44.9	Jannie, how would you unpack this?
1:46.8	Yeah, so I've actually gotten this question a lot several times over the years.
1:50.3	Just as you teach on generosity, you have spouses that are at different places.
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