{"id":1506,"date":"2015-02-01T12:30:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T12:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsite.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=1506"},"modified":"2015-09-25T00:32:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T00:32:26","slug":"getting-ahead-tithing-and-bills","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/?ctc_sermon=getting-ahead-tithing-and-bills","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ahead: Tithing and Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Mark 12:41-44<\/h4>\n<h4>God&#8217;s logic is the reverse of worldly\/selfish logic; giving is the key to getting ahead.<\/h4>\n<h4>The goal of our finances is not just to get ahead so that we can have more stuff. Rather, being free of unnecessary debt frees us to give and go where God leads us. Financial freedom is centered upon the glory of God.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/broke.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1876\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/broke-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"broke\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/broke.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/broke.jpg?w=425&amp;ssl=1 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark 12:41-44 God&#8217;s logic is the reverse of worldly\/selfish logic; giving is the key to getting ahead. The goal of our finances is not just to get ahead so that we can have more stuff. Rather, being free of unnecessary debt frees us to give and go where God leads us. Financial freedom is centered&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_sermon_topic":[313,250,312],"ctc_sermon_book":[161],"ctc_sermon_series":[196],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1506","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_topic-debt","ctc_sermon_topic-finances","ctc_sermon_topic-tithing","ctc_sermon_book-mark","ctc_sermon_series-broke-stress","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/1506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1506"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/1506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1877,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/1506\/revisions\/1877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_topic&post=1506"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_book&post=1506"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_series&post=1506"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_speaker&post=1506"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockymountbaptistchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_tag&post=1506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}