TBN Pledge Drive (Paula White)

[DaughterofKing]

Ok so I was watching Paula White preaching on TBN and she is such a great speaker and I was totally into it and I really felt like she was speaking to me with the things she was saying and it was a really great sermon.

But then the thing is it was also a pledge drive and she was preaching on Psalm 66:12 and so she kept telling people that they needed to get up and go to the phones and plant a seed of $66.12 for the next year to show they have the faith in God and theyre bringing something to the table for him to multiply.

It really stinks cause the sermon was so awesome it's like she was speaking to me and saying everything I needed to hear but then another part of me wants to totally disregard everything she said because the $66.12 stuff sounded so bogus.

So I am really annoyed and frustrated now.

[billie]

We're supposed to give out of the abundance of our heart that the Lord places there, noy because we've been guilt-tripped. Some people don't have that much to give. Some have more. Give what the Lord tells you, to your local church body first, thenother places if He leads you to.

[carrielles]

Ok so I was watching Paula White preaching on TBN and she is such a great speaker and I was totally into it and I really felt like she was speaking to me with the things she was saying and it was a really great sermon.

But then the thing is it was also a pledge drive and she was preaching on Psalm 66:12 and so she kept telling people that they needed to get up and go to the phones and plant a seed of $66.12 for the next year to show they have the faith in God and theyre bringing something to the table for him to multiply.

It really stinks cause the sermon was so awesome it's like she was speaking to me and saying everything I needed to hear but then another part of me wants to totally disregard everything she said because the $66.12 stuff sounded so bogus.

So I am really annoyed and frustrated now.

Just like you would spit out the bones while eating meat, keep the good and disregard the rest. if her message made you feel good, take the good. But I would keep my money unless the Lord wanted me to give it.

[LadyRaven]

Ok so I was watching Paula White preaching on TBN and she is such a great speaker and I was totally into it and I really felt like she was speaking to me with the things she was saying and it was a really great sermon.

But then the thing is it was also a pledge drive and she was preaching on Psalm 66:12 and so she kept telling people that they needed to get up and go to the phones and plant a seed of $66.12 for the next year to show they have the faith in God and theyre bringing something to the table for him to multiply.

It really stinks cause the sermon was so awesome it's like she was speaking to me and saying everything I needed to hear but then another part of me wants to totally disregard everything she said because the $66.12 stuff sounded so bogus.

So I am really annoyed and frustrated now.

God spoke through a donkey once. If you recognise God speaking to you about something, don't concern yourself with the insipid requests for money, concentrate on what God has said to you.

That being said, I'd still have to make a decision about whether or not to watch a ministry which behaves in this way. We're to give based on what scripture says, not based on the cutesy little formulas cooked up by these organisations. All this junk is nonsense Biblically and you don't need it in your life.

[Marnie]

Sorry, Paula White is a kook. I say that in love. Of course.

[Leonard]

And I know many people under a lot of condemnation because Ms. White taught that a 'biblical tithe' is 30%! If you're giving less, you can't expect God to bless you!!!

Look, like all of us I'm sure she says stupid things sometimes......

[MikeE]

Join the club, my dear!

TBN is a ministry of, and by, satan. Paul Crouch has the spirit of anti-christ in him, and his network daily leads thousands of unsuspecting people further down the path to hell and away from the true Gospel of Christ and Him cricufied (1 Cor. 1:23).

He is, in my opinion and according to Scripture, preaching a false gospel and another Jesus (Gal. 1:6-9). He and his minions- like Benny Hinn, Paula White, John Hagee, etc.- are getting rich off of the poorest of the poor in this country and the world with their 'gospel of prosperity' and "sowing" of seed into THEIR ministry. The only "kingdom" this is advancing is Mr. Crouch's, not God's.

As Jesus said, "Do not be decieved," dear Daughter. These people have sold their souls- knowingly or not- to the devil, in exchange for riches and fame in THIS world and NOT for the one to come. I strongly believe this word is from the Lord! Amen.

Stand strong! That "other part" of you was undoubtedly the Holy Spirit telling you that this woman and what she was telling you to do was NOT of God. Don't forget, the enemy knows the Bible even better than we do, and will try and use it against us whenever he can. Remenber how the serpent tried to use God's Word against Christ in the garden? So just because you felt that Ms. White's message was for you, which probably is true, it obviously was not coming from the Lord.

You want to be faithful to God and "bring something to the table for Him to multiply?" Give to your church. Give to missions. Give it to the homeless man or woman on the street!. It doesn't matter even how much. Then, just stand back and watch as the Lord rewards you and multiplies you, all because of your faithfulness to Him and not in mere men.

God bless...

In Christ,

MikeE

2 Tim. 4:1-4

[DaughterofKing]

Yes...but the thing is, its so dissapointing cause like everything she said was so inspirational to me and I wish I could believe it cause for a moment I thought, oh my gosh, this is God speaking to me, so it's just...sad.

[ted]

And that's the plan, right?

I mean, they know they won't get much for straight talking, so they have to smooth it over some.

Kinda makes you want to contribute, huh?

It works- and people lose money.

t.

[Ovedya]

Ok so I was watching Paula White preaching on TBN and she is such a great speaker and I was totally into it and I really felt like she was speaking to me with the things she was saying and it was a really great sermon.

But then the thing is it was also a pledge drive and she was preaching on Psalm 66:12 and so she kept telling people that they needed to get up and go to the phones and plant a seed of $66.12 for the next year to show they have the faith in God and theyre bringing something to the table for him to multiply.

It really stinks cause the sermon was so awesome it's like she was speaking to me and saying everything I needed to hear but then another part of me wants to totally disregard everything she said because the $66.12 stuff sounded so bogus.

So I am really annoyed and frustrated now.

Don't be surprised. TBN has many charismatic and eloquent speakers to stir up its audience to give their very last dime. It's dispicable, quite frankly.