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When Faith Cost Us Food

A Son’s Journey Through Poverty, Religious Duty, and Discovering the Heart of God

A deeply personal memoir about a faithful mother, four hungry children, and the religious duty that always seemed to come before groceries.

Through childhood memories and careful biblical study, this book asks whether God ever intended faithfulness to leave a family without food.

Digital PDF Book • 49 Pages • King James Version • Rescue Ministries International

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“If God is a loving Father, could His heart ever be pleased while a faithful mother sends her children to bed hungry?”

The Story Behind the Book

This is more than a book about tithing

It is the story of a son who remembers empty cupboards, borrowed bread, disconnected electricity, worn school clothes, and a mother who continued giving because she believed God required it.

Years later, those childhood memories became questions. What did the Bible actually teach about tithing? Was money ever commanded as tithe? Did God intend children to suffer while religious obligations were met?

A Personal Memoir

Walk through a childhood shaped by poverty, sacrifice, church attendance, and a mother’s sincere devotion to God.

A Biblical Study

Examine Deuteronomy 14, the biblical tithes of ancient Israel, New Covenant giving, mercy, and grace.

A Journey Toward Healing

Discover the difference between the God fear created and the loving Father revealed in Jesus Christ.

Questions the Book Explores

Should religious duty ever come before a child’s basic needs?

What was biblical tithing?
Was money ever commanded as tithe?
Why did faithful families still go hungry?
What does Deuteronomy 14 actually teach?
Did the New Covenant change giving?
Does God desire mercy before sacrifice?
How should churches respond to struggling families?
Should Christians tithe today?
Inside the Book

Selected Chapters

Part One When Faith Cost Us Food
Chapter 1The House Where Hunger Lived
Chapter 2The Envelope That Came Before Groceries
Chapter 3The Long Walk to Borrow Bread
Chapter 5“Lord, Forgive Me for Feeding My Children”
Part Two Searching Scripture for Answers
Chapter 11Discovering Deuteronomy 14
Chapter 12Did God Ever Intend Children to Go Hungry?
Chapter 14Was Money Ever Commanded as Tithe?
Chapter 15The New Covenant Changes Everything
Part Three Discovering the Heart of God
Chapter 16The God I Feared… and the God I Found
Chapter 17Mercy Before Sacrifice
Chapter 19What My Mother Never Needed to Carry
Chapter 23Truth Should Never Leave a Child Hungry
Who Should Read It?

For anyone who has wrestled with faith, giving, poverty, or religious guilt

Christians questioning traditional teachings about tithing
Parents who have struggled to provide for their children
Former Adventists processing childhood religious experiences
Adventists willing to examine giving through Scripture
Pastors and church leaders serving families in poverty
Readers searching for a clearer picture of God’s heart

Book Details

  • Title: When Faith Cost Us Food
  • Subtitle: A Son’s Journey Through Poverty, Religious Duty, and Discovering the Heart of God
  • Publisher: Rescue Ministries International
  • Copyright: © 2026 Rescue Ministries International
  • Format: Digital PDF Book
  • Length: 49 Pages
  • Contents: 23 Chapters, Epilogue, and 6 Appendices
  • Scripture Translation: King James Version
  • Approach: Personal Memoir, Biblical Study, and Pastoral Reflection

Read the story. Examine the Scriptures. Discover the heart of God.

This book does not condemn sincere giving. It invites readers to consider whether any religious system should place duty above mercy, family care, and the needs of a hungry child.

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