Question: Bob, in your opinion will I be denying God if I don’t give to the Lord’s Work? I’m married to a really good man who is not a Christian. I’d like to be able to give to the Lord’s work, but he does’t want me to. In fact, our only arguments are about giving. And, if I decide to give, should it come from my income only and not from his? Response: God’s Word says, “Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord” (Colossians 3:18). If your husband is not a believer and doesn’t want to give, in my opinion, you should not give. HOWEVER, I encourage you to “test” this opinion by (1) sharing Malachi 3:10 with him: “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this…if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.” (2) Then ask him if you can tithe a small amount of money on a regular basis for one year with the condition that you will stop if your not better off financially at the end of that year. (According to the Bible, tithing in one area that we can “test” and trust Him and when we do He promises to prove Himself trustworthy.) (3) I strongly suggest that you do not categorize your incomes as “mine” and “his.” When you begin to split incomes, you begin to split families. Instead, make the commitment that it is all “our income.” It is all from the Lord and not from you or your husband, so you should treat it that way (Deuteronomy 8:17-18)