{"id":5851,"date":"2015-02-11T07:38:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T07:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5851"},"modified":"2016-01-07T14:06:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:06:26","slug":"give-us-your-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/give-us-your-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Give us your money!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you happened to be walking along your high street and all of a sudden someone\u00a0accosted you\u00a0and said with menace\u00a0&#8220;Give us your money!&#8221;\u00a0I would like to think that you would not be intimidated and your response would be &#8220;No!&#8221; and you would, out of concern that this might happen to someone else, report the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Are you aware that each and every day in your high street\u00a0someone else is doing exactly the same thing but they are very subtle in how they approach you? They won&#8217;t approach you with menace. They will use more sophisticated methods to lure you. By appealing to human nature they seem to offer something for nothing they even say participating is fun and you can do it with your mates. Of course this is False.<\/p>\n<p>I am of course talking about the Gambling industry. As I write this, over the next 3 days in London a whole host of countries from all around the world are participating in a gaming industry event with the sole purpose of showing off the newest developments to the industry.<\/p>\n<p>This industry does not stop in its ever increasing appetite to take the money out of your pocket and put it into there&#8217;s. Don&#8217;t be fooled that its anything but that.<\/p>\n<p>We can make a difference in this area and in fact we are called to do so. I encourage you to lift this up to the lord in prayer, he hears those who are crushed in spirit, isolated, lonely and suffering.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/give-us-your-money\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you happened to be walking along your high street and all of a sudden someone\u00a0accosted you\u00a0and said with menace\u00a0&#8220;Give us your money!&#8221;\u00a0I would like to think that you would not be intimidated and your response would be &#8220;No!&#8221; and you would, out of concern that this might happen to someone else, report the matter. 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Growing up I never went to church and my parents were not Christians, My fathers church was the pub and the Bookmakers and like father\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Friends of CVM&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5764,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/the-pressure-to-provide\/","url_meta":{"origin":5851,"position":1},"title":"The pressure to provide","date":"10 December 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I can call upon my own experiences when I say, that especially around the Christmas period the temptation to gamble was at its greatest. There can be many different contributing factors to this but I will briefly touch on one. \u201cThe expectation and pressure to provide\u201d For some this can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Friends of CVM&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7727,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/a-bit-of-fun\/","url_meta":{"origin":5851,"position":2},"title":"A Bit of Fun?","date":"28 September 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The gambling industry are extremely adept in enticing men to participate in what they claim is only a bit fun. My personal experience causes my opinion to differ but for one moment cast aside my 40 year experience as a prolific gambler. Let's look at the evidence: \u201cWhen the Fun\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Friends of CVM&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/gambling.png?fit=565%2C350&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7394,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/eeny-meeny-miny-mo\/","url_meta":{"origin":5851,"position":3},"title":"Eeny, meeny, miny, mo","date":"8 February 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I know all too well the impact that gambling can have not only on the gambler but also on friends, relatives and colleagues. By the age of 49 I had lost hundreds of thousands of pounds due to this terrible addiction. Gambling landed me in the criminal justice system for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Friends of CVM&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gamserv.png?fit=565%2C350&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3875,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/thoughts-from-the-cvm-team\/gambling\/","url_meta":{"origin":5851,"position":4},"title":"Gambling","date":"19 March 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Have you ever noticed how things creep up on you? (Like Old age or Christmas). A while ago I became aware of all the gambling ads on the TV...Where did they come from?! 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