Giving

Deuteronomy 16:17: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

Malachi 3:10: “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.”

 

Question #1: Would you trade the blessings of God for $27? If in one hand you were holding $27 and in the other, you were holding the blessings of God, and you could hold onto one but had to release the other - which hand would you keep open and which would you close?

Question #2 - If I handed you $370 but said that if you give me $37 back, you could have God’s blessings, would you give me the $37?

The answers to these simple questions seem like a “no-brainer”. However, when we face these types of scenarios in our lives, and on a more grand scale, it may not be so easy. There are all kinds of factors that shape our giving practices. Regarding this matter of tithing, what have your choices been? What will they be?

 

Philippians 4:19: And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.