Reason #1
Tithing is often “marketed” as a get rich scheme by some. Oh yes, we have all heard “them” preach it that way. It has never made sense to me. God is not a multi-level marketing corporation.
Reason #2
Tithing is often “marketed” as a get rich scheme by some. Oh yes, we have all heard “them” preach it that way. It has never made sense to me. God is not a multi-level marketing corporation.
Reason #2
Guilt. I have been places (churches/gatherings/retreats) and have heard the speaker tell me in a “subtle” way that I better tithe or else.
Now come on, I know once the subject of tithing comes up many will start to squirm, some with automatically put up a wall, and a few will get downright offended. Why? Why! Why? God does not want to steal from you. He wants to bless you!
Have you heard the term The Law of Divine Reciprocity? You give/plant/sow and then you receive/harvest. We give to God and He gives to us. Many people want to put in the sickle to harvest, but have yet to plant anything. Uh? We need to sow into the kingdom of God to receive from the kingdom of God.
Get excited about tithing because giving comes with a promise from God!
Now come on, I know once the subject of tithing comes up many will start to squirm, some with automatically put up a wall, and a few will get downright offended. Why? Why! Why? God does not want to steal from you. He wants to bless you!
Have you heard the term The Law of Divine Reciprocity? You give/plant/sow and then you receive/harvest. We give to God and He gives to us. Many people want to put in the sickle to harvest, but have yet to plant anything. Uh? We need to sow into the kingdom of God to receive from the kingdom of God.
Get excited about tithing because giving comes with a promise from God!
Luke 6:38 (NKJV) “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
God also tells us to test Him and we shall be blessed.
Malachi 3:8-11 (NIV) “... Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”
Additionally, He promises to rebuke the devourer for our sakes. (Malachi 3:11) He wants to protect us from things that may try to steal that which He provides. I can always go for more protection. How about you?
God is a God that delights in providing, especially to meet needs. Giving should not be done to just get. It should be done because we love, trust and want to honor God with what we have.
I will tell you now. I am absolutely for tithing. I have experienced it working in my life.
God is a God that delights in providing, especially to meet needs. Giving should not be done to just get. It should be done because we love, trust and want to honor God with what we have.
I will tell you now. I am absolutely for tithing. I have experienced it working in my life.
