Proverbs 11:24 The world of the generous gets LARGER and LARGER; while the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.
Myth #1: The CHURCH wants my MONEY.
Myth #2: The church shouldn’t TALK about MONEY.
Biblical Money Stats: 2/3 parables dealt with handling money.
1 of 10 verses in the Gospels deal directly with money.
2300 verses in the Bible mention your finances!
5 times as many as prayer and faith.
“If a person gets his attitude toward MONEY straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.”—Billy Graham
Myth #3: Tithing is an OLD TESTAMENT law that is no longer APPLICABLE.
TITHE—MA’ASER—a tenth
TITHING: The principle of RETURNING to God the FIRST 10% of your income.
Malachi 3:8-10 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 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.
Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
I Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
WHY I TITHE
1. Tithing puts God FIRST in my life.
Deuteronomy 14:23 The purpose of tithing is to teach you to always put God first in your lives.It takes FAITH to put God FIRST in your finances. 2. Tithing keeps me involved in the VISION of the CHURCH.
I Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, my own special treasure of gold and silver:
Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
When I tithe, I move from a spectator to a PARTICIPATOR in what God is doing through His CHURCH.
Take a 90 DAY tithing CHALLENGE Pick a PERCENTAGE and make it AUTOMATIC.
3. Tithing gives me ACCESS to supernatural BLESSING.
Malachi 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse…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.
Deuteronomy 15:10 Give freely and spontaneously. Don’t have a stingy heart. The way you handle matters like this triggers God, your God’s, blessing in everything you do, all your work and ventures.
When God is put FIRST, the rest is BLESSED!
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
