Giving As A Living Part 2 & 3

Malachi 3:10-12 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)
10 Bring all the tithes (the whole tenth of your income) into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and prove Me now by it, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer [insects and plagues] for your sakes and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, neither shall your vine drop its fruit before the time in the field, says the Lord of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you happy and blessed, for you shall be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)
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The definition of Tithe from Noah Webster’s original dictionary of 1828.
TITHE, noun The tenth part of any thing; but appropriately, the tenth part of the increase annually arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support.

Tithe simply means a tenth. The Lord requires us to give the first tenth of our income. If your weekly check is $1,000 then $100 is the tithe from that check.

The tithe is established to support your local church. In Malachi 3, the Lord says “storehouse.’ The storehouse is your church. This is where you get spiritual food as well as fellowship. The tithe is designed to maintain the churches expenses like rent or mortgage, utilities as well as salaries for the staff.

Churches when they receive the tithe can tithe off what they receive also. Many churches give to missions, to the homeless and the like. Just recently a church worked with an organization to pay people medical bills. What a tremendous blessing to those people but also a tremendous witness of the Love of Jesus Christ in action. When you tithe to your church, you are part of that giving also.

The Lord never tells you to do something without having blessings attached to it. That can be said about tithing. As a tither, there seems to be a supernatural favor. The Lord pours blessings into your life in unusual ways. Your money seems to go further. You buy things and they last longer. The Lord will cause your light to shine and people will see the blessings of the Lord flowing in your life!!

Step out in faith and tithed to your church. Watch the Lord keep His Word in your life!! The blessings and favor will flow in whys you can’t even imagine.