God is in control of everything; even when things look uncertain. His plan is the best plan. God cares about our finances.
Luke 6:38-Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Luke 6:38-Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
God cares about how we handle our finances. Finance is a vital part of our life. God blesses us, pressed down, shaken together, not settled and filled with air.
Malachi 3:8-"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse-the whole nation of you-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 you will not have room enough for it. I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty. "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty.
When we disobey God, God discontinues His blessing.
Our first investment is our bringing our tithe (1/10) of our increase to God's storehouse. This is the first step in God's financial plan. We are to give God the FIRST 1/10, not what's left after we've spent everything. Tithing helps people stay out of debt, which is bondage. If you spend the tithe, you rob God and God cannot honor that. God manages the finances of those who entrust their finances to Him.
God's plan for money is not accumulation. It is distribution and multiplication. God does not want to keep us poor.
Obedience to God's financial plan and ALL other aspect of life. God will honor obedience when we are obedient in ALL areas of our life.
2 Corinthians 9:6-8--Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
God will meet your needs AND provide for you something to give. If I want to be blessed beyond the tithe, I will give beyond the tithe. Give cheerfully, not out of obligation. The blessings come when we give as much as we can, not as little as we can. God promises to bless us for our giving to Him. If we sow bountifully, the we shall reap bountifully.
The bounty is not just money. We receive the riches of God's promises (eternal life.)
Are we reservoirs or channels for God's money? Wise people choose God's plan of distribution and multiplication, not the world's plan for accumulation.
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