MAKE ROOM!
MALACHI 3:10
Bring all your tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in My house, and prove Me now herewith, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open to you the windows of heaven, and pour out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
God wants us to be joyful givers - I know whenever the subject of giving comes up -we always think of money - sure tithe is 10% of what we bring home - God commands us to give to HIM off the top- not the leftovers- I tell you the truth - you begin to do this - it will not be too hard to continue - God will provide all your needs- this however does not mean you may have to do without some things - I am not preaching the health and wealth gospel - this gospel says if you give the right amount you will have a financial blessing or you will not get sick or have any problems -this is simply not true - God does not ask for you to give so you can get something in return - its giving because we love God - and is there any better way then to give up something we want to please Him - sure Id love to keep that extra 10% for myself -but God owns it all any way -so if you do not give its still His! God also wants us to give with joy - not because we have too - but because we have to - and it must be said right here right now that God does not need nor want your money - He wants you -and when you have HIM - HE calls us to have a life change - no more are we to be or the world- our lives should be different then the world around us - HE has called us to give - we must be willing to give every time God calls us to give - God does say He will bless you - that we need to make room for all the blessings - its though our faithfulness -not the amount of money we give - its not the amount -its the fact that we are willing to obey God when HE asks this of us - Jesus said many times if you love Me - you must obey Me - its out of this obedience that we should give - not because we have to - believe me - I have not once been short - God has always made all the ends meet - humanly it makes no sense to give to receive - the world says we need to keep all we get - but the LORD says - give and it will given back to you - and it will overflow - the blessings are great but GOD Is greater! Lets give and then make some room -you can never out give God!
A side note: God has not called us to give only 10% - He wants us to give when HE asks us to give - we need not have a calaculator to serve God - HE just wants us to be willing to give what HE calls us to give!
This requires us listening to HIM! amen!
When you live in CHRIST you become a cheerful giver!
C O M P A S S I O N P R A Y E R R E Q U E S T
Thursday 13The father of nine-year-old Rosa in Peru is an unbeliever and violent in his behavior. Pray for the safety of the family.
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LIVIN IN THE WORD FOR THURSDAY 7-13-06
GOD GAVE US HIS SON - THIS IS WHAT GIVING IS ALL ABOUT!
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