BLESSINGS = To Be On The Receiving End Of The Tangible And Intangible Favor Of God

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How do we move from the Land of Ing into the Blessed place?

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Ownership vs Management (first things first)

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

DON’T GIVE IT, BRING IT IN FAITH

Exodus 13:2

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to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”

DON’T GIVE IT, BRING IT TO THE PROPER PLACE

Exodus 23:19 NKJV

The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall

into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Genesis 4:3

In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.

DON’T GIVE IT, BRING WHAT BELONGS TO GOD

Proverbs 3:9-10

the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.

Malachi 3:8-9

“Will a man 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.

SOME SAY THE TITHE IS AN OLD TESTAMENT THING

Malachi 3:6

“I the LORD do not change…

1 Corinthians 16:1-2

Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income…

Matthew 6:21

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Malachi 3:10

…‘Test me in this,’ says the LORD Almighty.