How we handle money reveals what’s in our hearts.
19“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 21Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. —Matthew 6:19-21NLT
What’s in our hearts impacts the direction and health of our lives.
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. —Proverbs 4:23NLT
The Tithe Test
You store up treasure in heaven by bringing your treasure to the storehouse.
The Tithe Lesson
1. Tithing tethers our hearts to
Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored—and eat it there in his presence. This applies to your tithes of grain, new wine, olive oil, and the firstborn males of your flocks and herds. Doing this will teach you always to fear the LORD your God. —Deuteronomy 14:23NLT
2. Tithing is a tool tothe importance of God and His grace.
1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Dedicate to me every firstborn among the Israelites. The first offspring to be born, of both humans and animals, belongs to me.” —Exodus 13:1NLT
8“On the seventh day you must explain to your children, ‘I am celebrating what the LORD did for me when I left Egypt.’ —Exodus 13:8NLT
14“And in the future, your children will ask you, ‘What does all this mean?’ Then you will tell them, ‘With the power of his mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery. —Exodus 13:14NLT
- Tithing is God’s plan to
11You 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. 12This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. —2 Corinthians 9:11-12NIV
The Tithe Blessing
1. Tithing grows a generous heart.
2. Tithing attracts the favor of God.
3. Tithing gives my job a greater (kingdom) purpose.
4. Tithing reminds us of God’s generosity.
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