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TITHINGWhy Tithe?

PartnerGOD MAN1 Chron. 29:11,12

Yours, O LORD is: • the greatness• the power• the glory• the victory• the majesty• the heaven and in the earth is yours• the kingdom• you are exalted as head above all. • Both riches and honor come of you• you reign over all• in your hand is power and might• in your hand it is to make great• to give strength to all.

1 Tim. 6:7

7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can

carry nothing out. • Nothing in• Nothing out

Everything Nothing

PartnerGOD MANDuet. 8:1818 But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Duet. 28:12The LORD shall open to you his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain to your land in his season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.

Gen.3:19 By the sweat of your brow

will you have food to eat until you return to the

ground from which you were made. For you were made

from dust, and to dust you will return.

2 Thess.3:10For even when we were

with you, this we commanded you, that if any

would not work, neither should he eat.

PartnerGOD MAN

Mal.3:10-12Bring you all the tithes into the

storehouse, that there may be meat in my house,

and prove me now herewith, said the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you

the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

10% 90%

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Why Prosper?2 Cor. 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that

you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good

work:

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“I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.”

-J.D. Rockefeller

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“The only investment I ever made which has paid consistently increasing dividends is the money I have given to the Lord”

-J. L. Kraft

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-giving above the titheLuke 6:38 (New International Version, ©2011)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.”

2 Corinthians 9:6 (New International Version, ©2011) 6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

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Why do we give?1. Because we love God

2. Because we love other people

-act of worship to God-it’s honoring God

Proverbs 3:9 “Honor God with your wealth, with the first fruits of your crop.”

-enables the church in winning the lost souls back to God

-an expression of our love for the gospel

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What can we give?Basically, there are three things:

-Our ABILITIES-Our TIME-Our RESOURCES

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How do we give?1. CHEERFULLY

2 Corinthians 9:7 (New International Version, ©2011)7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

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How do we give?2. GENEROUSLY

2 Corinthians 8:2 (New International Version, ©2011)2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.

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How do we give?3. SACRIFICIALLY

2 Corinthians 8:3 (New International Version, ©2011)3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own,

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Mark 12:41-44Mark 12:41-44 (New International Version, ©2011)The Widow’s Offering 41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.  43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

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How do we give?4. SELFLESSLY

2 Corinthians 8:4 (New International Version, ©2011)4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. 5And they did not do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping God’s will

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