2. Before doing anything else today, it is absolutely essential that we grasp that everything we have (including our money) is given by God.
We are called to
be “stewards” of
our financial lives.

5. from the trees, belongs to the Lord;
Leviticus 27: 30 & 32
30 “A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit
from the trees, belongs to the Lord;
it is holy to the Lord…
32 Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod—will be holy to the Lord.”

6. Deuteronomy
26: 12-15
Exploring the sacredness, seriousness, and purpose behind the tithing process

7. “Tithing is the training wheels on the bicycle of giving
“Tithing is the training wheels on the bicycle of giving. Steady bicyclists no longer need training wheels, but wobbly bicyclists do.”
- Randy Alcorn

8. 2013 Tithing Statistics Tithers make up 10 - 25% of a church
Only 5% of the U.S. tithes, with 80% of Americans only giving 2% of their income.
  Christians are only giving at 2.5% per capita, while during the Great Depression they gave at a 3.3% rate. 

9. If U.S. Christians Tithed = $165 Billion
$25 billion could relieve global hunger,
starvation and deaths from preventable
diseases in five years
$12 billion could eliminate illiteracy
in five years

10. If U.S. Christians Tithed = $165 Billion
$15 billion could solve the world’s
water and sanitation issues
$1 billion could fully fund all overseas
missions work
$100 – $110 billion would still be left over for additional U.S. ministry expansion

12. will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over
Proverbs 3: 9-10
9 “Honor the Lord with your wealth,     with the firstfruits of all your crops;
10 then your barns
will be filled to overflowing,     and your vats will brim over
with new wine.”

13. Malachi 3: 6-12
God rebukes the prophets (and the rest of the people) for failing to honor Him with their tithes, equating it with “robbery.”
God invites us to
“test Him” in tithing.

14. Haggai 1:9
“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of My house,
which remains a ruin, while each
of you is busy with your own house.”

15. There’s a small, but very vocal, group
of Christians that are of the firm opinion that choosing to tithe is clinging
to Old Testament “legalism,” which is pointless and misguided since we are
now under grace through Jesus Christ.
So…did Jesus say anything about tithing?

16. Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law
and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give
a tenth of your spices—mint, dill
and cumin. But you have neglected
the more important matters of the law
—justice, mercy and faithfulness.
You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.”

17. Galatians 6:6 1 Corinth. 9:14 “Nevertheless,
“In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the Gospel should receive their living from the Gospel.”
* Matthew 10:10
* Luke 10:7
Galatians 6:6
“Nevertheless,
the one who receives instruction in the word
should share
all good things with their instructor.”

18. The Miracle of Hattie Wiatt and 57 Cents