PUTTING
GODFIRST
PUTTING GOD FIRST
WHAT IS
TITHING?
TITHING IS RETURNING THE FIRST 10% OF OUR INCOME
TO GOD’S CHURCH
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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... Lev 27:30
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TITHEMEANS
10%
Tithe means 10%
Returning—Technically you are not giving.
You can’t give what isn’t yours.It belongs to God
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TITHING IS GIVING GOD MY FIRST AND BEST SO HE CAN
BLESS THE REST.
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Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the Lord with
your wealth, with the first
fruits of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled
to overflowing, and your vats
will brim over with new wine.
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Why tithe?
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TITHING PROVIDES FOR GOD’S WORK THROUGH THE CHURCH.
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Bring the whole tithe into
the storehouse, that there
may be food in my
house… Mal 3:10
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TITHING TEACHES ME TO PUT
GOD FIRST.
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Deuteronomy 14:23 TLB
The purpose of tithe is to teach
you to always put God first in
your lives.
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Seek God
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1st of everything
Seek him 1st in the morning,
worship him 1st day of the week,
fast 1st month of the year.
And the 1st of everything he
gives to us!
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Requires faith to give 1st. It doesn’t
require faith to give last.
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Never realized that you are
robbing God.
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Malachi 3:8-9
8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you
rob me." But you ask, 'How do
we rob you?' "In tithes and
offerings. 9 You are under a curse
— the whole nation of you —
because you are robbing me.
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Matthew 23:23 (NLT)
23 "What sorrow awaits you
teachers of religious law and you
Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you
are careful to tithe even the
tiniest income from your herb
gardens,
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Matthew 23:23 (NLT)
but you ignore the more
important aspects of the law—
justice, mercy, and faith. You
should tithe, yes, but do not
neglect the more important
things.
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TITHING BUILDS
MY FAITH IN GOD.
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Malachi 3:10b
…Test me in this," says the LORD
Almighty, "and see if I will not
throw open the floodgates of
heaven and pour out so much
blessing that you will not have
room enough for it.
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I will give God my first and best so he can bless the rest.Not just financial blessings
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By bringing to God your Tithe which is 10%, You are making God your first and that you are giving
your best to Him and He will bless the 90% that remains in
you and when you used it, it will met all your needs.
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As the Spirit Leads
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