Bring the Whole Tithe!

10/16/11
Pastor Tim Lucas



Everything is God's. Our money. Ours.

The paycheck we just recieved... his the Lord's. He intrusts a portion of it to us...

God trusts us with his money. We are his "money manager". It's called stewardship - servent to be in charge of the kingdom (until the king returns)
The steward would return it all back to God.
God is our master, not money

As Americans, we think that the money is all ours.. We get a raise... we spend it.

Duetronomy 8:17-18
The Lord gives us the talent for our work, our schooling, etc. It is a gift from our master.

To control our our appetite, to teach us to Tithe
Proverbs 3:9
Give back the first fruits - 10%
Before anyone else gets any of our money, God wants the first 10%
((this does not include misson $ or extra that needs to go towards disipleship))

Training us, limit our intake. Money is a wonderful servent, a horrible master.
Our stuff has a way to consume us.
Training our heart, through our checkbook.

We give it to the place where we are fed spiritually.
We give to God, we put him first in everything we do.

TITHE our GROSS income, not our net!
Mike makes $900 a week. We give $90.

He lets us keep 90%

He doesn't want our left overs!

It's a way to invite God into our checkbook and finanices. Everytime I have tithed..
Things work out.

God doesn't want our money, he wants our hearts

Tithe is like a religious tax.... NO!
Again, it's where our hearts need to be.

We are so strectched...

Tips: we rate the service...
Dont Tip the church! It's not about ME. It's about giving God our hearts.

If money doesn't control us, our money is ours... then we should freely give our money whether it be 10% or 50%

When life gets hard... can God still trust us with his money.

On our money:
In God We Trust - on our $$ bills!
God Trust You

Two challing words:
Malici 3:8
We rob God in Tithes and Offerings
When we really need him, in the tough times, we cheat him!
Malachi 3:9, we are under a curse
Malachi 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into my house

You don't tithe so taht you can trust God, Tithe so that God can trust you.

Put your faith to the test.
Pay God before you pay Citibank

Malachi 3:10 TEST ME IN THIS... and pour out so much blessing
Bring It ON!
Only place that it says TEST ME in scripture.

He will overflow us with his blessings.

Tithing is a test

What about our debts... What about everything else...
He has everything more than we have.

We have a plan... but is God in it?

This is how the Old Testimate Ends... Then 400 yrs pass and then Jesus comes into the picture.

M & M - Money Manager... Malchi

Bring the whole Tithe!

To save, start with giving

We see so many in need that we want to help but we can't because we have our own struggles as we buy DVDs with the extra $

GOD TRUSTS YOU

do not "not see" the money go out... it's better to be tempted and choose.

The year the Lucas' started tithing, was the year they got out of debt. They also began increasing their giving

It's not me first... it's God first!