Life happens...
My husband and I have been going through a really hard financial time for the past year like I am sure many of you have been too. When we got into church a little over a year ago and we were both saved by Christ we felt God calling us to tithe. We were both nervous about it since we were so tight on money to begin with. So we started to tithe and left it all up to God. Since then we have been happier and we have not lost a single thing. I truly believe we have actually gained more; not worldly things but Godly things. By that I mean joy, happiness, peace, etc. We are still struggling financially but I would not dare stop tithing just to increase my comfort with worldly possessions. God forbid if I define my life by my possessions.
A few weeks ago jason and I had a few mishaps. My car battery died, all four door handles on the inside of my car broke, my ipod touch broke, and my vacuum cleaner broke. We were both thinking "my word what in the world is going on"? I freak out because we don't have the money to fix any of these things. However God knew that already and my car battery was replaced at no cost to anyone, we took it out of another vehicle we have that we haven't been able to use for months due to gas prices. Jason fixed all four of the door handles for free just using things he has in the garage. We haven't replaced our vacuum yet but God will provide there too. But I realized that God did not replace my ipod! Why? Bc its such a worldly item. I don't need it to survive or to get to and from my job. I can honestly say I don't even miss it now that I realize what really happened to it. God increased our faith by showing us that no matter what happens He will always provide a way out.
His Word is true... Malachi 3:8-11
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. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. 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. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit,” says the Lord Almighty.
My husband and I have been going through a really hard financial time for the past year like I am sure many of you have been too. When we got into church a little over a year ago and we were both saved by Christ we felt God calling us to tithe. We were both nervous about it since we were so tight on money to begin with. So we started to tithe and left it all up to God. Since then we have been happier and we have not lost a single thing. I truly believe we have actually gained more; not worldly things but Godly things. By that I mean joy, happiness, peace, etc. We are still struggling financially but I would not dare stop tithing just to increase my comfort with worldly possessions. God forbid if I define my life by my possessions.
A few weeks ago jason and I had a few mishaps. My car battery died, all four door handles on the inside of my car broke, my ipod touch broke, and my vacuum cleaner broke. We were both thinking "my word what in the world is going on"? I freak out because we don't have the money to fix any of these things. However God knew that already and my car battery was replaced at no cost to anyone, we took it out of another vehicle we have that we haven't been able to use for months due to gas prices. Jason fixed all four of the door handles for free just using things he has in the garage. We haven't replaced our vacuum yet but God will provide there too. But I realized that God did not replace my ipod! Why? Bc its such a worldly item. I don't need it to survive or to get to and from my job. I can honestly say I don't even miss it now that I realize what really happened to it. God increased our faith by showing us that no matter what happens He will always provide a way out.
His Word is true... Malachi 3:8-11
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. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. 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. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit,” says the Lord Almighty.
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