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are you ready for the word today all

right let’s get into it let’s get into

it let’s get into it we got no time to

waste today I am all goodness I’m just

I’m too excited I get when I get excited

I don’t finish my sentences so I gotta

slow down listen if you are here for the

first time maybe first time in a long

time we love you so much and we’re so

glad that you’re here

don’t mind them they setting up

something that’s about to preach so good

don’t worry about it we’ll get to it in

a second but I just want to thank you

for being here you need to know God is

here and I’m believing that whatever you

came in believe it for that you’re gonna

leave with clarity from our Heavenly

Father but I’m ready to jump into the

word is anybody ready for the word let’s

jump right into it here’s what I need

you to do I need you to turn in your

Bibles to Malachi chapter 3 Malachi

chapter 3 if you have your Bibles you

can turn there if you don’t have a Bible

no big deal we’ll have it up on the

screens for you I’m gonna read out of

Malachi chapter 3 starting in verse 6

this is what the amazing Word of God

says it says I am God yes I am and I

haven’t changed and because I haven’t

changed you the descendants of Jacob

haven’t been destroyed he said because I

don’t change I still got your back he

said you have a long history of ignoring

my commands you haven’t done a thing

I’ve told you return to me so I can

return to you says the god of angels

armies you asked but how do we return

begin by being honest do honest people

Rob God but you rob me day after day you

ask how have we robbed you the tithe and

the offering that is how and now you’re

under curse the whole lot of you because

you’re robbing me bring your full tithe

to the temple treasury so there will be

ample provisions in my temple test me

somebody say test me come on say it with

your chest say test me that’s what I’m

cool brother I like you he said turn

he’s boiling our deep Jesus you scare me

okay he said it test me and see if I

don’t open heaven itself and pour you

out a blessing be

your wildest dreams from my part I will

defend against Marauders protect the

wheat fields and your vegetable gardens

against plunderers verse 12 you will be

voted happiest nation come on you’re

gonna be voted happiest nation you

experience what it’s like to be a

country of grace my goodness that’s some

good Bible listen I’m gonna pray real

quick Lord God we ask for you in this

moment we don’t need just another a

couple of minutes Lord listening or or

just hearing a talk Lord Jesus we need

an encounter with the same person Lord

God that has changed the trajectory of

humanity so I thank you Holy Spirit that

you’re working on hearts right now but I

think you that I would get out of the

way so people can hear you it’s in the

beautiful name of Jesus we pray and

everybody said amen

raise your hand if you like to travel

raise your hand if you like to travel

raise your hand we got people like to

travel I really enjoy traveling and

something I enjoy doing when I’m in the

airport it’s kind of random but I

actually like to listen to the airport

announcements like the interview

actually listen to what they’re saying

like that little boys come up like

Turlough thank you for honoring Osama

and they start doing all these

announcements well there was one time

and I was sitting in the airport I said

you know what I’m gonna actually listen

to I was so bored I mean just a level of

bored that is just ridiculous

I was like I’m gonna listen to the

airport announcement so the airport

announcement came on and it hit me and I

was like oh I’m gonna have to preach

that like and so I got and I recorded

the airport I want them to play for you

the airport announcement and I’m about

to preach an airport announcement like

just can you play the airport announcer

let’s listen to this just listen please

turn this

attention baggage and personal items

shall not be left unattended please do

not accept or hold any baggage from a

stranger any unattended items found will

be treated as suspicious

listen don’t play with me cuz I’m about

to print now some of you were saying

what are you talking about well I heard

this announcement and it said don’t

leave your bags unattended don’t leave

your luggage unattended and don’t accept

luggage from a stranger now when I heard

this I thought that’s ridiculous because

if some stranger walks up to me he’s

like hey though just hold this bag like

that’s I am NOT holding nobody’s bag I’m

not like I’m not no I’m not doing it

like and I just don’t trust people on

that level some of y’all are crazy and

you the people that begin I just gotta

go to the bathroom and you can just hold

this look at my badge it’s real quick

I’m gonna be right back see I’m not

that’s not me I don’t know I’m not I

don’t I’m a homo bag I’m a bathroom you

can back up if you want like I just it’s

not my face I literally like but heard

this so many times and says don’t give

your luggage to a stranger and don’t

leave it unattended and if it’s

unattended like and I started thinking

about it and literally it was so working

me up I literally had a nightmare about

it like like and I’m telling you this is

real and literally here’s what happened

on a nightmare I needed to give my

luggage to somebody cuz I had to go to

the bathroom and so I tried to find a

nice stranger you know like if you go

talk to a stranger like what you find a

nice stranger some of y’all you look

like a stranger but there’s some

strangers

he’s got the stranger vibe you know I’m

saying stranger danger anyway God loves

you but I found a nice-looking stranger

this old lady I was like hey ma’am if

you could just you know if you could

just hold my bag I’m gonna be right back

and I promise just give me like so I

this is all my dream this is your like

you got weird dreams listen you big wad

so I run the bathroom I come back and I

can’t find the old lady I’m like where’s

ya and I see her she’s like oh hey are

you doing I was like hey thank you so

much I’m just here to get my suitcase if

I can get it from me she’s like what

where is my what do you mean and I start

getting an argument with this old lady

is in my dream and I’ve gone back

this is like a me where’s my look she

sounded gave it to their dad I was

walking by I said why would you give

what do you do why would you listen you

look at your own lane because I cannot

look and I’m just going off on this

because she gave my bird away

now snapped up out of my dream I’m

sweating I grab my stuff we’re okay I

got my stuff and literally I felt like a

sense of God said Charles now you know

what I feel like when it comes to

tithing like you know what it’s like to

give something to somebody that wasn’t

theirs in the first place and you just

said can you just watch it for just a

moment I’m gonna be right back I’m going

to I’m gonna come back and I’m just

gonna ask you to watch it for a moment

and I I just when I come back people

eyes I don’t I don’t have your bag like

I I gave it to Starbucks like oh come on

like I I had it earlier but I saw I

didn’t know you gave it to the mortgage

company and and God is like you gave you

gave my bag away and I was having this

conversation with God he said Charles

imagine not just let you give him one

bag but imagine like if you just because

you love him so much and this is the

nature of our God He loves you so much

so much full of grace and mercy he said

imagine if you asked them to watch Tim

bags like can you bring out those ten

bags for me real quick

bring those imagine God said to me

imagine if you came from Tim bags to

watch and this is God’s favor this is

His grace he says I just I bless you

beyond your reasoning I bless you before

what you deserve and he said I’m giving

you ten bags for you just because I love

you and it comes back to him says hey

how you doing and this what we got our

bags like Oh God look at these bags I

liked okay I’m gonna take this bag and

shoes and then take this bag right here

this bag was God’s bag Oh neat that one

he okay and then God comes back he’s

like hey how you doing man God I’m doing

good I’m feeling good I see you gave me

coming back I

you know I got these married lifts over

guy look at me he’s alright well you

know how are you enjoying that job I

gave you that you didn’t you know you

were qualified for god I really like I

enjoyed that family that you know like

you kind of messed it up a couple sounds

like you a dummy but you know like my

Gracie high and yeah I’m good god well I

just came back to get that one bag that

had my name on it like no no God you can

keep all like you can do whatever you

want with benign bags just I just need I

just need the one and many of us God

comes back just not for all ten just for

one he said I just need you just give me

the one and many of us have we’ve given

God’s back away and what we’ve done

without realizing it if we’ve given away

the bag with the blessing attached to it

like it’s fine if you can give away but

the first one it’s it’s the title of my

message to black the bag with the

blessing today I want to talk to you

about the biblical principle of tithing

and some of you when I just said that

you were like I knew it I knew I

shouldn’t come and that’s and that’s

what’s wrong with you you invited me you

did with Preston and now I’m leaving but

I just I want to present to you today

something that’s so clear in Scripture

that’s really not about God wanting

something from you I promise you it’s

about what God wants from you and today

I just there’s some of you in this room

that you said you know what either I

just don’t want to hear this and maybe

there’s another group of in here they

say well I’ve been tithing like this is

great and like I’ll just kind of you

know I could have stayed at home

all this coronavirus I should have

watched online I’ve been silent baby I’m

good but like here’s what I’m gonna ask

you if you just lock in with me for the

next moments I promise you this is a

word because here’s the thing it’s not

like the thing is you think it’s about

the money

God knows it’s about your heart so some

of you we’re gonna be talking about this

principle and there’s gonna be things in

your heart there are some of you the

addiction you’re dealing with you don’t

need to go to AAA it’s something in your

heart but treasure your heart goes where

your treasure is

and so when God gets ahold of your heart

or let me say this way when he gets

ahold of your treasure your value you’ll

start to see your heart change today I

just want to show you a few simple

things in Scripture of how clear this

principle is of tithing write this down

this is gonna be our definition for

tithing if you’re taking notes write

this down this is what tithing is the

biblical principle of returning the

first everybody say first 10% of your

income back to God through the local

church this is what tithing is for

working definition for the biblical

principle of returning the first 10% of

your income back to God through the

local church this word tithing or tithe

it’s a Hebrew word it literally means

tenth part or 10% that is what this

words mean I was talking to a guy one

time you say you know every single week

my time I give God seven percent I said

brother you given you ain’t I don’t know

like this is the word literally means

10% and I want to show you in Scripture

and some of you are so like everybody

take a deep breath in no listen it’s

okay we don’t go through this together

you don’t have to be uptight something

we ain’t taking another offering some of

you staring trying to stare right

through my little light-skinned soul I

see you calm down it’s okay I want to

show you it’s Scripture how this is a

principle that God has outlined all

throughout Scripture and really let me

tell you this this is probably one of

the most twisted principles that the

enemy has tried to use to get people to

go away from church I was literally

looking at this in image this is so much

bigger than giving or tithing this is

really what the enemy has tried to do he

tries to pervert principles of God to

distract you from the purpose of God

this is bigger than money and finances

the enemy’s goal is to revert principles

of God to distract you from the purpose

of God let’s go back to the Garden of

Eden God comes up to them and says you

can eat any free you want to except for

one the devil comes up and says they God

say you can’t eat any this is he

perverted the principle or twisted the

principle God said you can have all of

it just not one the enemy comes up says

you can

have any of it and he starts to mess

with their thinking and this is how sin

entered into the world this is how we

miss the purpose of God it’s the same

way with tithing the enemy’s has tried

to pervert or change or twist this

principle to distract you from what God

has for you I was thinking about there’s

really two ways that the enemy is it

kind of messed with this principle

there’s one or two groups of people in

here maybe some of you

the enemy has convinced you that this is

a man-made principle like some of you

who think the Turks just came up with

that and that’s not really that’s just a

man-made principle and I want to sit and

acknowledge that there have been times

and moments for sure where the church

has misused a principle of God but I

would ask you please do not project the

imperfectness of one person on to the

character of our God just because an

individual has misused finances does not

mean that is the way that God has set up

for his church to be built and pro

tithing to be used tithing is not a

man-made principle this was not

something that people just sat up and

came up with this is biblical and today

we’re gonna walk through it and show you

how it is clearly in the Bible the

second group of people and this was

something that God had meet with and so

it just it got me a totally new

perspective

I was thinking God you know what like

I’ve tied like I grew up in church and

my parents did an amazing job of

parenting me and teaching me about the

importance of tithing and and God was so

to me says yes he like you’ve been

tithing but the enemy has actually

twisted the principle for some people

who tithe every single week he’s done

this in and I just want to say thank you

so much like you cannot imagine how

you’re giving how you’re tithing that

makes a difference and I was thinking

about this and God said you know what

the enemy has perverted this principle

principle for some people to think that

tithing is generosity I want to say this

very clearly the enemy has made you

think that when you tithe you’re being

generous it’s important that you

understand this concept because you

can’t be generous with things you don’t

own so why it’s important that you

understand this is because God has

called us to be generous people but when

you check off tithing as the box of I’ve

already been

what happens is is you’re walking down

the road and you see a homeless person

and God says give to them and you say I

did that already

I already I was already generous God so

there’s no more space I already gave I

tithe

that is that is very clear tithing is

returning it’s not being generous the

Bible is very clear the tithe is the

first 10% of your income that belongs to

God so today I want to walk us through

on a couple of clear things of what

tithing is the first point write this

down tithing is a test

everybody say tithing is a test tithing

is a test and the thing is so many of us

we think is so much about the finances

and really tithing it’s a two-way test

now I want to show you this is in

Scripture the first test that tithing is

is who will you think racially how many

of you get paid every other week like

you get paid twice a month twice a month

how many of you get paid maybe once a

month raise your hand you pay once one

how many get paid maybe once a week once

a week raise your hands how many of you

just don’t get paid you broke as a joke

you don’t say you just took you may not

realize it but every time you get paid

you’re taking a test every single time

whether you acknowledge right every time

you get paid you’re taking a test of who

will you thank for what you have in your

life the problem is many of us every

time we get paid we say oh man thank you

so much I just want to take a moment I

just want to say thank you to BMW you

know I really appreciate the blessings

how you sustained my family how you’ve

done so much you know what I just I want

to say thank you so much I’m just so

grateful I got blessed I want to thank

my boss I was just want to say thank you

the problem is the people you’re

thinking can’t do anything for you

so what this test is is when you give

the first 10% of your income whoever

that goes to that’s exposing who you’re

grateful for and who you’re expecting to

do something again the problem is you’re

thinking people that have a limited

amount of resources so when you get in

abide and you really need someone to

come through for you they can’t provide

healing in your life but you thank them

so much for the money that you got and

it didn’t come from them it came from

God tithing is a test and every single

time you get paid it’s a test of who are

you gonna think who are you gonna say

I’m so grateful for now the second way

that tithing is a test is it’s actually

one of the only places in scripture

where God says I want you to test me

like out like if you want it like to

look at the scripture and Malachi treat

3 bring your full tithe to the temple

Treasury so there will be ample

provisions in my temple test me I

picture it like God is up in heaven he’s

like angels get around get around get

around listen listen listen listen

Gabriel be quiet listen here’s one more

do so I think I’m almost set up this

system where I give him like a hundred

percent for no reason like for no reason

and you know like you just want you to

person a group that really don’t

understand what’s going on but you don’t

want to be left out that’s like the

Angels like yeah god that’s Wow God

Silas I’m a service system and I’m gonna

I’m gonna come gonna just ask for 10%

back and it’s not relieving about the

10% but it’s actually because I want to

give them more but before I give them

more I just want to see I just want to

see if I have their heart so I’m gonna

I’m gonna give them a hundred percent

I’m gonna ask for 10% and I just hope

that they give me that because I have so

much that I want to give them but their

obedience to give the 10% is connected

to what I’m gonna do next this is the

test that God set up he said I hope I

hope you just give me 10% because I’m so

ready to bless you and let’s remove it’s

not about like some of you are saying

we’ll give this 10% God will give me

110% it’s not about the finances

some of you you’re gonna tithe and you

need peace in your life and you can take

medication and you can go to your

counselor and those things are good and

okay if God’s led you to do that but the

thing you’re waiting on is God doesn’t

have your heart so the thing he’s

waiting to send that peace that you’ve

been so desperately looking for is in a

moment when he knows I got their heart

like I can release I can bless the

things after that tithing is a test it’s

a test of who you’re gonna think and

it’s a test of understanding that God

stands ready to bless you

the second point write this down tithing

is biblical these are very basic tithing

is biblical some people I’m surprised of

how many Christians they go to church

they believe in miracles they believe in

the importance of worshiping God they

believe but for some reason just tithing

gets like pushed off to this category of

like that’s not really real or that’s

not really thing I just don’t believe in

that tithing is so clearly in the Bible

in the Old and New Testament we just

read it in the scripture it says Malachi

3 7 you’ve been ignoring my commands and

you haven’t done what I’ve told you he

goes down in verse 8 he said begin by

being honest do honest people Rob God

but you rob me day after day you ask how

having robbed you the tithe and the

offering this is something so clear

again it’s returning to God it’s

returning the first 10% you’re kind of

got a saying listen this is you can

ignore my Commandments you can act like

they don’t exist but this is this is

something that I’ve set up to bless you

look looking video cuz it says this a

tithe of everything from the land

whether grain or soil or fruit of the

tree belongs to the Lord I said this

earlier but you can’t if I was to take

your phone and I just took it from you

and then I walked up to you I was like

hey you know what I was praying and I

just felt the spirit leave me I want to

bless you today I want to bless you and

then I hand you your phone back

it’s not blessing you I’m returning what

was yours in the first place

you are not blessing God when you return

10% of your income back to him because

it was his in the first place and some

of us we get this air about us they’re

like oh yeah I’m gonna help out the

church I’m gonna help out God I’m gonna

help him out by what’s God saying I

appreciate it thank you for obeying what

I’ve set up but you are returning what

was mine in the first place now I want

to I want to hit this one point because

it’s so clear at Malachi 3 he says bring

all the tithes into the storehouse that

there may be food in my house I want to

say this point just to help you this is

kind of a bonus point our tithes is

received by God through the local church

today I’m in full teaching mode like

this is like teaching you principles

because you need to understand this if

you’re going to know how to really

steward your finances well and not

secure the bag but steward the bag

tithing is received by God through the

local church so what happens is when you

give you’re not giving to a church in

Hebrews it says my time is received by

him of Who I am witness your tithe goes

to God through the local church where

hurt and paying has happened is because

the local church didn’t manage or

steward over that prop properly and so

people have experienced pain pain and

hurt and and and don’t trust people but

your tithe is received by God through

the local church now here’s the thing

some of you I could see you you just

like Charles I just don’t believe you

believe like you could say whatever

that’s the Old Testament that’s the law

well in Matthew 23 Jesus says it as well

he’s talking to the Pharisees and they

say listen you tithe but you’re mean to

people

that’s literally what Jesus said you

tithe Matthew 23:23 but you forgot just

as faith in mercy you should tithe but

don’t be rude so it’s in the Old

Testament and it’s in the New Testament

now some of you are thinking I just

don’t believe it like I’m just not going

this not my thing

I’m not gonna believe in tithing let me

I’m just gonna illustrate it one way can

y’all help me with that I’m gonna do

this the stuff we’re gonna do to get the

Saints to get what God’s trying to do

and they like we’re gonna do this

here all right thank you [ __ ] all right

so here’s what we gonna do

some of y’all say you don’t believe in

tithing that’s great you don’t have to

believe in tithing you know what I

decided today I don’t believe in gravity

so here’s what we’re gonna do I’m just

going to decide today that I don’t

believe in gravity and it don’t really

do nothing for me so I’m just going to

say that today just don’t believe in

gravity what y’all think

should I my wife is having a heart

attack you are entitled to your choice

of what you believe but it doesn’t

change the truth

let’s go beyond tithing for a second the

Bible says husband’s you’re to lay down

your life for your wife as God did the

church you can sit up an act like

they’re supposed to submit to me and I’m

the leader but if you’re not worth

someone worth submitting to you can have

your choice of beliefs but it doesn’t

change the truth

the scripture says some of you in this

room maybe you’ve attended church for a

while and you say you know what I’ve

tried this church thing and I just don’t

believe that there is a God I’m just I

just choose not to believe in him you’re

open to your choice of belief but it

doesn’t change the truth that he’s the

king of kings and Lord of lords you can

you can choose what you believe but

God’s not consulting you whether or not

he has the Sun rise and set every single

day you your choice to not believe in

Tyson but the principle does not consult

you whether or not it goes into effect

of your lives

here’s what I want to say I understand

this is some of you may be your and

here’s what I want to say if you don’t

tithe please hear me say this and if you

have not heard this from someone I

apologize you are not not a bad person

if you do not tithe you’re not a rebel

you’re not going to hell you’re not

cursed in the sense of oh you’re evil

and you’re a bet you have bad intentions

the Bible is clear on what the principle

is he says if you tied if you trust me

then I can bless

but if I can’t there’s a curse that is

on your life I want to break this down

for you so clearly and something why

would God say that such an intense thing

because we are in a this fallen in

sinful world the natural Bend is for

evil to happen a blessing is God’s

stepping in because you’ve acknowledged

him so when God says I can’t if you

don’t do it my way I you you’re under a

curse it’s because if you don’t

acknowledge him he can’t step in and

block those things that are coming into

your life so the principle of tithing is

saying you’re allowing God to be your

defender you’re allowing God to step in

that way the principle of tithing it’s a

test and it’s biblical and whether or

not you choose to and not whatever

Shakey’s

whether or not you choose to acknowledge

it whether or not you think that it

applies in your life whether or not you

say I’m gonna do that or not you will

experience the principle of tithing

either the blessing that comes with it

or the curse that comes with it and we

can’t tiptoe and just pick and choose if

we’re gonna preach that God is a God of

miracles if we’re gonna preach about

crazy face there can’t be principles in

the Bible that we just jump over and act

like they won’t affect our lives this is

a clear principle in the Bible and when

you honor God with the first 10% of your

income it provides a blessing on your

life tithing to the test and it’s

biblical and for us I think it’s so

important because the enemy has tried to

convince you over and over again now you

don’t have to do that and that’s not

that important and you shouldn’t worry

about it and it’s not a big deal and but

this is something so clear that God has

set up my last point write this down

tithing is a blessing tithing is a

blessing tithing is not about what God

wants from you if you think that it is

about the church just wants my money or

God wants to take my money

God did not invent tithing for him he

doesn’t like in the most respectful way

he doesn’t need our help

he spoke one word and everything we see

came into fruition so God didn’t create

tithing because he ran out of money and

thought I need a way to keep the lights

on and out of churches around the world

so let me tell these people that they

need to give me two that’s he created it

for you he created it for our sake I

want to read you this piece of Scripture

and then I’m going to go into a close

second chronicles this is a piece of

Scripture and the children of Israel

they had stepped away from following

this principle that God had set up they

stepped away from it they said you know

what like we’re not really going to do

that anymore and they stopped tithing or

bringing the first fruits to God in this

way and it started they set up and said

you know we’re gonna decide to do this

again just like I believe today some of

you are gonna decide that maybe you know

I’ve fallen off maybe I’ve never heard

of this and maybe I haven’t done this

before but today I’m gonna make a

decision to trust God with the first 10%

of my income when they did this

literally it started they start

experiencing so much blessing and this

is what I want to read in the scripture

in verse father says as soon as the

commandment came abroad the children of

Israel brought in abundance the first

fruits so the first the tide is bringing

the first 10% instead of corn of wine of

oil and honey and the increase of the

field the tithe or 10% of all things

they brought in abundance and concerning

the children of Israel and Judah that

dwell in the cities they also brought

the tithe of the oxen and the sheep the

time of holy things which were

consecrated unto the Lord so he start

tithing to God and they’re bringing into

the storehouse and someone walks up and

one of the priests walks that they see

how much the people have given and they

start thanking goodness grace every

buddy okay like that’s a lot they sure

do and he walks up to him and says

listen this is just this is just the

tithe this is a small amount compared to

how God has actually blessed them in

their life tithing is such a small

amount when you trust God with the 10%

when you say you know what I’m gonna

honor you in this way and every time I

get paid I’m not gonna worry about this

test and be fearful but I’m gonna honor

God with the first 10% of my income

because

he was saying it’s not even worth being

compared to what they gave versus what

they have in the same way if you were to

look at your life the grace of God it’s

not even compared to what you’ve done to

deserve it and how God has sustains you

it’s not even worth being compared to

the way he’s brought you out of those

situations versus when he’s blessed you

with I want I want to show you this so

clearly

can I get my bag back I was a bad was a

bad mistake I made the wrong decision I

should have done that here’s the thing I

just said something that was it’s not my

bag

he’s guys back

and it’s the first one this is the

principle of Tyler God blesses you and

you have a choice to make

what will you do with his band these are

all this is His grace this is the job

you didn’t deserve this is the family he

blessed you with this is getting into

the college that you didn’t

this is no when you got the race this is

the house that you’re in you can dupe

but there’s one bad just one where he

says hey this I just I just need one and

some of you were in here and you’re

holding on to this bag and these are all

my bags and I just don’t nobody not just

the only problem is is God can’t give

you more like this this is what I got to

just make sure that I’m okay and that

nobody takes and then since I didn’t

have money as a kid I got this job and

I’m working hard and I don’t know my

kids but I’m never not gonna have enough

so I’m just gonna make sure that nobody

ever touches I just got to keep up with

them until I got to make sure that I buy

this certain thing and then I know these

certain people and I just gotta but God

says I just there’s one

and the thing is you can give this back

but this is the bag with the blessing on

it it’s the first 10% the first bag and

can I let you know what happens some of

you this is this is a picture of what’s

gonna happen to you today you know say

you know what God has been so good to me

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you really think I think I’m gonna

return it to him and there’s this and

there’s gonna be the thought in your

head everybody I just

but what if I could I could pay I could

save with this but the moment you say

you know what I just my family hasn’t

tithe nobody around these tired I don’t

really but I’m gonna trust him

and the moment

trusting

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and you have a decision to make there’s

another bad there’s another opportunity

for you to say you know what whatever

and you can say you know how just I’m

gonna maybe okay I’m gonna give this one

and maybe in a moment you give this meme

say oh I made him a Scott can you but

it’s not

it wasn’t about you can say I’ll just do

wild ooh what about this

that’s you can do that but it was it was

about the bag blessing this would have

the blessing on it

you say you know what god I’m gonna

trust you I’m gonna I’m gonna trust you

this is ya Beulah and I’m gonna give you

that bad god I can trust you and you can

do it and you’ve done it before and then

and then it brings you another

and this is the moment where you you

start thinking well I mean I gave to and

right now I have like I mean I came but

I don’t really have to get like look

he’s I did those God

I don’t really I’ll just keep every one

of these there’s a bag the first bag the

first 10 percent they’re so strongly

holding this bag so tight but if you

would just look at your life for a

second

like if you would just look at his grace

if you would seek for one moment the

trap in the hole that you were in

mentally emotionally the spot your

marriage was in the spy your mind was in

the spot your education was in if you

would just speak for a moment this is

the only reasonable response that I have

is the trust God with what was his in

the first place and I’m trusting him

with my finances and what happens is you

start to experience it’s a blessing that

you can’t even contain it’s it’s I’m

trying to it’s something that was more

than enough and I promise you there are

people in here today that you’re gonna

trust on with your finances and when you

release the first to God it’s gonna

release the favor of God and today

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this is it’s so funny that we think

tithing is about God being greedy and if

you just what you like I gave I gave

this and I got that

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and some of you you’re arguing over this

like you don’t God gave you that not

because you deserved it not because you

earned it

not because you’re better than certain

people not because you got that degree

he did it because of his grace because

of his mercy and you’re trying to hold

on to a small portion but God says if

you would just trust me I have so much

more for you today my goal is okay this

isn’t about the church knees money or

God just wants my money it’s it’s really

the blessing that God wants for you

and every time you get paid you have a

choice to make what are you gonna do

with the bag that has the blessing

who are you gonna think who are you

gonna give the glory to that’s what you

don’t realize when you give this Chris

come up here for a moment when you get

paid and you walk up to that mortgage

company I give them the glory you you

you haven’t done anything for me

but I want to give you the glory you

would never say that out of your mouth

you don’t walk into church on Sunday

saying I want to give all the glory for

sustaining me and upholding my marriage

to the credit card company take you give

you but that’s what you do on the 1st

and 15th of every month you say I know

you can’t do anything but I want to give

you the glory I just I just want to pay

it so clearly

it’s just one back it’s not I would get

it if guy was like I will give you ten

batters and I need a

but he just says if you just trust me

with the one the first the first 10% I

promise you I’ll pour out a blessing

that is beyond your wildest dreams

standing all over this room

there are some of you that today

I believe that this is the miracle that

you’ve been waiting on and when I ask

just for a moment I promise I’m gonna

close in 3 minutes if you don’t have to

absolutely leave if it’s not an

emergency I’m gonna ask you to stay

still for just a moment but there are

some of you are gonna pray over that

you’ve been holding on to the bag that

had the blessing on it you’ve been

trying to keep it because you didn’t

want to trust God you were afraid of

what would happen you were afraid of if

it would come through but I promise you

there won’t be a moment where you say oh

it’s so easy but it takes faith to give

the first one but when you give it in

faith when you trust God when you give

it with expectation some of you in here

you’ve been tithing for so long and you

decide yeah just another thing that I do

but today you’re gonna give an

expectation and some of you today you’re

going to start you’re gonna make a

decision today after our time today I

want to return the first 10% of mine and

I promise there’s gonna be testimonies

here online that are gonna flow in of

God is faithful of how he comes through

in your life if you’re in here today you

say you know what I wanna I want to step

into another level of trusting God with

my finances I want to step out today and

I want to make a decision you know what

I’m gonna need God’s help but today I

want to do this I want to trust him

tonight try to secure the bag but to the

steward would you raise your hand right

now for the same we’re over you but God

you see your people and Lord business

are raising our hands or God but it’s

really speaking to our hearts what we’re

saying that you can have our heart Lord

God you can have the steaks on the

inside of us Lord Jesus Lord the areas

that we’ve tried to help back for God I

thank you right now as people trust you

logon as they return the time back to

you look I a blessing Lord God is coming

their way in their homes or Jesus in

their families in their marriages or God

I thank you Lord that our church would

be a church that trusts you learn God’s

we went try to do things on our own we

wouldn’t try to ignore the methods of

the Bible and expect the miracles of God

but we were doing your waves we would

honor you in that way and I thank you

Lord Jesus that the curse is removed

when we honor you look up I think you

that the fear is removed we

honor you the anxiety the depression the

worry is moved when we honor you Holy

Spirit I thank you that you’re

empowering people right now to do this

this is not more effort or more

willpower this is the Spirit of God that

is producing a level of trust in your

people never hits the battery I still

closed there some of you in this room

and the thing you need to trust God with

is your life and I know it seems scary

because we’re talking about just 10% do

you think I don’t know if I can do that

much less my life

but the truth is you’ve tried everything

else like you the best and worst thing

that could happen to you could get the

money you could get the cars you could

get the relationship only to find out

that it’s not what you really need and

there are some of you that you’ve been

searching for so long you’ve been

looking to so many different things to

fulfill that boy and it’s not gonna come

from a certain amount of money it’s not

gonna come from a title next to your

name it comes from Jesus Christ there’s

some of you in here that the reason

you’re here today is to surrender your

life to Jesus

here’s what to do when I count the three

I want you to lift your hand I believe

when you lift your hand it solidifies

what God is doing to your hearts on you

you know this is you you’ve been on the

fence but today you’re gonna give your

life to Jesus Christ you’re saying you

know what I’m done doing it on my own I

need his help when you make this

decision it’ll change your life forever

I’m gonna count to three and I want you

to lift your hand 1 God loves you

2 God is proud of you 3 lift your hand

right now if you wanna accept Jesus in

your life I see right here

the balcony

got you over here online so proud of him

hey listen everybody repeat this prayer

after we say to your heavenly father

thank you for loving me dear Jesus I

admit I’ve made mistakes

save me change me transform me in the

name of Jesus we pray amen

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