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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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