The Fruit of the Spirit Love, Meekness

Daily Meditation from the Bible - The Word of God

32nd Issue
"BASIS OF GIVING TITHES AND OFFERINGS TO THE LORD "

"Bring ye all the tithes into the store house......" (Malachi 3:10)
"For as a man purposeth in his heart let him give ..... (II Corinthians 9:7)

By Patriarch John Williams (President of IICM of New York)

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1. SOME SCRIPTURES ON TITHES AND OFFERINGS

1. Malachi 3:10 - Bring all your tithes into the store house ......
2. II Corinthians 9 :6 - If you sow sparingly you will also reap sparingly, if you sow
bountifully, you will also reap bountifully."
3. Galatians 6:7 - Be not deceived. God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth that
shall he also reap.

2. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES ON GIVING TITHES, WITH EXAMPLES

1. Give Tithes in all of Your income, revenue and blessings (Eg. Gross Salary, Rent from
    property owned, Profits made in Business, Interest accrued from savings account, Gifts
    received, etc.)
2. Give Tithes in all of Your increase (increase in value of property, increase in salary and
    bonuses, increase in value of stocks and bonds in which you have interested, etc. )

3. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES IN GIVING OFFERINGS

1. Make a Vow when you would like to give an offering but you do not have anything to
    give (The amount you vow should be reasonable in terms of what you are praying
    for both in terms of monetary, in terms of both spiritual and financial value)
2. Give a Thanksgiving Offering for all the blessings you have received from God, which
    should be a fair amount in terms of the monetary and the spiritual value of the
    blessings that you received.
3. Give a Seed Faith Offering for prayer requests in anticipation of the answers to your
    prayers exercising your faith that God will surely give what he has promised (The
    amount should be fair in terms of the monetary and the spiritual value of the
     blessings that you are asking for)
4. Give First Fruit Offerings, When God gives you a special and a new blessing of its
    kind for the first time (if its a kind of blessing that will be repeated), according to
    the Bible, the entire blessing, whether it is something of substance or money, should
     be given to the Lord as an Offering expressing our thanks and gratitude.

4. HOW OFFERINGS AND TITHES SHOULD BE GIVEN ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE?

1. Cheerfully
2. Willingly
3. Not Grudgingly
4. Sacrificially
5. Liberally
6. Fairly
7. According to one's Ability
8. Giving the First
9. Giving the Last
10. Giving our All
11. Selling and Giving
12. Making a Vow
13. Giving Gold
14. Giving our Best
15. Giving until the Need is met
16. Giving Secretly
17. Giving More and More (Abound or Increase Giving)