Tag: What the Bible says about tithing

Bible Verse of The Day – 2-14-23

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

God offers us a great opportunity in this verse to see Him move.

You see, if we really understood what it means to tithe to God, we would not even think about not giving to Him.

He is amazingly detailed oriented. He is Omniscient, meaning He knows everything!

This means that He knows what we do with everything that He blesses us with, including our finances.

Some have gotten promotions. Some people have been blessed in other ways of receiving finances. And He watches to see what we will do with it.

Will we put Him first, before we dip into it? Or will we just go about doing whatever we feel we want to do with it, and tie it up with other obligations?

We have to remember that once it’s gone, it’s gone. It’s very hard to get it back.

What we do with our money is completely up to us. God gives us free will to choose. But we need to know that we will reap from our decisions.

We need to understand that God wants the very best for His children. But we can tie His hands in helping us if we don’t obey.

What father or mother would bless their child for their disobedience?

If we disobey God with our finances, why would He reward or keep blessing us if we are not listening?

Give all of our tithes to Him and let Him turn our situation around.

He is faithful, but we must obey HIs instructions in order for Him to follow through in His “pouring out”.  Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-27-18

Psalm 34:17 (NKJV) 17 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles.

Are we willing to let God show us how to do things?

When we turn everything over to Him and we say, “Lord, have it.” we are saying, “we are done trying to figure it out. We are at the end of our rope and there is no way we can keep going like this”.

God will then take steps to show us how to make things right and get us up and going again. But, most times it will be in a way that we would have never expected.

A lot of times when we have reached this point or place, we are ready for just about anything. We will be excited and at peace all at the same time, because we will begin to see God’s hand move.

We will see things begin to change in our situation and we will be OK with it all, because most times we are at rock bottom or at wits end when we reach this place.

During this time and season of our lives, despite the storm happening around us, we will usually be more at peace than we have ever been. And we will wonder why we waited so long before letting God “have the wheel”, so to speak.

But, it’s important to know that there is a step we must take in order to get to this point.

Most people don’t want to hear about the step we are about to talk about, and many times that is why they are still in the same boat. They will usually sigh, walk away, ignore or pretend they didn’t hear it. Or they will take the easy way out and say, “well, I’m not in a position to do this yet, but when I get there, that will be the first thing I’ll do”.

This step we’re talking about is in the book of Malachi. It starts with an action word, “BRING!”

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

I will never forget the day I saw that. I was sitting at my desk with our bills sitting in front of me, and I thought “HOW, God?”.

How do we bring our tithes to you with all of these bills in front of me that need to be paid?

We knew we had to make a choice.

This was a serious decision that could make or break us. We were in financial distress, and God was telling us to “bring”.

Would we give to God or hold back and wait for a more convenient time?

But, I took my pen, and before I wrote out any checks for our bills, I paid God first.

Making that choice, as hard as it was, allowed God to begin showing us how to walk by faith, even in our finances.

We are praying that God will help you make the right decision also. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-10-17

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

God is telling us to bring ALL the tithes. Bring them where? Into the storehouse.

What is a storehouse? A place for storing goods (such as provisions), a warehouse, etc. A place where we get the food that nourishes us.

In this modern day, the storehouse is the place that feeds us spiritually; Where we are being nurtured, growing and learning. The place that is helping us to move forward in our walk with God.

We see a difference in our attitude and things are changing in our lives for the better, because of the “food” we’re receiving from this particular place. This would be our storehouse.

Putting our tithes in the right storehouse is important. If we are sowing our money into a place that is not feeding us properly, then we are wasting our money, our time and our labor.

This may be hard for us to digest because some of us may find ourselves having to make a change and switch things up.

The way to determine our storehouse is to see and know where we are getting our help from. What is making a difference in our life? Where are we being taught the things of God in a way that works for us?

These are questions to ask ourselves in finding the right storehouse.

God is faithful to show us, guide us and lead us to that place. He knows that many are struggling, because they are sincere in their hearts and want to do what is right. But they have not found the right storehouse. And, if they have found it, they have not taken the steps to give their tithes to it.

God wants to bless us. But it’s up to us to obey Him first.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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