Tithing
God is a generous God and shares everything about Himself with us. Giving is a responsive act of obedience to God that shows we want Him to be not just part of our lives, but we desire to be like Him as well. The example we find in scripture is the tithe or 10% of our income. Tithing reflects a grateful heart that wants to give back to God a portion of what He has given us; in reality, what is already His. Tithing is our opportunity to show God that He is first in our lives. Giving provides us an opportunity to tangibly show God He is the “owner” of our finances by giving back to Him the first of what He gives us. We are also called to joyfully give offerings above and beyond our tithe, as the Holy Spirit leads.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights…
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.