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START by giving


Today I finish the e-devotion series based on the word START.  The Community Fellowship’s 2023 theme is THERE IS MORE TO COME.  The word START has 5 letters that represent these phrases … SERVE.  TITHE.  ADORE GOD. READ SCRIPTURE. TALK TO GOD.  


Today I point you to TITHE.  This is not something that some want to hear about, yet this is a promise from God full of abundance for the one who has chosen to follow Jesus.


Be a giver.  Tithe.  Choose to be generous.

 

Malachi 3:10  NLT  

Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!


Literally this verse has God saying to us to TEST HIM in this.  See if He does what He says He will do.  Begin and watch.  I have found God to be true and so good when we do what He asks of us.


Tithing is an issue of obedience.  We are given a measure of 10 percent.  I believe we can do more with our 90 percent when we give God our 10 percent.  Try it.  The person that chooses this will put God before all else.  That is the mark of the person who will START and keep their 2023 in incredible ways.


Tithe and give to the church or the storehouse as God calls it.  For our church go to the church website www.thecommunityfellowship.org and click give online.  Whether you can attend in person or not, give as you know is right.  The church and the ministries you support need you more now than ever.  Be a generous giver.

 

2 Corinthians 9:7   NASB

Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.


We are challenged to be generous and to know the goodness of God.  He is generous.  People who love God and love others will be those who are the most generous, not just with their money.


Proverbs 11:25  NLT  

The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.


Do you want to have a great new year?  Choose to experience and help others experience the goodness of God.  Giving is one aspect of life that sets our direction and our success.  Tithing literally allows us to test God in the area of His goodness. 


Make 2023 incredible for you.  Here is a great place to START.

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