Giving Book

Definition The offering is a gift to God after our tithes. Scripture Reading 2 Corinthians 9:7, “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” Main Points FROM THE HEART: Offerings should be given from the heart and not the manipulation…

Definition  The offering is a gift to God after our tithes. Scripture Reading 2 Corinthians 9:6, “Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.” Main Points SOW SEED: The biblical word sow means, “plant.”  Therefore, Paul in the above passage is comparing one’s offerings to seeds that are…

Definition The offering is a gift to God after our tithes. Scripture Reading 2 Corinthians 9:6, “Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.” Main Points GENEROUS: To be generous means to “give freely in abundance.” Being generous is the opposite of being selfish and stingy. At the…

Definition  The offering is a gift to God after our tithes. Scripture Reading Deuteronomy 12:6, “There bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.” Main Points VARIOUS JEWISH OFFERINGS: The Jewish people were commanded by God…

Definition  The offering is a gift to God after our tithes. Scripture Reading Malachi 3:8, “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you? “In tithes and offerings.” Main Points JEWISH OFFERINGS: God gave the Jewish people many different ways to give offerings for various reasons but they…

Definition  The tithe is 10% of our total income given to God faithfully. Scripture Reading Genesis 28:20-22, “20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear 21 so that I…

Definition The tithe is 10% of our total income given to God faithfully. Scripture Reading 1 Corinthians 16:2, “On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.”…

Definition  The tithe is 10% of our total income given to God faithfully. Scripture Reading Matthew 6:24, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Main Points YOU CANNOT…

Definition The tithe is 10% of our total income given to God faithfully. Scripture Reading Galatians 6:4-7, “4 Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, 5 for each one should carry their own load. 6 Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in…

Definition The tithe is 10% of our total income given to God faithfully. Scripture Reading Malachi 3:10-12, “10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out…