To Tithe or not to Tithe..That is the question!

Proverbs 14: 8

The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.

I think people in the church, would be a lot better off, if we spent more time watching the older, wiser people, in the flock.

In the 1990’s, people over 65 years of age, accounted for over 70% of all giving in the church.

Today, when a senior member of the church dies, it normally takes as many as 8 – 10 people under the age of 35, to account for their overall contribution and production.

All signs suggest, that maybe our older members, were not so senile after all.

Churches who actually teach on tithing and Biblical giving, report that giving in the church, increases at an average of 62% over other churches.

It’s also reported that churches who are not afraid of teaching about Biblical giving, have members who actually reduce their debt load by as much as $20,000.00 in the first year.

Most churches don’t teach this stuff, because it’s not popular with the its members.

Yet that should not surprise us.

When we approach our giving to God, with a consumer like mentality, it almost never works out very well for that person.

When we begin to rely on ourselves, and selfishness takes over, God allows those people to have their way, until they come back begging.

What’s your testimony of joy, regarding tithing?

If you don’t tithe, then you can’t possibly have a testimony of joy, like someone who does tithe.

Stewardship of God’s property, is so much a part of our overall spiritual growth.

Some people just haven’t figured that out as of yet…