Count off seven weeks from when you first begin to cut the grain at the time of harvest. Then celebrate the Festival of Harvest to honor the LORD your God. Bring him a voluntary offering in proportion to the blessings you have received from him. This is a time to...
As a parent, we try to instill the principle of sharing into our children. We teach them to share their snacks, their toys, and belongings with others. It is not a concept easily grasped as they learn early on to say, “It’s mine!”. We work at...
The topic of the sermon – Giving. The speaker had no idea there was a question looming in my heart and mind for several weeks on this very topic. I was not seeking an answer to tithing, for this was a given (no pun intended) for me. My question went deeper,...
“If you put what little you have in your hand into the hand of God, it won’t just add up; God will make it multiply.” (Mark Batterson, The Circle Maker, page 51) This quote has been mulling around in my head for days now. Days. I just cannot seem to...
The message was on giving. More specifically, tithing. We both were raised and taught to give. It is one of those areas where neither of us struggles to obey. Not sure exactly why that is as we are not rich by any means but then, neither are we poor. We have just been...
