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Where To Tithe
Where you tithe is just as important as how you tithe. The Bible gives us some guidelines about where to tithe. Malachi 3:10 tells us to bring the tithe into the storehouse. A storehouse is a place where food is found.What does that mean? You are to tithe at the place where you receive your spiritual food, the Word of God.
Deuteronomy 26:2 tells the tither to take his tithe "unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there." The Bible makes many references to places where the Lord chose to put His Name and His Spirit. It also mentions places from which the Spirit of the Lord has departed. God's blessing is not upon every place that call itself a church. Do not tithe at a dead church. What is a dead church? A church that does not teach the new birth. If such a place is not teaching the new birth, there will be no life there. Giving to such a place is like giving money to the dead. In Deuteronomy 26:14 one of the things the tither points out to God concerning his obedience to the laws of God is that he did not give any of his tithe to the dead. Don't you do it either. Make sure you tithe at a place where God has chosen to put His Name and His Spirit.  Bringing tithes We must mention one more point about tithing. WHAT YOU TITHE IS IMPORTANT. WE TEND TO THINK OF TITHES AS MONEY. Money is a part of it. You are to give a tithe of the salary you earn. But if you remember the men we studies in the Bible who tithed, they gave a tenth of all that GOD blessed them with - not just money. You can tithe books, tapes, food, clothing, cars, anything that God gives you.
We made a decision several years ago to give a tithe on everything we received. If someone gave us clothes, for example, we'd figure out the approximate value and then give a money tithe on that. Tithing has worked for us because we are blessed beyond our wildest dreams. Related Articles
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