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Good Morning Team – Wow. Yesterday’s message touched a raw nerve regarding tithing. The simple answer; Tithing is a practical application of Faith.

You can literally drive yourself crazy reading about it – I did. It’s a lot like reading about nutrition because there is a lot of conflicting information from a lot of sources. And it’s a lot like learning any skill – you can just read and anal-yze it or you can DO it and learn it a whole lot quicker. (example: Swimming or riding a bike)

The BIG MISTAKE regarding tithing = Many people struggling with poverty consciousness mistakenly think that money shrinks when you give it away. They think (100% – 10% = 90%). Sadly, the tighter you squeeze your money, the more compact it becomes. The more you cut back, the less you have. Dickens’s mythical figure “Scrooge” vividly demonstrates the consequence of being tightfisted, stingy, hard, and parsimonious with one’s money.

When I started tithing – I too mistakenly thought “I can’t afford to tithe” and “If I tithe I won’t be able to pay my bills”. At the time I was broke and I had tried everything else to change my situation, so I saw tithing as a “last resort”. AFTER I started to tithe – THEN my financial situation began to improve….later when I was making a lot of money I “tested” the law and stopped tithing – my income shrunk almost immediately.

The Truth is; giving money actually produces more money. Tithing is a money multiplier. Giving literally magnifies, multiplies, and exponentializes money.

When you give without the expectation of receiving – knowing that you will – then and and only then your money returns to you 10 fold or more. And the giving must be a percentage of your income….putting 2, 10 or 20 bucks in the collection plate is NOT tithing and does not produce the larger rewards that tithing does. So if you can only start at 1% then start there and as your situation improves you work your way up to the magic number of 10% of your gross income.

One crucial component is that you must tithe to that which gives you “Spiritual Nourishment”. For many this will be their church, temple, synagogue etc. For others it could be the charity they are personally engaged with.

Tithing is a great way to Make a Difference. Go behind the scenes of most great fortunes, you’ll find a common pattern—the more they gave, the more they got. Conversely, show me a person having a difficult time financially and it is very likely they’re not tithing.

Bottomline; Start at whatever level you are at…just start…and the miracles of tithing will come because Tithing is a practical application of Faith.

Live With Intention,
Dr Bill