Savings Sunday - The importance of Tithing

I know it is late again.  I really need to try to blog on Saturdays so I get on this on time... ah well.  A belated Sunday post, haha.

Anyway, I wanted to talk about tithing.

Often when I think about 'saving money' I don't think about giving money away.  But the Bible tells us that we will be blessed by giving our money through tithes and offerings.

Proverbs 11:24 ESV         
One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Malachi 3:10 ESV        
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Now, I am not trying to 'preach' the prosperity gospel.  Not at all.  I am just saying that the Bible teaches we need to give the tithe.  The money we have is not ours.  It is God's.  The same goes with everything we have.  So, we need to give of the gifts we've been given.

And God says he will bless us.

I can attest to the blessings.  I am not sure how it is even possible for us to have as much as we do, but God has made it possible!  We have been faithfully tithing since we got married, and God has given us blessing after blessing.  Many would say they don't know how we afford to live off what we make, but we have enough.  We are satisfied with what we have, too!  I think that perhaps that is something we need to have more of... satisfaction with what we have!  It is amazing how many blessings we will see when we are satisfied with what we have!  And God will provide all we need.

And when we need things we cannot get for ourselves, the blessings we receive from our heavenly father are even more incredible when we get them!