Faithfully giving a portion of God's blessing back to Him shows you rely not on your own strength and ability to provide, but on His limitless resources and on His desire to bless you. Giving tithe and offerings is a response to God's invitation and promise found in Malachi 3:10 "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it."
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