Jireh – Intimacy, Part 4 (Notes, 8/29/21)
Victory over poverty and lack comes from your covenant relationship with the Father.
Understanding spiritual battle and employing biblical principles brings victory.
God has blessed us so that we would live abundant, full lives and be a blessing to others.
God has a plan for your breakthrough!
You are a child of God believing His promises – not bossing God around.
Obedience is a gateway to deeper fellowship and intimacy with the Lord.
Offerings are always about Fellowship & Honor.
5 Types of Offerings
- Tithe
- Firstfruits
- Terumah
- Seed
- Alms
1.8% of American Christians tithe.
The tithe is a reflection of obedience and trust.
The Father’s heart is always to protect and provide.
6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty.“But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’8 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’“In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 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. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty.
Malachi 3:6-12 (NLT)
The motive matters more than the amount.
Doing your part…
- Opens the windows of Heaven
- Becomes a spiritual weapon
- Demonstrates God’s goodness on your life
