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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL 2017

Sunday December 3, 2017

TITHING IS TRUSTING.     
 
Memorise :Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 
Proverbs 3:5

Read : Proverbs 3:5-7

3:5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
 
MESSAGE:


To experience exploits in your life, you must have a personal relationship with God. You must believe that He lives and love Him with all your heart. You must also learn to trust in Him. That command to pay tithes on your earnings simply places a demand on you to trust God. Your response to this command shows the levels of trust you have lived in Him. If you can pay your tithes correctly, it shows that you trust God for your livelihood, but if you find it difficult to be faithful in doing this, it simply shows that you trust more in your earning than in God to sustain you.

After I became newly born again and we were taught to pay tithes, I laughed and said in my mind, “These people do not know that I am a mathematician. If 100% is not enough for me, how can 90% be enough after I have paid 10% as tithes? Thank you very much! Even though these people are not educated, they still want to use their smartness to take 10% of my income from me. Let them try and take it”. However, down the line, God convinced me by Himself and I observed remarkable changes in my life.

In those days, I was a lecturer in the university. I had a car but was afraid to drive in Lagos, so I got a driver. At the end of the month, I would pay my driver his salary, but by the middle of the next month, I would have to borrow money from him to buy petrol (gasoline).

This happened month after month. I continued to struggle with my finances and even had to spend all my earnings. However, when I started paying my tithes, I suddenly realized I did not need a driver anymore, because boldness came from nowhere and I could now drive myself, also, I did not have to visit hospitals again because I now had the Great Physician as my doctor. My children did not fall sick again, and that leakage in my finances was blocked off. All of a sudden, doors of opportunities began to open to me because I trusted the Lord.

Are you still struggling with tithing? If you are, it only shows that you do not trust God to take care of you. The truth is, whatever you are paid may never be sufficient to meet all your needs because you are limited to that source, whereas you are open to various devourers. In contrast, when you tithe, you will have access to resources beyond your income because God’s storehouse will be opened to you, and he will also block every source of losses in your life. It is a matter of choice. Why don’t you start trusting God from today by paying your tithes faithfully?

KEY POINT :
It is shocking to know that quite a number of God’s children cannot trust God with their finances

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR :
Psalm 93-101;
Nahum 3:5-19


HYMN 14:   TAKE MY LIFE

1.      Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise.

2.      Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.

3.      Take my voice and let me sing,
Always, only for my King.
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.

4.      Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.

5.      Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne.

6.      Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.

Adeboye God never asked Christians to pay tithes by trusting him.There is no such verse in the Bible

God does not need tithes to block all losses or ill health in my life. His bleßsings are free.I have been receiving them for decades without ever paying tithes

Lol.. I know say some people will open shop here by referring to that matter

PaChukwudi44:
Adeboye God never asked Christians to pay tithes by trusting him.There is no such verse in the Bible

The man of God never forced you to pay your tithe. It takes your knowkedge and relationship with God, for you to understand TITHING

4reala:
The man of God never forced you to pay your tithe. It takes your knowkedge and relationship with God, for you to understand TITHING

He is teaching a very wrong doctrine. God does not curse anyone who doesn't pay tithes. Neither does he restrict his protection and blessings to only people who tithe.The blessings of God are free and one does not absolutely need tithes to prove one's trust in God

PaChukwudi44:
He is teaching a very wrong doctrine. God does not curse anyone who doesn't pay tithes. Neither does he restrict his protection and blessings to only people who tithe.The blessings of God are free and one does not absolutely need tithes to prove one's trust in God

Now hear the word of God to we his children(Jacob), in Malachi 3 v4-12

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord , as in the days of old, and as in former years. And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. For I am the Lord , I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 3:4‭-‬12 KJV

4reala:
Now hear the word of God to we his children(Jacob), in Malachi 3 v4-12

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord , as in the days of old, and as in former years. And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. For I am the Lord , I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 3:4‭-‬12 KJV

quit living under the law.The daw of grace is here.He has already paid for it at the cross of calvary

PaChukwudi44:
quit living under the law.The daw of grace is here.He has already paid for it at the cross of calvary

pls sir, what did u say he paid for?

4reala:
pls sir, what did u say he paid for?

salvation and God's blessings are free.We don't need to pay any money in the name of tithes to anyone to get it.Jesus already pad for it all at the cross of calvary