Tag: Bible verses about tithing

Bible Verse of The Day – 2-14-23

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

God offers us a great opportunity in this verse to see Him move.

You see, if we really understood what it means to tithe to God, we would not even think about not giving to Him.

He is amazingly detailed oriented. He is Omniscient, meaning He knows everything!

This means that He knows what we do with everything that He blesses us with, including our finances.

Some have gotten promotions. Some people have been blessed in other ways of receiving finances. And He watches to see what we will do with it.

Will we put Him first, before we dip into it? Or will we just go about doing whatever we feel we want to do with it, and tie it up with other obligations?

We have to remember that once it’s gone, it’s gone. It’s very hard to get it back.

What we do with our money is completely up to us. God gives us free will to choose. But we need to know that we will reap from our decisions.

We need to understand that God wants the very best for His children. But we can tie His hands in helping us if we don’t obey.

What father or mother would bless their child for their disobedience?

If we disobey God with our finances, why would He reward or keep blessing us if we are not listening?

Give all of our tithes to Him and let Him turn our situation around.

He is faithful, but we must obey HIs instructions in order for Him to follow through in His “pouring out”.  Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-27-18

Psalm 34:17 (NKJV) 17 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles.

Are we willing to let God show us how to do things?

When we turn everything over to Him and we say, “Lord, have it.” we are saying, “we are done trying to figure it out. We are at the end of our rope and there is no way we can keep going like this”.

God will then take steps to show us how to make things right and get us up and going again. But, most times it will be in a way that we would have never expected.

A lot of times when we have reached this point or place, we are ready for just about anything. We will be excited and at peace all at the same time, because we will begin to see God’s hand move.

We will see things begin to change in our situation and we will be OK with it all, because most times we are at rock bottom or at wits end when we reach this place.

During this time and season of our lives, despite the storm happening around us, we will usually be more at peace than we have ever been. And we will wonder why we waited so long before letting God “have the wheel”, so to speak.

But, it’s important to know that there is a step we must take in order to get to this point.

Most people don’t want to hear about the step we are about to talk about, and many times that is why they are still in the same boat. They will usually sigh, walk away, ignore or pretend they didn’t hear it. Or they will take the easy way out and say, “well, I’m not in a position to do this yet, but when I get there, that will be the first thing I’ll do”.

This step we’re talking about is in the book of Malachi. It starts with an action word, “BRING!”

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

I will never forget the day I saw that. I was sitting at my desk with our bills sitting in front of me, and I thought “HOW, God?”.

How do we bring our tithes to you with all of these bills in front of me that need to be paid?

We knew we had to make a choice.

This was a serious decision that could make or break us. We were in financial distress, and God was telling us to “bring”.

Would we give to God or hold back and wait for a more convenient time?

But, I took my pen, and before I wrote out any checks for our bills, I paid God first.

Making that choice, as hard as it was, allowed God to begin showing us how to walk by faith, even in our finances.

We are praying that God will help you make the right decision also. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-10-17

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

God is telling us to bring ALL the tithes. Bring them where? Into the storehouse.

What is a storehouse? A place for storing goods (such as provisions), a warehouse, etc. A place where we get the food that nourishes us.

In this modern day, the storehouse is the place that feeds us spiritually; Where we are being nurtured, growing and learning. The place that is helping us to move forward in our walk with God.

We see a difference in our attitude and things are changing in our lives for the better, because of the “food” we’re receiving from this particular place. This would be our storehouse.

Putting our tithes in the right storehouse is important. If we are sowing our money into a place that is not feeding us properly, then we are wasting our money, our time and our labor.

This may be hard for us to digest because some of us may find ourselves having to make a change and switch things up.

The way to determine our storehouse is to see and know where we are getting our help from. What is making a difference in our life? Where are we being taught the things of God in a way that works for us?

These are questions to ask ourselves in finding the right storehouse.

God is faithful to show us, guide us and lead us to that place. He knows that many are struggling, because they are sincere in their hearts and want to do what is right. But they have not found the right storehouse. And, if they have found it, they have not taken the steps to give their tithes to it.

God wants to bless us. But it’s up to us to obey Him first.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-10-16

Matthew 19:21 (NKJV) 21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

Why did Jesus bring this up to the man that had great possessions? Because the man asked Jesus, “what do I lack?” (Matthew 19:20) You ask Jesus a question, He will give you the answer. After Jesus gave him His answer, the man walked away sorrowful.

Why? Because he lacked in his faith in the area of giving. Even though he had so many possessions, he wasn’t willing to give or obey in this area.

This man could sit there and say with confidence, he didn’t murder, he didn’t commit adultery, he didn’t steal, he didn’t bear false witness, he honored his parents, and he loved his neighbor (Matthew 19:18-19).

But when Jesus brought to his attention the very thing that he lacked, that very thing that would help him as well, what did the man do?  It says he turned away sorrowful (Matthew 19:22).

Some people just simply struggle with giving. They are willing to do everything else, but when it comes down to giving their MONEY or possessions, they simply will not let go.

Jesus does not want anything to have a hold on us. If we struggle with this today we need to make a statement and do the opposite; we need to give!

You see faith and works go together. If we say we have faith but will not step out in it and take action, where is faith in that?

James 2:20 (NKJV) 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

Today we believe God is speaking to some who struggle in this. You truly have a hard time in letting go and giving of your money or your possessions.

It doesn’t have to be this way. We don’t have to walk away sorrowful like this man did. That is just an example of what not to do.

We can do the right thing and obey, just as Jesus asked this man to do. Don’t make excuses. They won’t help us.

Follow Christ, the author and finisher of our faith, by stepping out and taking action.

Hebrews 12:2 (NKJV) 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Give.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-12-16

Proverbs 3:9-10 (NKJV) 9 Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.

So many people today struggle with their finances. They never seem to have enough, always just making ends meet. And this is a hard thing to swallow.

The first question we have to ask ourselves is, “are we honoring The Lord with our possessions, are we giving to Him our firstfruits or are we believing that it’s ok to just take whatever God blesses us with and just spend it on our own needs first?”.

It’s easy to take our finances and put it in our bank account and pay our bills and tell ourselves that if there is any left over we will give it to God.

It happens all the time. That’s why people are broke, because it happens so often and there is never any left over. Why? Because me, myself and I can always find something else to spend it on.

Why does God want our firstfruits and not our in between or last fruits?

As we give to God first it shows Him that we are putting Him before ourselves, our needs and our wants. This means a lot to Him. This shows Him where our heart is.

When we put God first with our finances, He pays attention. Our giving does not go unnoticed. He knows if it is painful, or if it is easy. He sees if we are doing it out of the right heart, etc.

Luke 21:4 (NKJV) 4 for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.”

Now, just because we don’t give God our firstfruits doesn’t mean He love us any less or He won’t help us from time to time. God is good and He helps His children. He is a forgiving God and full of mercy.

But, can we cause our own problems at times by not obeying this?

Malachi 3: 10-11 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts,“If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it. 11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the Lord of hosts;

According to Malachi, we could possibly be tying God’s hands from a protection and a blessing that He would love to give us as we obey Him with our tithes and offerings.

Give to God what He is asking for and be blessed!! Amen.

Malachi 3:12 “And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the Lord of hosts.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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