Hey guys and welcome back to the salt not sweetener
podcast. I'm your host Danielle Townsend and
I'm sure you know from the title What today's
episode is about I don't know exactly what I'm
gonna title it But I know that the title is probably
gonna have something to do with giving and that
is our topic today This is a topic that a lot
of people want to immediately turn off This is
a topic that people feel convicted by this is
a topic that people immediately slap prosperity
gospel on it This is a topic that people just
for whatever reason and a lot of it is conviction
Sorry to call y 'all out, but a lot of the immediate
rejection is conviction and Just like want to
turn this off, but I knew that this was amen
the topic the Lord was leading me to were like
it Last night y 'all I could not go to sleep.
I was tossing and turning in my bed I was just
trying to go to bed, but this topic and how it
has been so Important in my life would not leave
my mind And I felt like the Lord was giving me
points to talk about and I was like, alright
Alright, God is giving me a podcast topic and
he's giving me some bullet points. I literally
had to like put it down in my notes Before I
could have the peace to go to sleep today I knew
too this was where I was being called to talk
about and I'm gonna tell y 'all today we're gonna
pull from scripture I'm gonna share from personal
experience of how giving and generosity has transformed
my life how God has used me having an open hand
how God has used me having a humble heart to
bless me and for me to be a blessing to others
and how God has been able to Do exceedingly and
abundantly in my life how he's been able to deliver
on promises a lot of the promises I have right
now y 'all in my life fun fact God moved off
of me being generous and God moved off of me
having open hands a lot of the harvests I have
raped came from generous seeds being sown and
A lot of there was a word the Lord gave me I
remember like a year ago and it was so hard I
couldn't I couldn't figure out what it meant
at the time, but the Lord was telling me that
I was gonna reap harvests from fields that I
hadn't toiled in. And I have seen God do that.
And what I mean is, God was gonna bless me with
things that were gonna take me by surprise. And
I was gonna get blessed with things where it's
like, I didn't deserve that, I didn't work for
that, I didn't earn that, but God blessed me
with it anyway. I'm gonna share with y 'all today
just how giving has impacted my life. And I wanna
start by saying this, a disclaimer. because I
know that there's someone in here who's listening
to us and they're like, you don't need it to
be saved. I'm gonna say this loud and clear for
y 'all right here in the beginning of the episode.
Your works do not buy your salvation. I am not,
and I repeat, I am not telling you that you need
to tithe to go to heaven. This isn't even a salvation
discussion. I am not telling you that. Tithing
has anything to do with it. That's not what we're
talking about today. The Lord has made it so
clear in scripture that no one, your works cannot
earn your way into heaven. That way no one may
boast. The only way you are reaching eternal
life is by faith in Jesus Christ. I could donate
a million dollars and it doesn't matter. Salvation
wise I am I'm not going to heaven because I donated
a million dollars I'm not going to heaven because
I volunteered my life away I'm not going to heaven
because I helped everybody and I sowed a lot
of seeds of time I'm also I'm not going to hell
because I didn't give out a million dollars.
I'm not going to hell because I didn't volunteer
The only thing that buys my salvation is what
Jesus Christ already did on the cross faith my
faith in Jesus the reason why I am confident
that I I'm already very confident now that I
have eternal life with the Heavenly Father and
I'm saying that as someone who I grew up most
of my life without my faith in Jesus going to
church I know the difference of what it is to
have my faith in Jesus and not have my faith
in Jesus and I believe God's word to be true
that whoever has their faith in Jesus and my
faith is in him babe I know the difference of
walking by faith and not And I know there are
people who are like that's cocky like you won't
know until I Trust in what God has I trust in
God's Word. I Trust in God's Word and I am I
am confident in my relationship with the Lord
and I pray that you guys reach that too. I Pray
that each of you listening to this is confident
in your relationship with Jesus Christ in the
past couple episodes The pray episode y 'all
we talked about how to strengthen that relationship
with Jesus and I will tell y 'all this You shall
know them by their fruits and Jesus says the
one who believes in me will do the work that
I do and that's in the book of John I believe
that chapter it's here three or four that he
says the one who believes in me will do the works
that I do Jesus was generous Jesus was merciful.
Jesus was loving Jesus is Loving Jesus is forgiving
The one who believes in him if your faith is
in Jesus You should eventually start to look
more like Jesus and that's not saying being sinless
or perfect But you should be trying to live a
life like Christ if you've been walking with
Christ for a year two years three years four
years five years plus and You're not seeing changes
and you're not seeing shifts. You're not being
moved by conviction There should be some flags
coming up for you. I say this lovingly Because
you might not be Walking with him as closely
as you'd like to think you are you might be someone
who's fallen into religion instead of relationship
There are a lot of different reasons that's just
one but I encourage you today and this might
be just what someone needs to hear If you have
been walking with Him for all this time and you
still have no conviction, you still have no desire
to change, I talked about this in the prayer
episode, too. That was how I was able to look
back and see, yeah, my faith wasn't really in
Jesus because I didn't feel convicted. I didn't
want to listen. I loved my son more than I loved
the Lord. And that's how I knew. But just a disclaimer
for this episode, this is not a tithe equals
salvation argument. Because our salvation comes
from what Jesus Christ did on the cross alone.
What I'm talking about today is and I pose this
question to y 'all What is your What are you
hoping to get out of your relationship with Jesus?
Because that'll tell you a lot about the choices
and the decisions you're making. Are you walking
with Jesus? Are you going to church? Are you
reading the Bible? Are you putting your faith
in him or saying your faith is in him? Because
you don't want to go to hell Because if that
is your only motivator You're gonna be looking
at the Bible and you're gonna be looking through
scripture of what do I need to do to get into
heaven? And what are the things that are admissible?
For me to like lack on and slack on And I used
to look at the Bible that way because I used
to just my mindset used to just be like, okay
What do I need to do to get into heaven? What
do I need to do to earn salvation? It says I
just have to have my faith in Jesus He'll forgive
me for my sins and that's how we quickly can
fall into the cheap grace Which we talked about
that before cheap grace and costly grace cheap
grace is Jesus died. He'll forgive me He'll forgive
me and we we lose sight of dying to flesh. We
lose sight of denying self we lose sight of Walking
by faith and taking steps of faith and we use
grace to excuse it and say we're covered by grace,
right? But when people are moving through life
with the mentality of what do I have to do to
be saved? And what are the things I can entertain?
What are the what are how much greed is too much
greed? How much gluttony is too much gluttony?
How much of this is too much of this? There are
a lot of people who move through life and they
don't even realize they're doing this But they're
looking through the Bible not of like what where
how is God calling me higher? What can I do to
strengthen my relationship? What can I do to
create disciples? What can I do to you know?
Because we can look at scripture and see God
loves a cheerful giver God loves for us to do
these things and be like wow Maybe I should try
to implement that or become more of that you
have a lot of people who open up the Bible and
say but it doesn't say you have to be a cheerful
giver it doesn't say you have to and there are
a lot of people who will open the Bible and say
well I don't have to and I challenge you this
if you find yourself opening up the Bible you
don't have to to meet what requirement you don't
have to be a cheerful giver to go to heaven that's
true But you do have to be a cheerful giver if
you want God to use you to be a blessing to other
people in terms of giving And that's what we're
getting at here y 'all I am someone who I And
I want to be so thoughtful with the way I say
this. I don't want to just be safe. I Don't want
to just go to heaven when I'm here. I want to
be used to create disciples I want to be used
by God in my full capacity. However much He can
use me, I want Him to use me. I was created to
serve Him. I was created to steward over His
creation. I was created to worship Him. And of
course the Lord loves me and I am to enjoy life,
but I am here I want to be used to my full potential
and in order to do that Jesus we are given the
Bible and we are told what God desires how he
wants us to live our life he wants us to be blessed
are the meek He wants us to be meek. He wants
us to be generous. He wants us to be forgiving.
He wants us to be loving. You don't have to be
these things to go to heaven, but you have to
be these things to be used by him in great capacities.
And I guess I'm talking to the people today that
want more than just salvation. I'm talking to
the people today that want to be blessed to be
a blessing to others. I'm talking to the people
today that want to be used by God, that want
to create disciples, that want to be used to
their full capacity. I'm challenging you to wherever
you're at raise the bar because there's so much
to get out of your relationship with Jesus there's
so much more than salvation which salvation is
already amazing he did it all by defeating death
on the cross but we're offered not just eternal
life we are offered the ability to be used by
God now The ability to be a blessing to others
the ability to plant seeds for others the ability
to be a light we're created to be a light Why
don't you want to be a light like I I'm asking
you these questions to ask yourself Why don't
you want to be used by God? Why don't you want
to be a light? Why don't you want to be these
things? Who why not? Why set the bar low Raise
that bar and I this is the encouragement today
to raise that bar to not only be saved But you
want to be used by God in big ways. You want
to be used to your full capacity and I'm telling
y 'all today if you want to be used to your full
capacity You have to be willing to give You have
to be willing to sow seeds. You have to be willing
not only to give your money but to give your
time And I'm gonna share personal testimony of
how this has transformed my life, and this is
not prosperity gospel. Guys, this is not me saying,
well, if you sow this, God's gonna bless you,
and you're gonna get all this money, and you're
gonna get all these things. I am not saying that
this is like a transactional thing. If you sow
a hundred, and God's gonna give you a thousand
dollar check. I want to stop here and say we
shouldn't be doing good things with the expectation
and the contingency of getting good things back
because that's a Transaction and that's when
we start to look at God as transactional and
we're not doing it out of a space of humility
We're not doing it out of a space of just wanting
to be used by God and we're not doing out of
a loving space That's when we're doing it from
a greedy space. Okay I want you all to just stop
and take a breath. Okay, because this This topic
can be convicting for people. You know, this
topic can trigger a lot of emotions. I remember
how many emotions were triggered for me when
I started learning about tithing and giving was
when I had like no money in my name and there
would be anger and frustration and different
emotions coming out of me and being like, you
don't know my financial situation. I'd be like,
God, if you want to give to me, why don't I have
more to give? And it can bring out some ugly
emotions. it can bring out some ugly feelings
and I'm not passing any judgment on y 'all for
feeling that way because I have felt that way
too but if you're feeling that way and even listening
to this I encourage you to pause this for a moment
and just take some deep breaths and pray that
God gives you a peace and eyes to see and ears
to hear and I encourage you to rebuke alright
because that anger and that frustration isn't
from God Now there's some scripture I want to
read to y 'all and we're in second Corinthians
Chapter 9 and we're gonna start in verse 6 And
it says here I'm in the she reads truth study
Bible the Christian standard Bible The point
is this the person who sows Sparingly will also
reap sparingly and the person who sows generously
will also reap generously Each person should
do as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly
or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful
giver. And God is able to make every grace overflow
to you, so that in every way, always having everything
you need, you may excel in every good work. As
it is written, he distributed freely, he gave
to the poor, his righteousness endorsed forever.
Now the one who provides seed for the sower and
bread for food will also provide and multiply
your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
You will be enriched in every way for all generosity,
which produces thanksgiving to God through us.
For the ministry of this service is not only
supporting the needs of the saints, but is also
overflowing in many expressions of thanks to
God. I want to pause here, y 'all. Because this
is the scripture we're going to be pulling back
to a lot. I want you to take a moment and maybe
think about what are your reservations you have
against giving or against tithing. I'll give
you all a couple of mine. My first one, especially
when getting into the idea of tithing was I didn't
feel like I had the money to give. I felt like
I had bills due, I have things going on, every
cent I have has to go to other things. I felt
like I didn't have the extra to give. And we'll
go over this in a, we'll go over this in a minute,
but God really helped me work through that, where
I started actually giving the Lord my first fruits
and seeing how He was able to provide everything
I needed. But I wanna first ask you, like y 'all,
what are some of your, reservations. What are
some of the reasons why you don't tithe? What
are some of the reasons why you don't give? What
are the excuses you make? Because my first one
was I don't have the availability. I don't have
the extra. I don't have the wiggle room to just
give money away. And I would say maybe when I
have more one day. And here is my next one. Where
does it say in the Bible I have to? That was
my next one. Where does it say I have to it looks
like God encourages it, but he doesn't say I
have to do it That that was my that was my big
my big guns that was my big excuse where in the
Bible does it say I have to give and That's when
we're gonna go back and ask that question have
to for what? Because in saying have to you're
also telling yourself that there is like a guaranteed
Result of whether or not you do this thing, right?
And when I traced it back, it was like I don't
have to give to go to heaven That was what I
was telling myself. I don't have to tithe to
be a Christian. I don't have to tithe to go to
heaven Okay But now the way I come about that
question is it's like yeah, you don't have to
tithe to go to heaven But you're also not opening
yourself up to see moves of God You're not opening
yourself up to see how God will provide for you
You're not opening yourself up to be someone
who God provides through you to other people
So no, you don't have to to be saved, but you
do if you want to see moves of God in that area
I'll say those were my two big ones y 'all and
Then my third was one where I started trying
to justify in my head. It's like well, what do
they use it for? Like what does my church really
need that money for what does that person really
need the money for? And I'm just telling y 'all
how God kind of humbled me and answered my questions
And the third one the third one How God kind
of answered it and humbled it for me is it was
a real humbling moment for me all those That's
none of my business When I so I'm trusting God
with that money, I'm giving it back to him Because
I want to pull back to the scripture where it
says right here Each person should do as he has
decided in his heart y 'all my giving is not
I don't give a certain amount of what the Bible
tells me it's in my relationship with God and
My prayer closet with God. He has guided me with
how much I so There is a percentage out of each
paycheck Will be so clear. I will be so transparent
with y 'all I feel like I'm being led to be transparent
on this every paycheck I get when it hits my
account in the morning Before I go to the store
There is a certain percentage I take out of that
check and I send it straight to my church has
an online giving and I send it straight to There
and I deposit that amount in there. It's not
direct. It's not timed Because my I will say
this number one. My paychecks are a little bit
different each time So there's a little bit of
a different number from each of the percentages.
But I don't want it to be automatically set up
anyway because I want myself to every other Friday
go through that process of taking that time and
willingly giving it. I don't want it to be on
auto pay where it's a second thought and I don't
notice it's gone. I want to notice it's gone.
Like I'm being really transparent with you all
about what my tithing and my giving looks like.
That's the first one. And then there are other
times, it actually just happened yesterday, where
I got a discount on something at the store. Like
I was getting a service done and they gave me
a discount and I saved $60. And when I got home,
I felt convicted in my prayer time with the Lord
to sow that $60. And I did. That's on top of
my tithe. I've already given That's on top of
my tithe. Those are personal things That the
Lord has put on my heart Those are things in
my private time with him that same percentage
that I so might not work For the person right
next to me That giving might not be what God
is calling them to give there are things God
directs me to specifically So this is gonna be
my first thing I say to y 'all, that your tithing,
your giving, is something that you and the Lord
come on agreement with. I know that a lot of
people have that blanket 10 % rule that works
for some people, that might not be what God is
putting on someone else. Someone else, God might
be putting 5%. Someone else, God might be putting
25%. And I'm here to tell y 'all that I know
my church would be fine without my donations.
Like mine alone, I know my church would still
be running, God would still provide for that
ministry. Glory be to God, I attend a church
that they do very, we have very generous people
at my church. And right now there's actually
a lot of things going on, we're growing, we're
actually trying to raise money in the next couple
of years to be able to like renovate because
we've outgrown our space. I understand and I
know that God will provide for them whether or
not I give because there's someone else with
an open heart. There's someone else generous
that's willing to be used by God. But I also
understand that in me giving to my ministry and
me giving to the church, there's something God
is doing in me. There's something God is doing
in me. I truly believe a lot of it is about me.
Like what he's doing in me But imagine if everyone
else Was giving to the church all the sudden
had that mindset of will someone else will do
it and someone else is generous Sure that might
work for one person to have that mindset, but
everybody has that mindset All the sudden there's
a lot of people no longer able to be used by
the Lord Yeah, I want to be very transparent
with y 'all about what my giving looks like because
how can I Talk to y 'all about your giving if
I don't talk to you all about mine and that's
what mine looks like In the in my private time
with the Lord and that might change You know
when I move on to whatever next career path or
next financial whatever I have going on God might
raise that percentage. He might throw out the
percentage. I don't know but this is what the
Lord Has led me to do And the interesting thing
enough, y 'all, as we were talking about to combat
that first one, I used to say, well, I don't
have the wiggle room, the money left over. That
used to be my common excuse for it. And you know
what the Lord started getting me to do? To give
my first fruits. To give my first fruits. And
that was, I remember reading that in Proverbs
three. I believe it was chapter nine. I believe
it was verse nine. where it said honor the Lord
with your possessions and with the first produce
of your entire harvests because I remember that
conviction first started out with I was in prayer
and I felt the Lord say give me the first fruits
of your day and I started waking up every day
with my first fruits would be reading the Bible
and praying and just giving the beginning of
my day to him because I used to struggle with
saying God I don't have enough time to pray I
don't have enough time to read the Bible. I'm
doing all these other things and I get home and
I have all these other things to do. I don't
have the time. And the Lord really started convicting
me and guiding me of, we'll do it first thing
in the morning. Instead of thinking, do I have
leftover? Make time for it first. You'll make
time for what matters to you. And I started doing
that. I started every morning. And funny enough,
that started going into my tithes. Because I
would start at first. Like tithing with my church
looked like I would wait until like right before
I was about to get my next paycheck and be like
Okay, how much money can I get from my pay from
this past one and not feel hurt before I get
my new one in and Then there would be sometimes
run find myself giving a really small amount
and where I would feel like girl You know, you
can give more than that And the conviction the
Lord brought me to is giving him my first fruits
it turned into a number a percentage amount and
every time that paycheck hit that's been consistent
I've been doing that it's been consistent I've
been doing that and God has provided every time
what I need and he is actually multiplied my
abundance I don't know how to say other than
like he has multiplied it in ways where I'm like
it makes no sense for it to be multiplied like
this like times when I'm actually working less
hours like when I should have when I just recently
have more bills and I look and my account is
more fruitful than it has been and other times
when I was working way extra I'm just telling
y 'all I'm not saying that you donate money you
start tithing regularly to your church and God's
gonna pour out all this money in your account.
I'm not saying that, but I am saying when I started
getting regular with tithing, all my bills were
always paid. And there is an abundance that makes
no sense. That is what I will say. That is what
I've seen God do in my life that I have never
seen happen before in my life. And I want to
be so clear y 'all that your tithe and your offering
is different. Your tithe is what you sow into
the church and offering is like on top of that.
And there are a lot of times I always do my tithe
and God will lead me differently with my offerings.
And I believe what I just did yesterday with
that $60 was an offering. But I just feel like
I can't speak to y 'all and... Bring about conviction
without first being vulnerable of the excuses
I used to use and how God corrected that for
me and What my giving looks like now? And I encourage
y 'all today to pray to the Lord And we talked
about listen to the prayer episode of what it
looks like to just pray And start praying to
the Lord about what your giving should look like
Start praying to God of like, God, how much do
I get? What do I sow into? Am I sowing into a
church ministry? If you go to your church, you're
attending. Is that where you're sowing into?
Is there an online ministry that's been pouring
into you that the Lord is leading you to sow
into? Take it to the Lord. You know, my pastor
shared with us the other day a testimony. It
was really cool. that he used to be doing like
a campus ministry long before he was like our
minister now, where he basically had to like,
his income for the year came from people donating.
He made, I believe it was like $24 ,000 was his
annual pay and that $24 ,000 did have to come
from fundraising, like people who would sew and
people who would give. And like that he had to,
He had to meet people. He had to help generate
that. And that there was a couple that he was
led to talk to, and he was told, don't ask them
for money. They don't have money to spare. But
they are prayer warriors. Ask them for prayer.
And when he met them, he had every reason. Basically,
I'm just quickly summarizing this to believe
that they're not able to sow. They're not able
to fund. He felt the Holy Spirit guide him to
ask them anyway And he did and one of the people
started crying breaking down saying that God
spoke to them on the way there that they were
supposed to give and these people although they
had They seemed to have no wiggle room managed
to commit to give I believe and Lord forgive
me if I'm wrong with the number I believe is
$160 a month and When eventually he left that
ministry and told them like hey, I won't need
you know the The tithe anymore they were crying
because they were like it has done so much in
our lives to sew into this ministry We're not
able to be a part of it in other ways This is
the way we were able to be a part of this ministry
is by our giving and we're so sad that we aren't
continuing to do it and I want to share with
y 'all and sharing this testimony I'm feeling
convicted right now to share with y 'all of how
God used generosity to change my life Want to
tell you how God used it to change my life and
how God used someone who looked like they had
no money to be a blessing to me And how you can
be a blessing I don't think y 'all understand
this you can be a blessing to someone else when
you have little to nothing to give Flashback
to a time when I was in my car. Y 'all know the
story I was in my car in California in Southern,
California waiting on a move of God I believe
I gave my life to Jesus. He gave me a promise
He gave me a vision to move back to Indiana,
but I didn't have the money to do it I didn't
have a job at the time. I didn't have any income
God told me to trust in his ability to provide
and all of a sudden he was sending me random
people that were just seeming to walk up and
just money like little blessings in different
ways and there was someone who gave me I believe
it was like $50 and I got everything I needed
to get and I was holding tightly onto the last
of that money and I believe it was like $10 left
and I was holding tightly on to that because
God had given me a vision to go back to Indiana
and I was relying on my own control in that moment.
What my mind told me, what logic told me, and
what control told me was I need to start saving
the money that's being brought to me and holding
onto it tightly. God gave me a vision to get
back to Indiana. I need gas money. It's going
to be hundreds of dollars just for that alone.
So I got to start saving what God is sending.
It reminds me of the story of the Israelites
with the manna. You know, when God was sending
the manna daily and he said, don't store it up,
trust I'm going to provide for you tomorrow.
They didn't listen to that. They tried to store
it up and what happened? It got all moldy and
melty. When God was sending me this money, this
was money for me to eat. This was my for me to
get my cat food This was my for me to get gap
like just to start getting some things ready
to go God didn't give me the command of like
I want I'm sending you all of this and I want
you to save it all up and it's all gonna Add
together as it was being brought to me I felt
God guiding me on what to do with it and it wasn't
to like store it all up It was to get certain
things with it. I had a ten dollars left And
that was a day when I was seeking the Lord, I
was reading scripture, and I felt it so heavily
on my heart that he was calling me to give. That
it was better to give than it was to receive.
And I was wrestling with that. And finally I
started praying to God and saying, God, if you
want me to give away this last $10, if you want
me to give away the last money I have, show me
who, show me, show me. And it was about an hour
later, I was part of, there was a restaurant
that had like this, free trial where you could
like get drinks like every hour that I was a
part of so I was walking over and getting like
a drink for free and I walk over there and there's
someone sitting on the side of the road they
look homeless and I go in and get my drink and
as I'm walking I just feel such a conviction
to give the money to this person I give the money
to that person and I say God bless you know and
I go about my day and I go back to sitting in
my car a couple hours later they walk over to
me They have a scratch -off ticket a dirty scratch
-off ticket that hasn't been scratched yet that
they found on the ground and said I want to give
this to you a Lucky ticket for a lucky lady.
I scratch it off y 'all It's a hundred dollars
that one on that ticket. I Go in I cash it in
I walk all around looking for that person Wanting
to bless them because they just blessed me. I
couldn't find him anywhere. I was hungry I went
into a restaurant across the street that person
sitting in there. I Buy them a meal. I buy me
a meal Go back out to my car and some random
person walks up to me and hands me five dollars
and just walks away Like saying I just felt led
to give this to you and walks away I'm like what
the heck that five dollars is exactly what I
spent on that person's meal in that restaurant
And that person comes out talking to me finds
out the situation I'm in they look less worse
off than me the next morning They they know I
was gonna be at that spot. They come up to me.
They hand me two hundred dollars That adds on
to that 100 I had just gotten. And they said,
go back to Indiana. Get that gas in your car.
God gave me a vision, which was go back to Indiana.
And he told me I was going to provide for you.
And in my mind and my logic, my brain, my control
was saying, hold on tight. Don't let go to that
last $10. But the Holy Spirit told me something
different. The Holy Spirit told me, open your
hands. and sew I opened my hands I sewed and
I reaped immediately like a couple hours later
and trusting the Holy Spirit's prompting a hundred
dollars and notice y 'all how my first thought
was it I'm getting in the car and driving off
with this hundred dollars the Lord had been working
in my heart to that point of the very first reaction
I had is I need to find this person and buy them
a meal Because I wouldn't have this if they would
have been willing to give to me So and when I
can no longer find them and settle on okay, I
tried I find them and I Give to them. I sew into
them I walk out and God send me a random person
to sew right back into me What I had just given
was replenished that five dollars I bought with
that person's meal someone walked up to me and
handed it to me. There's no one but God And I'm
just telling y 'all what I experienced. This
is a real life testimony. I'm not saying God
does this every single time. I'm not saying every
single time you give money, someone's gonna immediately
walk up to you and hand you double what you gave
them. I'm saying that's what God did for me.
In that time of the last of what I had by faith,
instead of storing it up for myself, giving it
away when prompted to. I want to tell you all
that that was the thing is that was a Holy Spirit
prompted Felt the Holy Spirit saying it's better
to give than is to receive I prayed about it
And I encourage y 'all to do that today. You
feel like the Holy Spirit telling you do something
pray about it God gives you a provision pray
about what to do about it because before then
I had been praying to God bless me to be a blessing
to others and That's what he did with me in that
moment. He blessed me. He sent someone to bless
me And when I had it, I listened to what God
wanted me to do with it. I bought the things
for myself that he wanted me to buy, and then
I opened my hands and said, what do you want
me to do with the rest? And he told me he wanted
me to sew it. So I sewed it. Those who sew sparingly,
reap sparingly. Those who sew generously, reap
generously. I sewed like the last of what I had.
And I got blessed. That was such a leap of faith.
Amen. and I felt like it kind of related to when
my pastor shared that testimony of like Someone
blessed him that didn't look like they had the
means to bless I experienced that too y 'all
and it was amazing How God will bring it out
of unexpected people? So in my giving and my
generosity God delivered on a promise for me.
He gave me the promise and the idea to go to
Indiana, and he said he'd bring me the provision,
but his provision came through me being generous
and me obeying him. In order to step into what
God has promised for you, you have to be willing
to take steps of faith. You have to be willing
to walk by faith. You don't walk into the promises
by walking by your own control and your own understanding.
It's literally moves of faith. my generosity
and giving did, was it opened up the door for
God to bless me back. Now this is something that
a lot of people wrestle with, and I know I wrestled
with it for a while too, of I worked for this
money, this is mine. There are a lot of people
who say that. I put in the hours at work, I busted
my butt, I did this, I did that, this is mine.
And I used to say that too. But there is a conviction.
And I believe this is Second Chronicles. I wanna
read this part of Second Chronicles to y 'all.
Second Chronicles, and this is, we're gonna start
in verse 11. And this is where David is praying
to God. This is David saying this to God. Saying,
yours Lord is the greatness and the power and
the glory and the splendor and the majesty for
everything in the heavens and on earth belongs
to you. Yours Lord is the kingdom you are exalted
as head over all riches and honor come from you
You are the ruler of everything power and might
are in your hand And then it is in your hand
to make great and give strength to all now Therefore
our God we give you thanks and praise for your
glorious name But who am I and who are my people
that we should be able to give as generously
as this for everything comes from you And we
have given you only what comes from your own
hands. Everything good comes from God, including
your job, including your paycheck, your ability
to have a bank account. All of this is because
of God. And man, I felt that conviction when
at first, because I had those thoughts, y 'all,
of like, but I worked for this. This is my money.
Did God work for this money that that's how you
know, some people talk that way y 'all some people
say did God work my shift Did God work my hours?
God gave you the strength to work your shift
God gave you the strength God gave you the patience
to get through that shift God gave you the job
if you are walking in obedience and you're allowing
God to open up doors for you God gave you that
job that paycheck is God's Y 'all the paycheck
I have now from the job I work now was an answered
prayer because there was a time when I couldn't
get a job anywhere when God was closing every
door on me and I was praying just for money I
was praying just for provision. I was praying
just for a paycheck And I was so humbled by that
I wouldn't even have it if God didn't answer
my prayers Because everything I was doing on
my own works wasn't working. It was literally
no one but God And man, that was the conviction
where it was like, my entire bank account, everything
in it is because of God. I have the ability,
it's a blessing to go to work. I know it doesn't
always feel like it, but it is a blessing to
have a paycheck. And yes, it's required work,
it's required some effort. But keep in mind,
you only have the opportunity because of God.
So why, and I say this so lovingly, are you not
willing to give back to him what is his? And
I'm not even saying to give it to, I'm not even
saying just in the terms of giving it to your
church or giving it to a ministry. Why? Why?
And I say this from a loving place, is your mind
immediately, this is all mine. Why do you maybe
credit God and say, thanks God for the job? But
then when it comes time to actually move by faith
and show that you're grateful, you stop there.
Why is it the gratitude is only met with words,
but not with actions? And I felt that conviction.
So the Lord started leading me to the convictions
of he's deserving of my first fruits. I should
be giving him my first fruits, point blank period.
and that everything on this earth and every good
thing I have in my life is because of him. So
I should be willing to give it all back. Wasn't
it Abraham that was promised a son, had to move
by faith, went through struggles, went through
all this, finally had his son. And then God says,
I want you to sacrifice him. And right when he's
getting ready to do it, God said, I just want
to see if he would. There's some people who are
like I've worked so hard for this or this was
a promise why would God want me to give back
I Don't see Abraham asking that And y 'all know
sometimes I will speak and more of the loving
coddling But today isn't one of those days because
there are some people who you need to hear this
straight up You need to start asking yourself
these questions What are your excuses What are
you actually hoping to get out of being a Christian?
Do you want to be used by God? Do you want to
be blessed to be a blessing to others? I'm gonna
reiterate what I said earlier. You can go to
heaven and not give, but your refusal to give,
your refusal to sow, Is not allowing you to be
a blessing to other people in ways that God would
love to use you Maybe preventing God from sowing
into you the ways that he wants to sow into you
He's capable of it, but he he needs your obedience.
He needs your willingness He needs your openness
And someone needs to hear today you need to start
trusting that God is the provider that he is
if you believe that the bible is the living breathing
word of god if you believe that god is true like
if you believe that he is not going to contradict
himself you believe that what you read is true
then you should be believing that god is going
to provide all your needs i believe it's philippians
419 sorry y 'all i'm going off of memory and
my god will provide your needs according to his
riches and glory on christ jesus all right said
in second corinthians we're going back to this
y 'all chapter nine Where it says that and God
is able to make every grace overflow to you So
that in every way always having everything you
need you may excel in every good work And I want
to ask you all this in the most loving space
Because someone needs to be asked this question
today. Why is it when God gives you? when God
calls you gives you a Request when he says I
want you to sow this seed I want you to do this
thing. You don't out of fear that he won't provide
you do it out of fear of survival You do it out
of fear that you won't have enough There are
times when I wasn't a cheerful giver when I gave
but I gave begrudgingly at times when I felt
like I didn't have enough in my bank account
when I was already when I Felt like okay, maybe
I have enough but if God calls me to give I'm
not gonna have enough for my stuff and God would
call me to give And I would wrestle with it and
because I hate to be disobedient. I'm not trying
to live disobedient I would eventually submit
to that God calls me to do it. I'm gonna do it.
I was doing it begrudgingly I wasn't doing it
from a joyful place. I was doing it of a place
of like Sucks like why do I have to do this?
Like I was complaining the whole time and I and
I want to lovingly say this God would probably
and Lord forgive me For the way I feel like I'm
about to word this but there are some people
who give But then they complain about giving
the entire time There are some people who they'll
sow a seed or they'll do something but they do
it because they expect something back whether
it's reward or recognition or they'll complain
or they'll talk about how much of a hard space
they're in the entire time or they'll talk about
how much it hurt them or how much implicated
them or they'll try to make it look like they're
so good and they're all this God called for a
cheerful giver Not a complaining, chauvinistic,
prideful giver. And there have been times when
I was about to sow begrudgingly when I actually
felt the Holy Spirit kind of stop me. And what
would be coming to mind would be God would rather
you not do it at all. He would rather you not
do it at all than do it with the attitude you're
doing it with. Because God called for a cheerful
giver. God would rather you not do it than do
it and hold it over someone's head. God would
rather you not do it and keep your mouth shut
then do it and try to show around for pride for
ego and I feel like someone needs to hear that
today the space you do it from is important your
heart position is important there have been times
when people have like helped me with something
or sowed into me and then they complained the
entire time and the next time they offered to
I told them no thank you when they would try
to give me something and I would say no thank
you because last time you did it you complained
about it the whole time or you made me feel guilty
or you made me feel this way so i would rather
have nothing in trusting god's provision from
somewhere else than to receive provision and
hear all of this someone may need to hear this
today check your heart position okay where is
your heart out when you are giving But I want
to go back to this the faithfulness There are
people who don't so because they aren't really
trusting that God is going to provide in his
word How many times is he the provider? In Scripture
how many times is whatever you're lacking. He
will provide your needs So if God is telling
you so these $20 so this $200 so this $2 ,000
so this $200 ,000 and Your mind immediately goes
to what about me? I challenge you to remind yourself
that God cares about you too. And when you give
faithfully, he's going to make sure you have
what you need. That is not prosperity gospel.
That is the word of God. And again, there are
a lot of people who the second they hear conversations
about tithing, they write it off because they're
like, Oh, prosperity gospel. No, this is the
word of God. Nowhere today am I saying that you
sow $2 ,000, God can give you $2 million. I'm
not saying that. I will say this, this is something
that does in you. Every time I have sowed a seed,
it keeps me humble. It keeps me reminded of how
much bigger God is than me. And every time he
provides for me in ways that make no sense, I'm
reminded of just how much he can create that
I can't create. Just how much he can do that
I can't do. I'm telling y 'all today. That I
have seen God do so much in me Like he has opened
up my heart and ways I didn't think possible
Through giving and I believe someone needs to
hear this today, too. It's not all about giving
your money. You can also give your time When
I first came back to Indiana from California
and was in that position of I didn't have an
income I didn't have any money to give I Still
felt like I needed to give And when I was taking
it to the Lord, I felt him highlight to me. I
had free time to give. And of course that time
was through scripture and prayer reading. But
he started leading me to volunteer and it was
a church I attended before the one I attend now.
And it was like around holidays and they needed
help with decorating and they needed help with
setup and they would be putting out, you know,
just things saying, hey, if anyone would like
to volunteer, please show up. And I had the free
time. And although I probably would have rather
stayed home, and there were like productive things
I could have found to do with that time, I felt
convicted to sow my time there, help decorate,
help do these things. Other people who are at
work are able here to do it, are able to be here
and do it. I am. So help where I can help. And
I sowed my seeds in that way. God was also at
that time leading me to talk to other people
about Jesus and talk about transformation and
Was sowing seeds in that way when I didn't have
the money when I didn't have the income I did
have the time and Y 'all when you take it to
the Lord and pray or he might say I'm not asking
you to donate your money I'm asking you donate
your time God right now might be calling you
to a season of volunteering God might be calling
you to a season of you know sowing seeds with
your time What can you do to help and it's not
always just at your church? Maybe there's someone,
you know, that's sick that needs help around
the house and that is who God is leading you
to go and offer Hey, do you need help with your
dishes? Do you need help taking your trash out?
There's an extra shift to pick up Where they're
needing someone you take that to the Lord. I
Don't know what it is And that's why I'm telling
y 'all and that's why in Scripture it says What
you and your heart decide when you take it to
the Lord and he is helping you to determine to
decide right now We're doing an initiative and
this was another story that our pastor shared
with us at one of our services because we're
doing an initiative right on like Money is to
help kind of bring in money to be able to renovate
and expand and there was an intern I guess at
our church. This is the story of pastor told
so I'm just telling the story from what he told
us That you know like they they obviously like
they're younger They don't have a ton of money
from my understanding at least like to sew but
they were praying about like how much God was
guiding them to sew and They felt like God was
guiding them to cancel a subscription I believe
it was an Amazon subscription a $20 a month Amazon
subscription and that money that would usually
go to that $20 a month Amazon subscription is
now going to the initiative $20 and God prompted
them cancel this subscription service and so
it in here and that might be instructions that
God gives you Cancel something and the money
that you'd invest in that invest here Or something
that you used to be doing with your time that
you're like well I don't have the time to volunteer
I don't have the time to do this Maybe God is
saying stop stop wasting your time invest stop
investing all your time in that thing and the
time that you would invest in that do it here
When I it was really hard for me y 'all to like
invest a lot of my time my first fruits in the
morning with the ward Because at first is waking
up extra early to be able to fit the other things
in and eventually the word started highlighting
a couple things in my morning routine I didn't
need to do that. We're taking extra time for
example curling my hair I have naturally like
kind of curly wavy hair, but it doesn't look
like the styled kind of curly wavy. So I would
take an extra 15 -20 minutes in the morning to
do that. But when I would find myself doing that,
I wouldn't have much time to read scripture,
and I would have to make myself wake up early.
And it was hard for me to consistently wake up
earlier than I already do, because I wake up
pretty early. The Lord started leading me to,
fun fact, I actually curl my hair before bed.
I'll do my curls at night and in the morning
I wake up they actually kind of have like a perfect
like bounce bouncy wave that I like where I actually
prefer the look of it over like the just -done
curls and that 15 -20 minutes that I used to
use with that I was able to wake up at my normal
time and that 15 or 20 minutes I used to invest
in my doing my hair has now been invested in
Bible reading time and prayer. And I'm able to
get in like in all my work days when I still
have to make my lunch in the morning And I have
to do all that stuff I'm still able to get at
least like 20 minutes in a prayer and Bible reading
with the Lord And that was through my Taking
it to God and saying these are the problems I'm
running into I don't feel like I have the time
and then obeying God and denying the flesh the
time was there And I'll be so for real that in
order for y 'all to type God may tell you you
need to cancel a subscription You need to stop
investing in this you need to stop spending time
doing this one of the big ones the Lord called
me to is like when he said when I was led to
start focusing doing at least an hour prayer
every day I was convicted that I had to start
putting aside the mindless scrolling time that
I used to call my decompression time and Prayer
became my decompression time Glory be to God
This walk with Christ is also about denying the
flesh to be used by God be willing to deny the
flesh And I pray that this is speaking to somebody
today and I do believe it is I do believe that
the Lord is going to use this In a lot of different
ways for a lot of different people and in on
all honesty all this isn't my favorite topic
I Have a lot to talk about on it and God has
blessed me exceedingly and abundantly. I know
that not many people like this topic I know that
not a lot of people probably want to listen to
this. Y 'all know how many people are probably
going to click off and not even get to this point
in the podcast. And honestly, this episode, I
feel kind of spotty with it. Like it doesn't
feel so structured. But I know God is going to
speak to someone through this. I know he's speaking
through my personal testimony. I don't know,
there's so much more that we could be covering
in this. This is just scratching the surface
But it's so important for me to share with y
'all What tithing and what giving has done in
my life and When I tell y 'all God I have seen
moves of God. I I have seen There was there is
this thing y 'all that had been a thorn in my
side if y 'all listen back to my episode thorns
I was very vulnerable about how finances were
a thorn for a very long time for me But kept
me going to the Lord and there was something
that needed to be fixed and I Was not able to
get it fixed for over a year and a half Like
I've been weighing a year and a half to have
the finances and to be able to fix it Because
it wasn't one where it was like I could even
save up a paycheck or two. It was that had to
have exceedingly and abundantly and I Truly with
my whole heart believe that my consistency and
tithing Led me to this point because what tithing
did for me all how I talked about how it does
a lot in you is Consistently tithing and giving
even in times when it kind of hurts has gotten
me in like an open -handed position As soon as
my paycheck comes in, y 'all, I'm immediately
sewing it. So I don't really even have time to
close my hands. They're open. They're open. And
the version of me in the past was not like that.
And I was someone who I would say, well, I'm
saving money for this thing. And when I would
finally have the money, I wouldn't want to spend
the money. And I'd be like, well, actually, now
I just want to hoard the money. I want to save
it and keep it to myself for something else.
Or I want to spend it in this. And then I would
end up blowing the money. and not having that
thing taken care of and oh my gosh it was the
worst cycle and what tithing has done for me
is it has literally kept me in a heart posture
of like that open -handed where i'm not closing
as soon as something comes in i'm like okay god
how can i give this where do you want me to give
it what do you want me to do with it of course
i god make sure i have i have everything i need
i actually bummed back to y 'all I used to have
higher paying jobs higher paying things But I
actually invest more in quality things now and
feel like I have more quality things now than
I did then It's kind of crazy like my skincare
my hair care things. I used to cheap out on I'm
like no, I'm investing now God provides and he
makes a way for me to have all those things and
do all those things right, but like The consistent
giving that I'm in keeps me in that space of
I can't be the Israelites with the manna How
God told him don't store it up and they would
store it up anyway that used to mean me and Then
I would get bit in the butt every time I did
it and I know I'm talking to someone today. That's
probably doing that too And what tithing has
done keeping me in the open -handed space was
there was something that happened I was like,
okay, I can't you know, I was really heavily
taken to Lord and saying Lord I can't keep putting
off getting like this fix This thing that needs
fixed I know we've been able to like put it off
the past like year and a half It can no longer
be put off anymore. Like the complications are
getting too much We can't continue to put it
off And like I want to be so clear that the past
year and a half putting it off Wasn't it was
a thing of waiting on God to give me the green
light because every time I'd be like God is it
time? God can we have the provision? What do
I need to do to get the provision? I was ready
Like but I I really felt like God saying it's
not the time yet There will be a time for it
and when the time comes I will provide everything
you need to get it done So this taught me a lot
of patience past year and a half y 'all waiting
on it taught me a lot of patience It was a thorn
in my side. I had to say no to a lot of stuff
that I would like to say yes to I know that was
God's timing too and Eventually You know, I've
been going through my tithing been going through
just that surrendering God had been doing a thing
in me where when he gave me Instructions and
an idea of what to do with the money. It was
no wonker even like a begrudging It was like
okay. This is what it's for and I believe that
God didn't want to give me the provision to take
care of this thing until it was ready to be taken
care of so he can make sure that's what I did
with it and So I could also have this testimony
but he brought the provision out of like It was
a thing where I I got like Tripled the amount
or I would even say more than triple Then I was
expecting to get like there was just something
I was doing in my daily life where I expected
to get a little bit of money and return and it
was like an amount that I was like, are you serious
and God provided now say the thing is though
is God told me you have to wait on it to come
Because in the time period for that provision
to come y 'all God helped me. I don't know how
Like I know how I guess if I go through all the
steps, but it's just crazy how quickly he was
able to do it Help me to save all the money I
needed where I actually had more saved up than
that That was coming in and when I had all that
saved up. There's a part of me that was like,
okay Let's go take care of it now. I want to
take care of it now. Let's do it right now And
I really felt the Lord saying no That isn't what
I want you to do with this. Save this. If there's
anything you need to do with it, you'll know.
The money that's coming in is the money I want
you to dedicate to fixing that thing. And that
was the first time where I was like, oh, wait,
Lord, you're calling me to like, just to not
clutch my pearls, not clutch onto it. Because
during that time, there was a couple of things
that like, I felt the Lord leading me to like
spend money on. I was like, but this isn't a
necessity. Do I really need it? And I felt the
Lord say like, just trust. Just invest in this
and i'm really happy I did glory be to god. He's
a girl dad 100 So even when I was like saving
not investing it in that I wasn't still tight
-handed I was still being willing to spend when
god was leading me to spend and that's hard for
someone who used to be in the Survival mode and
the survival mindset y 'all But we pushed through
it. We got through that the lord has been working
me through that but by the time that provision
came in The I was already like, okay god Where
do I need to schedule the appointment out to
get this taken care of to get this fixed? Where
are we gonna do? And it was the very next day
and I felt the Lord say like, girl, I'll tell
you, I'll tell you. And it was literally the
very next day when I was getting ready to get
in my car and drive home from something where
I felt the Lord say now's the time, call this
place. I called that place they got me in, everything
fixed. The thorn in my side I had been dealing
with for a year and a half was gone. And I'm
telling y 'all right now that me two years ago
without the consistent practice of tithing and
giving, shifting my heart placement would not
have handled that money like I did. Would not
have handled that money like I handled it. Would
not have been willing to just go invest it in
that thing would not have been willing to go
and save it like lately all the steps I was able
to take now I would not have been able to take
back then because I was a person back then who
would either hit the gas completely too quick
or hit the brakes completely and I truly believe
and I truly see how tithing had changed my heart
had changed me in general and God blessed me
When he knew I could handle it and that's what
that tithing didn't mean y 'all is it made me
willing to do what the fact that It was literally
that's I go to that place with that appointment
There's an extra thing that they offer to do
it was like expensive and I was like look I don't
have the time and like that We'll do that another
time and I was ready to go home and that person
knocked off Like half the price and they're like
i'll do it for 60 dollars and I was like, okay
an extra 10 minutes and 60 dollars You know what?
Let's do it. I I feel prompted I I feel like
the lord is telling me right now like just now's
the time just invest just do it And I thought
he he he laughing myself. I got 60 dollars like
I saved 60 bucks So as I get home and i'm eating
my food, I feel led to sew that 60 bucks And
there was actually a little part of me that was
wrestling saying but I saved this money like
a discount And I felt kind of convicted of like
yeah saved it and now God wants you to do something
else with it And now I feel peace with it. So
I hope sharing that helps somebody today Okay,
like of what tithing and just openly giving and
consistently giving it does more in you Okay,
cuz those people that I got that work done like
I don't know I don't think that $60 discount
probably made a difference with them But the
place I led to sew the $60 stream might have
made a difference for them. And I feel like it
more made a difference for me, because it was
a way to keep me humble in that moment. I didn't
see it, but God saw that I needed humility in
that moment. I needed to be giving in that moment.
And I know we started off this episode pretty
authoritatively. and I hope that me opening up
and sharing these things with y 'all is more
helpful for you because I am never and I say
this from the bottom of my heart because I love
all y 'all that listen to this podcast like When
I'm speaking authoritatively with y 'all on things
and when I'm you know Maybe there's a bit of
conviction being about what's about when I'm
speaking I'm speaking from a place of someone
who's been there done that I'm not speaking from
a place of like I'm better than you or I'm on
a higher horse and like I'm judging. I know where
you're at because I've been there. The reason
why I'm able to say, you know, the reason why
I'm able to even ask you guys these questions
of like, what are your excuses? The reason why
I know the excuses y 'all are using is because
I use the same excuses. I'm not saying this from
a place of like I'm better or I'm judging I'm
saying this from a position of a sister in Christ
who has been there who has done that and wants
to help you stop being there doing that I want
as many of y 'all to not only be saved but to
be actively being used by God we have a mission
here guys and that is to create disciples that
is to spread the gospel We can't do that if we're
closed -handed if we're me me me if we're self
-consumed We have to be willing to deny the flesh.
We have to be willing to walk by faith We need
to be willing to do more than the bare minimum
to get saved Like as we were saying earlier y
'all Salvation amazing eternal life amazing,
but there's more to our relationship with Christ
that we can grab on to and That's what I'm trying
to encourage you all towards that is what I'm
trying to push you all towards And sometimes
it takes a convicting voice. Sometimes it takes
an authoritative voice. Sometimes it takes someone
saying, what are your excuses? And instead of
calling them valid reasons, calling them excuses.
Because God will make a way. And when we say
no to his call of obedience, it's not a valid
reason, it's an excuse. And I just want to stop
and pray for y 'all. Can we pray for a minute
like we're gonna pray real quick y 'all Dear
God heavenly father. Thank you so much Thank
you so much for those who are listening to this
episode Lord Thank you for the listeners that
you brought to this podcast and Lord Thank you
for everything that you have done in their lives
up and to this point. Thank you for the open
doors Thank you for the closed doors. Thank you
for the lessons. I've been learned and I pray
dear God heavenly father that you Pour out your
spirit on each person listening to this episode
I pray dear God Heavenly Father that each person
listening to this episode today is given a giving
heart I prayed your God Heavenly Father that
you pour conviction out on them. I pray that
they have a desire to serve you I pray that they
have a desire to be used by you. I prayed your
God Heavenly Father that they have open hands
give them a desire To be a blessing to other
people give them a desire to serve give them
a desire to give I pray to your god heavenly
father that they are able to by your strength
overcome the fears the anxieties The desire to
control the fear of a lack of provision I pray
to your god heavenly father that they overcome
all of those things through your strength And
through faith in you, they sow abundantly and
they reap abundantly. I prayed your god heavenly
father That they see the goodness of god through
sowing that they see the goodness of god through
giving That they see everything that you want
to do in their lives And I pray dear god heavenly
father that each and every one of the people
listening to this episode today Are children
of god that create disciples and spread the gospel
and I pray that they start to be used to their
full capacity I pray that they empty themselves
out to be poured into by you to pour into others
in jesus name. I pray amen And I encourage y
'all to continue praying that to God in your
private time. Ask God to bless you to be a blessing
to others. Ask God to give you a giving heart.
Ask God to give you a heart of service. Ask God
to give you a heart of obedience. And like don't
be afraid to reach out to me if y 'all follow
me on social media. I have my TikTok is pretty
public. Y 'all you can look up salt not sweetener.
and find it i have my instagram i have mess it
like i want to hear about your testimonies about
sowing seeds leave a comment on this podcast
you can comment on spotify you can comment on
youtube i want to hear about your experiences
of how god has blessed you through giving how
God has blessed you through tithing. I want to
hear your stories about how God has moved in
your life, how you have seen God move in other
people's lives through tithing and giving. I
want to hear about how you have seen moves of
God. And y 'all, I do encourage you wherever
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