Dear brides,
Tithing is a topic that is certainly burdensome and is not rarely discussed in the church. I can still remember when I was still a member of my religious community that the elder would pass around the basket every week after prayer. With the remark "he who sows little will also reap little, and he who sows bountifully can expect an abundance of overflow." The amount you sow will also be given back to you. But I don't remember ever hearing from the pulpit what tithing can do for my life. Which I certainly would have liked to know as I became increasingly unhappy and the trials became increasingly difficult.
PTL that He has told me His Truth. So when I found HopeatLast.com, don't ask me how, because I still don't understand it. Changing my life completely. I found the many answers I had been looking for for years at this Ministry. I also learned how to permanently close the door on the devourer.
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After reading and studying day 11 in course 2 https://hopeatlast.com/c2/d11-your-storehouse/
QUESTION: Do I have to tithe on the gross or net amount?
Everyone has their opinion on the answer to this question, but when I sought God's wisdom, it was so clear: When you tithe the net amount, you are actually NOT paying your tithe FIRST.
This means before you pay your bills and on the amount BEFORE taxes or other payments are taken, as Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:33, “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you,” and “But this I have against you, that ye have left your first love.” Rev. 2:4
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it became clear to me that I did give my tithe, but that He was certainly not first in my heart. That I should pay tithes to my storehouse, from which I was spiritually nourished, out of my gross salary. Was just as heavy. The first thought that came to my mind was that I would have to give even more money, while I now had to take care of a household and growing children as a single parent. But I can assure you that since then He has given me the courage to give and let Him be my provider. I HAVE NOT LACKED ANYTHING AT ALL. I receive abundance and more than enough that I can even, sorry to say, throw away food because I haven't been able to eat it.
However, it is not only financially that I am very blessed and happy. Also materialistically and emotionally, I feel much better and happier than I can remember during the years I gave my tithe, but without really realizing the protection that comes from my Beloved. I have a beautifull house, with a garden at front and back. My own car. He has ensured that I work half the week less with the same amount of income. The collaborative relationship with my colleagues is much better than before. My children are all doing well at school. Even my eldest son has now been given a second chance to return to his old school. Dear brides, I can name many more blessings and love that I have experienced after I started giving my wedding without looking back. He is worthy to receive the first of our prosperity. After all, it is He who gives us the strength to work, care and maintain what He has lent us.
I can imagine that when you look at your income you wonder how you will provide for your family. I've spent many nights thinking about that also. However, I can tell you with certainty that you don't have to worry. Because as the Bible verse in Malechai 3:10 says, we can test Him with this. Whether He will not open the windows of heaven for us. https://hopeatlast.com/c1/d19-chapter-15-opening-the-windows-of-heaven/
And that is why I give with a happy heart. How God loves a cheerful giver. And the insurance for everything I have is complete.
Dear bride please take the hand of your Lord and start giving your tithe, He will not forsake you
Much Love🌹
Dear Kristine, thank you very much for sharing your testimony! In my case I felt afraid for a long time about giving my tithe because I thought it was “too much money” and I have to confess that I had a stingy heart, not only with the tithe but with the people I loved, I felt that if I gave what they asked of me I was left lacking or in need for the future, I could give but I didn’t give from the heart but out of “obligation” with a heart that I really didn’t want to give.
Curiously, that mindset left once I took the step of GIVING (with fear), although this time knowing the truth about the devourer and seeing how much he had destroyed in my life. With that knowledge, I started to want to give! LOL Along with that first step, my Beloved refined me with the offerings to the point where I transformed and stopped being stingy to give from the heart, without holding back and with generosity. Instead of leaving me deprived or in need, this has multiplied my financial, material, and emotional blessings. Only He can do so many wonders together!! I just had to take the first step and then He moved wonderfully in my heart and in my life! His promise in M310 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malaquías+3%3A10&version=KJV is so so so true!!
Yes, dear Kristine. We are not taught enough the blessings of putting everything into the Lord´s hands by tithing! It is a matter of the heart and also of surrendering. Our total dependence on Him. Thank you for opening your hearts to us! Sweet brides our Beloved wants to bless us every single day, let´s start trusting, believing and surrendering everything to Him!
Thanks for sharing, Kristine❣️ Anastasia, I can relate too much with what you shared, my dear 🤍
My Maker reminded me of one day I was in the midst of my marriage crises, there were a lot of hurting situations, we had some debts made as a couple The EH (earthly husband) announced that he was leaving and that he has no money to pay anything! I remember walking and crying down the streets. I couldn’t stop thinking in how I would protect our children, without their father money… PTL , I found RMI and read: The ONLY protection any of us can obtain is what we remind you of at the end of each month is:
“‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be [spiritual] food in My house, and test 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 a blessing until it overflows. Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,’ says the LORD of hosts. ‘All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land,’ says the LORD of hosts.” Malachi 3:10-12
Since then, I never stop tithing, I don’t fear anymore! Even when the EH says he doesn’t have money, I know WHO is my provider in deed🙌
https://restoreministriesinternational.com/surrender-and-trust/
I am so thankful He invited us to live by His side, while He will supply all our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. ❤️
Thank you for sharing dear Kristine, I will never forget how I negotiated with the Lord that I will pay later because in my mind I couldn’t think how I would have enough money. I remember the day my Darling said to me to tithe that day and that I must trust Him. Wow that day my life changed.
This week me and my dad have to put money done for the new place we are going to move to and I have money in my account to do it.
I praise my Darling for providing through Tax money that I received for my son’s special needs and extra work that I did for my outside job (and I must add we hardly ever get chosen and I was chosen and I know it was my Darling that helped that I get chosen, I also got more that I expected and to add on that it wasn’t about money because my Darling made a way that I slept alone in a hotel room and I enjoyed my time with Him so much and there is more, my Darling made a way that I could work the night shift so that I could still give enough attention to my calling with the ministry).
And the best part is, I get to trust my Darling and know He is going to make a way and I know my Darling is going to help us to find the perfect place for us, because: 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 you will not have room enough for it.
Last week I said it feels as if the windows of heaven have even been opened over my children because my son got another job (a promotion to a much better job) again al his Heavenly Father’s work. Thank You my Darling.
And I must add it is not about what we can get but the fact that we can have this close intimate relationship with my Darling and He is right beside me every step of the way, I am not this single mother, rejected wife anymore, I AM HIS!!!
Kristine I can to relate to what your shared. As a child I was also taught to put your offering in the bag after the service, but it was never explained, neither was tithing. Only later on, after I got married and started attending my fh church, I heard about tithing. And since I started tithing after finding RMI, my life changed completely. Not just in financial blessings, but every area of my life.