![]() Will you enter into the presence of God with me by worshipping him through a gift? 5. You have a moment of opportunity to be ushered into the presence of God by giving to him, as he so graciously has given to us. That’s why he didn’t institute a “church tax.” He wanted every gift to be given from one’s own will so that when the blessings come, we understand how God worked through our gift to prosper our wellbeing. What God Does With Your Gift “A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.” (Proverbs 18:16) So I’d like to ask of you, today, to give because that’s why God created you - to enjoy him and to bring that joy to others. ![]() God desires to multiply that good through us now while we’re on earth. What you take and scratch and steal will be taken, scratched, and stolen back. What you add to the wellbeing of life on earth, you receive back in fulfillment. What you put out into God’s creation will bring a return for good or evil. There is a similar moral principle in the Bible about good and evil. The first law of thermodynamics states that matter cannot be created or destroyed. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” (Luke 6:38) A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. Why You Give “Give, and it will be given to you. Where is your heart when you come to church? Is it in your family? Is it on your wealth? Is it on your limitations? I want to invite you today to sow an eternal legacy by giving to God from the treasures that you cannot take with you. For where your treasure is, there will your heart will be also.” (Luke 12:33-34) Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. Give From the Heart “Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. ![]() Participate in the harvest that God has for us by sowing your gift with him today. It is God’s way of ritually introducing us into the flow of sowing and reaping that is the subcurrent of his creation. Test me in this,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” (Malachi 3:10) Give to Be Blessed “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. To get you started, instead of talking about simple online giving for churches, church management software, or how to write a great sermon, here are 20 unique tithe and offering messages you can use for any scenario-Sunday service, pot lucks, and mid-week gatherings alike. Just like you’ll preach 2000 sermons with at least one fresh idea. That means, if you make a giving appeal 50 Sundays a year for 20 years, that’s 2000 fresh takes on giving! Yes, that’s exactly what I’m suggesting. And that middle ground is a brief giving appeal (30-90 seconds) that recruits the same serious homiletical preparation as your sermon, but frames giving in some new way. That’s the magic middle-ground where, if you go there, your congregants will be willing to meet you. People pay attention to things that are fresh. You want our money."īut the truth is neither to lean into the same stale routine every Sunday, nor to make the giving appeal a second sermon. They range from “Please place your envelopes in the plate” to a 5-minute reflection on the Bible’s teaching on tithe and offering.Įither way, it’s hard to make the same message really appeal to the heart without believing your congregants to click off their minds and think: “We get it. How do you communicate to your church what is tithes and offerings and the importance of it in a fresh and new way? ![]() Making a giving appeal every Sunday can feel a bit like preaching the same sermon every week.
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