Worshipping God in Your Giving

If you need God to move for you in your finances, you have to follow His commandments. If you aren't following His commandments, then you are living under a closed heaven, and He is not obligated to help you.
I have been studying this subject a lot lately, and I decided to share some of the things that I have learned.

Learn to Worship God in your giving. Every bit of the money that you have, came from God. All He asks you for is 10% of your income. You get to keep the 90% for yourself. I personally write out a check and hold it in my hands and thank God for everything He has done for me. You may have another way of doing it.

For those of you who think that tithing was a part of the Law of Moses, then read the book of Genesis. Cain and Abel gave God offerings, and Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek. 

The Israelites brought so much gold, silver, etc. to the temple, Moses had to tell them to stop. See Exodus 35.

2 Corinthians 9:7 KJ

 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Follow His commandments so that you can claim the promises of the blessings that only He can give.

Deuteronomy 15:10 

"You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings.

Your money represents you, and your heart. God sees and acknowledges it when you give with the right intentions.

1 Chronicles 29:17 

"Since I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.

I have been studying how the Israelites gave offerings to God. They had different feasts and festivals and different offerings that we don't do today.

Romans 12:8

 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

2 Corinthians 8:12

 For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. (NASB ©1995)

The bible also tells us that man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart. 1 Sam. 16:7.

Secrets from Beyond The Grave