Tithing is the practice of giving 10% of your income (tithe means “tenth”), usually to a ministry
or charitable cause. Some people absolutely swear by the practice of tithing and consider it
integral to the process of wealth creation.
Benefits of tithing include:
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Overcoming scarcity thinking. Tithing helps you develop a greater sense of abundance.
By giving away 10% of your income, you’re programming your subconscious to believe
in abundance thinking. This can make you more open and receptive to receiving money.
If you think abundance, you’re more likely to experience abundance.
Supporting a worthy cause. If the money you tithe is put to good use, you can
financially support a cause (ministry) that’s important to you.
Achieve greater wealth. Whenever you earn more money, your tithes increase as well,
so your church receive greater financial support. This can be extremely motivating for
some people.
People sometimes resist this process of giving their tithe. Interestingly, it doesn't belong
to you in the first place; you are just restoring it to its rightful owner — God. Historically,
people have tended to trust in materiality for their success. Instead of trusting in the Lord
for their success, they trust in money or riches. Therefore, they withhold their tithes so
they can have a lot more they can trust. This happened to the Hebrews, who, instead of
being a pleasure to the Lord, sometimes turned to their own pleasures and stopped tithing.
It wasn't too long before things went downhill. When they questioned why, the answer
was always that they had forsaken or given up on the Lord and that they had broken
God's covenant. Then the people would restore the covenant by tithing; they would start
to flourish again, and there would be no war. Our job is to overcome our lower nature so
we can live in the awareness of our Soul. When we tithe to the church or God, we are
letting the material world let go of us. So tithing is also part of a spiritual law and assists
us in getting free of materialistic confinement.
Consider the true purpose of tithing. The purpose of tithing is to serve God. But tithing is only
one of many ways to serve God, certainly not the only way. There are many other ways to serve
God. Here are some ideas:
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Give time. Donate time to a ministry you find is worthy. Perform an act of service.
Give information. Write articles or start a blog to share your knowledge freely with
others who may benefit by it.
Give talents. Use your skills to help someone who can’t afford to pay for them.
Give acknowledgement. Smile at people. Give someone a kind word today.
Acknowledge a job well done.
Give encouragement. Be supportive of those around you. Let others know you care
about them.
Give thoughts. Intend the best for other people. Pray for others.
Give touch. Give someone a pat on the back, a handshake, or a hug.
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It's simple to tithe: you just give back 10 percent of what you earn to the
source of your spiritual teachings. It's done for the joy of giving. When you
lovingly give in this way, the abundance starts to come to you in many ways.
Tithing is actually a spiritual law: to give back to the source of your spiritual
teachings. When you commit to doing it, something inside you works
differently from that day forward. Conditions may or may not immediately
change in the physical world, but inside, it can work wonders.
Tithing is a spiritual law given by God to humankind to assist people in
finding abundance, fulfillment, and gratitude in their everyday lives. The law
of tithing is to give 10 percent of one's increase back to God, with God
represented on the physical level by the source of one's spiritual teachings —
often a church, synagogue, mosque, or a spiritual teacher. When a person
tithes, the universe that works under the spiritual law of tithing says, “If you
have that much to give, that means you are open to receive more.”
As humankind fulfills its part of the covenant by giving 10 percent to God,
then God fulfills Its part by continually blessing us. So, you may want to
check it out with a joyful attitude of saying, “Lord, I am open to receive
whatever it is that you bless me with.” And then discover for yourself the
blessing of fulfilling
“Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was
priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram [...]. Then Abram gave him
a tenth of everything” (Genesis 14:18-20 NIV).
When the prophet Abram (later Abraham) was traveling home with the
riches of battle after warring with a nearby king, he was met by a high priest
in the order of God. This priest was Melchizedek, and it was at that time that
the Priesthood of Melchizedek was established on the planet.
As soon as Abraham saw Melchizedek, the wisdom of his heart knew he was
seeing one who is with God. Abraham knew intuitively that he was to give
back 10 percent of all that he had in the world to the representative of God,
and so began the practice of tithing.
When Abraham was blessed by Melchizedek and then gave Melchizedek a
tenth of everything, a spiritual covenant was set up for our time, whereby
humankind is to give a tenth of its increase (what a person receives that is
his or hers) back to God.
God, of course, is always fulfilling his part anyway, so the question is, are
we lining up, are we fulfilling the covenant?
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In Malachi, it is asked, “Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me [...] in tithes
and offerings” (Malachi 3:8 NIV). The question is, can God be robbed? No,
but his covenant can be broken, and that is robbing God of the covenant.
Later on in the same chapter, it is said, “Bring the whole tithe into the
storehouse [...]. Test me in this [...] 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” (Malachi 3:10 NIV).
In biblical times, people who tithed often received one hundredfold more
than what they had given. When they received their hundredfold, they then
gave 10 percent of that.
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Tithing is a divine principle ordained by God for the believer's benefit. It
was established so that we can reap a harvest
of financial security and many, many more benefits. The tithe is a "covenant
connector" with God. He made many
promises to us about finances; they are all connected to our obedience in the
Tithe.
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Tithing is not an option, suggestion or recommendation. It is a command
from God (Lev. 27:30-32; Mal. 3:10).
Tithing is evidence that your faith and trust are in God as your total source
of total supply (Heb. 11:6).
Tithing releases God's financial provision and financial protection upon your
life
(Mal. 3:10-11; Job 36:11).
Tithing is the biblical practice of giving God the first ten-percent of your
total income (Lev. 27:32). The word "tithe"
means 10 percent, a tenth part.
Tithing was the practice of Jesus and He endorsed it in the New Testament
(Matt. 23:23).
Tithing was the practice of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the great (and
wealthy) men and women of the Bible
(Gen. 14:18-20; Gen. 28:20-22).
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Failing to tithe makes you a thief, a person who robs God. It closes the
windows of heaven over your life. It also
means the devourer (satan) is not rebuked in your life (Mal. 3:7-11).
Failing to tithe opens the door for the curse of lack to operate in your
finances(Mal. 3:8-9).
Tithing is an attitude of gratitude that says "Thank You" to the Lord. It is a
way to show him your appreciation for all
the wonderful gifts He has given you (Deut. 26:10,11; Ps. 96:4-8).
Tithing is proof of your love for and obedience to God, and grants you
access to God's best (Isa. 1:19; Matt. 6:33).
Tithing is the key that opens the windows of heaven! You cannot be blessed
with a closed heaven (Mal. 3:10; Prov. 3:9-10).
Tithing is an act of worship and is holy unto the Lord. The tithe is "Holy
Seed" (Lev. 27:30).