Tithe

Hey y'all!  What's up?!

Welp, We just had a rehearsal for our gig on Saturday (for the Komen Race for the Cure).  Thank you, Greg, for getting our tracks so beautifully done for this weekend!

Now I've got an important question for you... and don't make your next click until you've completely read through this.  It really is important.  Now for the question:

Do you tithe?

Do you tithe regularly to your church?  And by this, I mean, do you give at least 10% of your income to the Lord?  Did you know that the bible actually says that it is required of us to give that 10%?  No joke.  God says in Deuteronomy 14, those who give God His 10%, they fear the Lord your God.  You know that fearing the Lord is a big part of this.  Everything we own belongs to God.  He has given us all things.  He has given us free will to do as we wish.  But everything is His.  And he requires this 10% from us.

My preacher from our church back home would challenge the church.  He would ask the church to commit to giving 10% of their income for 3 total months to the church.  And he said that if they hadn't noticed a financial blessing within those three months, then the church would give all that person's money back.  And I can testify, from story after story, that not a single person had asked him for their money back.  This was the largest church in the city.  So I'm sure a lot of people tried this.  People would get random blessings from people in the forms of checks, money, etc.  Just what they needed to pay their bills that they may not have been able to pay for before.

Even if you say, you know what?  I don't have the funds to give back.  I have to tell you that this is what Satan wants you to believe.  If you have read my bible, you know for a fact that our God is the Almighty Provider.  Giving Him what he asks of you, He will take care of you.  Perhaps even above and beyond.  But the point is to trust Him.  He wants us to trust Him.  You trusted Him when He came into your heart, saving you from a firey hell of an eternity, didn't you?  Trusting him with something earthly since much easier.

I can testify to you that God provides above and beyond.  And even in just this one example, his speaker system you see in the picture above was given to us.  That's right.  Given.  Those are BOSE speakers, dude.  Nobody just gives that stuff away.  For me, that seems pretty hard to let go of.  But someone did.  Maybe they were hearing from God, maybe they felt God tugging at their spirit, and maybe because we are faithful in tithing.  I'm positive in one thing, and that is that our God is a God that wants to bless you.  But we have to have that fear of the Lord, and that confidence in giving back to Him.

I pray that God blesses all of you, and I pray that you find it in your heart to give, and receive in return.  Love you!

-Tara K