“The people responded immediately and generously with the first of their crops and grain, new wine, olive oil, money, and everything else—a tithe of all they owned, as required by law to be given to the Lord their God. Everything was laid out in great piles.
The people who had moved to Judah from the northern tribes and the people of Judah living in the provinces also brought in the tithes of their cattle and sheep, and brought a tithe of the dedicated things to give to the Lord, and piled them up in great heaps.
The first of these tithes arrived in June, and the piles continued to grow until October. When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw these huge piles, how they blessed the Lord and praised his people!
"Where did all this come from?" Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites.
And Azariah the High Priest from the clan of Zadok replied, "These are tithes! We have been eating from these stores of food for many weeks, but all this is left over, for the Lord has blessed his people." 2 Chronicles 31:5-10 (TLB)
Last
year was a bad year for me financially! I
needed a new roof and air conditioner. My
son and his family were in dire need of money as the result of extended
unemployment, so of course I helped them out.
I was really feeling strapped and so did not write my tithe check in December and January, even though I intended to catch up when I could.
January came, things were looking up and I started to catch up with tithing which made me feel so much better.
March comes around, and I get a letter saying I could get a lump sum of money from a long lost pension plan.
Scam, right? No, real! And the amount covers my new roof and air conditioner! Thank you, Jesus! Anonymous CLC member
I was really feeling strapped and so did not write my tithe check in December and January, even though I intended to catch up when I could.
January came, things were looking up and I started to catch up with tithing which made me feel so much better.
March comes around, and I get a letter saying I could get a lump sum of money from a long lost pension plan.
Scam, right? No, real! And the amount covers my new roof and air conditioner! Thank you, Jesus! Anonymous CLC member
“Lord, over and over again you show us how faithful you are when it things are hard for us. Help us to renew our decisions to trust you with our hearts and our actions, be it in good times or tough times. Amen”
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