Dr. Jeff Williams, Senior Pastor
January 31, 2016 #FirstDenton
Dr. Jeff Williams, Senior Pastor
Invest “Take the 1% Challenge”
January 31, 2016 #FirstDenton
Invest “Take the 1% Challenge”
Malachi 3:7–12
Malachi 3:7–12
Acts 20:35 (ESV) Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Acts 20:35 (ESV) Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Luke 6:38 (NCV) Give, and you will receive. You will be given much. Pressed down, shaken together, and running over, it will spill into your lap. The way you give to others is the way God will give to you.
Luke 6:38 (NCV) Give, and you will receive. You will be given much. Pressed down, shaken together, and running over, it will spill into your lap. The way you give to others is the way God will give to you.
The _____________________ of Giving Back to God
The _____________________ of Giving Back to God
Malachi 3:7–12 (ESV) From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, “How shall we return?” 8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me. But you say, “How have we robbed you?” In your tithes and contributions. 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you. 10 Bring the full tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house. And thereby put Me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. 11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. 12 Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 3:7–12 (ESV) From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, “How shall we return?” 8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me. But you say, “How have we robbed you?” In your tithes and contributions. 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you. 10 Bring the full tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house. And thereby put Me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. 11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. 12 Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 6:21 (ESV) For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21 (ESV) For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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When I Don’t Give Back to God:
When I Don’t Give Back to God:
1. I Rob God of What _______ _________
1. I Rob God of What _______ _________
2. I Rob His _____________ of What It Needs to Change Lives
2. I Rob His _____________ of What It Needs to Change Lives
3. I Rob ________________ of God’s ____________________
3. I Rob ________________ of God’s ____________________
When I Give Back to God:
When I Give Back to God:
1. It Makes Me More Like ___________
1. It Makes Me More Like ___________
2. It Moves Me ________________ to Him
2. It Moves Me ________________ to Him
3. It’s My Antidote to _____________________
3. It’s My Antidote to _____________________
Deuteronomy 14:23 (TLB) The purpose of tithing is to teach you always to put God first in your lives. 4. It is My ______________________ for Eternity God’s ____________________ for You
Deuteronomy 14:23 (TLB) The purpose of tithing is to teach you always to put God first in your lives. 4. It is My ______________________ for Eternity God’s ____________________ for You