Message:  "God's Plan for Giving"
Deuteronomy 14:22-23
by Ed Hale
on September 20, 2009

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Why should we tithe? Deuteronomy 14:22-23
Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always.

Malachi 3:7-12: ⁷ Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD Almighty. "But you ask, 'How are we to return?' ⁸ "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings. ⁹ You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me. ¹⁰ Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "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. ¹¹ I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty. ¹² "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty.

1. The call of God. (vs. 7)
   Evaluation #1 - Do you need to return to God?
    
2. The crime of the people. (vs. 7-8)
   Evaluation #2 - Are you robbing God?
    
3. The curse on the people. (vs. 9)
   Evaluation #3 - Are you under your own curse?
    
4. The command of God. (vs. 10)
   Evaluation #4 - Are you obeying God's commands?
    
5. The promises of God. (vs. 10-12)
   Evaluation #5 - Do you need to put God first in your life?