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High Definition Financing
“High definition financing begins with GIVING.”
God LOVED. “…God is love.” 1 John 4:8b
God MADE.
….EVERYTHING. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis. 1:1
…MAN AND WOMAN. So God created human beings in his own image.
In the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27
God gave THE WORLD to the man and the woman and to us as their descendants.
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Genesis 1:28
They took even more than God gave them….and took and took and took.
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful…she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves. Genesis 3:6-7
God gave a way back to right relationship with Him in Christ.
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
God established a way back for us- the path of giving
o Give yourself- first we give ourselves. We believe. We receive.
o Give your time and talents to Him.
o Give your treasure to Him.
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. Psalm 24:1
“One-tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain from the fields or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord and must be set apart to him as holy. Leviticus 27:30
“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse… If you do,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!” Malachi 3:10
Is that just an Old Testament thing? What does Jesus say about tithing?
… you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things. Matthew 23:23 (NLT)
So What? > Accept The Tithing Challenge to live a life of high definition financing.
But what if I just can NOT give 10%?
o Pick a Percentage
o Give it first as a Priority
o Make it Progressive
