Giving With Gratitude The Lord says, “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house.” - Malachi 3:10 (NIV) Todays Devotional A few years ago on a trip to Ecuador, I visited a Quichua Indian church located high in the windswept Andes Mountains. The pastor and his wife were proudly showing us their church building when we saw a huge pile of yellow corn spilling out of gunnysacks in the corner of one room. I asked if there was any special significance to the mound of corn. They explained that in their agricultural community the believers always brought a tenth of whatever crop they harvested to the church as an offering to the Lord. The congregation used this food to share with those in their village who did not have enough to eat or to provide a meal on special days for their entire community as a testimony to God’s love and provision in their lives. I was amazed and moved at this level of generosity, gratitude, and obedience. What could happen in our own churches if we each chose to give back to the Lord literally a tenth of all we have? What needs could we meet with these resources?
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 23:42:23 +0000
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