TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Malachi 3:10
Memorize this Verse:
Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.
10. B Y A T T I T S T T M B M I M H A P M N H S T L O H I I W N O Y T W O H A P Y O A B T T S N B R E T R I
Notes on verse:
When tithes were unpaid, the priests were deprived and had to give up their ministry and to begin farming. The nation’s religious life was hindered and the poor and strangers suffered. But, the real iniquity was that such disobedience was robbing God, who was the true King of Israel.
A “storehouse” was a room in the temple to store the tithes of crops and animals brought by the people. This was the temple treasury. One of Nehemiah’s tasks was to ensure that the supplies needed for support of the temple ministry did not fall as it had during his absence.
God has challenged them. God will multiply all that they give Him so abundantly, that they will not have enough containers to hold it all. I have seen this work in my own life.
It is not just money that we should tithe. If we give God His tithe of our time, we will find we get much more done in the time left, than we could have with all the time. Christians believe in firstfruits giving. We give in anticipation, not one tenth of what we have already made.
TODAY'S BIBLE READING
Today's Bible Reading Plan selections can be found below. If you don't have a Bible with you, just click the references to read each passage online:
Old Testament
Nehemiah 8 — 7.0 minutes
Proverbs 12:1-14 — 3.0 minutes
New Testament
Luke 17:20-37 — 4.0 minutes
2 Timothy 2:14-26 — 3.0 minutes
Total Average Read Time — 17.0 minutes
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