Making your Tithing Count for your Growth in Christ Your Tithing to Grow in Christ is more than a book. It is your devotional guide designed to practically assist you in spiritually relating to God personally in your tithing. As you use this devotional guide, you will soon find yourself experiencing seven things. These seven things are as follows: Getting you closer to God? Thinking about God? Praying to God? Reading about God? Honoring God? Giving to God? Hearing from God Next to the Bible, the Tithing to Grow in Christ is what you and every local church member must have. It is the devotional guide book that you need in order to tithe by the principle of knowing and relating to God personally. That was the principle of tithing God established with Abraham when he was made to tithe to Melchizedek in Genesis chapter 14. Your spiritual growth in Christ in the areas of trusting, loving, and being holy to God is guaranteed with your use of the Tithing to Grow in Christ. It situates you into building a strong personal relationship with God and to nurture the integrity of the personal presence of God in your life. The integrity of the personal presence of God is what you need to be certain about the personal influence of God in your life. Having the certainty concerning the personal influence of God in your life puts you above, calms your anxieties, reduces your stress, and gives you the peace and boldness to face any challenging situation, as it was the case with David in going out to fight with Goliath. A Groundbreaking Devotional Guide for A Strong Personal Relationship with God
TITHING to GROW in Christ
A Devotional Guide for the ChurchBy SAMUEL MILLSAuthorHouse
Copyright © 2012 Samuel Mills
All right reserved.ISBN: 978-1-4772-6334-1Contents
Next To Your Bible.............................................................xiMake your Tithing Count for your Growth in Christ..............................xiYou Must Read This.............................................................xiiiWhat Is Christian Tithing?.....................................................xiiiIts About Your Growth In Christ................................................xviiMy Covenant....................................................................xxiiiYour 7 Spiritual Experiences With God..........................................xxviiUsing your Tithing to Grow in Christ Devotional Guide..........................xliACT 1 Being Purpose Driven With Your Tithing..................................1ACT 2 Acknowledging God's Personal Influence In Your Life.....................17ACT 3 Reckoning The Spiritual Benefits of Your Tithing........................33ACT 4 Talking To God Concerning His Church....................................49ACT 5 Dedicating Your Life To God.............................................65ACT 6 Setting Aside Your Tithes To God........................................81Share Tithing To Grow In Christ With Your Church...............................83About the Author...............................................................85
Chapter One
ACT 1 Day 1
BEING PURPOSE DRIVEN WITH YOUR TITHING
Please Follow Every Line of Instruction:
The Spiritual Matter
A Question to Consider: What is my ultimate aim for tithing?
A Response to Consider: I am tithing with the aim to:
• Build a strong personal relationship with God
• Cultivate the integrity of His personal presence in my life
Meditation One
Take a few moments to ponder and/or meditate on the responses. Internalize and let them settle in your spirit and mental consciousness.
Notes
1. In the space below or in your journal, please write down lessons or thoughts from your meditations. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
The Importance of the Spiritual Matter
A Question to Ponder: Do I have to be bothered with the pursuit of a personal relationship with God?
A Response to Consider: Yes. It is part of being Christian to have a strong personal relationship with God, which will strengthen your trust in Him
Scripture Readings
Please carefully read the following scriptures:
Psalm 42:1-2
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Psalm 63:6
I think about you before I go to sleep, and my thoughts turn to you during the night.
Exodus 33:14-16
And he said, my presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him; if thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? Is it not in that thou goest with us? So shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
Meditation Two
Take a few moments to ponder, and/or meditate on the scriptures you have just read. Internalize the meaning each brings to you by the help of the Holy Spirit; let that meaning settle in your spirit and mental consciousness.
Notes
1. In the space below or in your journal, please write down lessons or thoughts from your meditations. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
A Moment of Prayer
You are now going to talk to God concerning the integrity of His personal presence in your life.
Prayer Points
• Thank God for the gift of the integrity of His personal presence to you
• Pray, requesting that as He gave Abraham, David, and Elijah the gift of the integrity of His personal presence in their lives, He will likewise graciously continue to grant you that gift
• Pray, requesting that the Holy Spirit will build in you a condition of certainty concerning the personal presence of God so that you will act trusting God accordingly
• Worship the Lord for granting your requests
To you I do express my sincere heart of gratitude. Your love is overwhelming to me. What is this mercy that the Lord has come down to me so I can eat and drink with Him? What is this mercy that the Lord has chosen to fill my life with His presence? My door is open at last. Dear Lord, let your sweet fragrance fill my room. I sought Him. Now that I have found Him, whom my spirit has cherished for so long a time, I will not let Him go. I pray dear Lord that this sweet fragrance of your presence will forever remain in my room.
By Dr. Samuel Kirk Mills
Listening to hear from God
Please remain quiet and listen to hear God speak to you in your spirit (heart) concerning what you have read about Him, and what you have talked to Him about, and/or what He would like you to know and or to do.
Notes
1. In the space below or in your journal, please write down what in your heart you heard God spoke to you about. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
2. Please find and write down a corresponding scripture or bible verse to what you heard God spoke to you about in your heart. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
Chapter Two
ACT 2 Day 2
ACKNOWLEDGING GOD'S PERSONAL INFLUENCE IN YOUR LIFE
Please Follow Every Line of Instruction:
The Spiritual Matter
A Question to Consider: What are my objective reasons for tithing?
A Response to Consider: I am tithing because it is my faith and moral response to God's personal influence in what I have earned and have acquired
I am tithing to honor God as the source of my life who provides for my daily living
Meditation One
Take a few moments to ponder and/or meditate on the responses. Internalize and let them settle in your spirit and mental consciousness.
Notes
1. In the space below or in your journal, please write down lessons or thoughts from your meditations. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
The Importance of the Spiritual Matter
Questions to Ponder: Is God really a personal influence in my life?
Is God really the source of my life, and who provides for my daily living?
A Response to Consider: Yes. It is part of being Christian to acknowledge the personal influence of God in your life.
Yes. It is part of being Christian to acknowledge God as the source of your life, and that will help you to depend strongly on Him for His provisions concerning every aspect of your life.
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