We need to pay close attention to our giving. FATHER does. HE is interested in fruitfulness.
Why are most churches lacking in bringing people to repentance? They are offering soulish entertainment rather than the ministry of The Holy Spirit. They are appealing to the emotional and mental aspects of individuals by providing loud music, light shows, and smoke machines which are intended to replace the move of The Spirit. This is why the churches were not deemed essential over the last two years. By and large, The Holy Spirit was not in the building. The remnant is meant to correct this situation. FATHER has protected us from the wiles of the devil so that we could move on to maturity IN HIM.
Many churches are simply after your money to promote their religious, soulish agenda. How do you know which church is flowing with The Holy Spirit? Look at the fruit for you and I are called to be fruit inspectors.
If you are tithing to a church but unable to become prosperous, consider whether or not good fruit is coming from them. Are they simply covering their overhead with the tithes and offerings yet people in the congregation cannot make ends meet? Are the poor being helped? Are single mothers being assisted? Shouldn’t there be reverse offerings where those in need receive our tithes and offerings? Consider Jesus feeding the multitudes rather than seeking their finances.
Malachi wrote by THE SPIRIT in chapter 3:
8 “Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say,
‘In what way have we robbed You?’
In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse,
For you have robbed Me,
Even this whole nation.
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,”
Says the LORD of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the windows of Heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.”
FATHER actually identifies HIS storehouse when The Holy Spirit directs your giving. You should give as directed by The Holy Spirit rather than just giving by habit or convenience.
11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,”
Says the LORD of hosts;
12 And all nations will call you blessed,
For you will be a delightful land,”
Says the LORD of hosts.
FATHER protects the remaining 90% of our monthly revenue from the devourer since we tithe according to HIS instruction. What does the word “rebuke” mean?
It is described by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 9:
5With a blast of Your rebuke, nations are destroyed.
You obliterated their names forever and ever.
6The Lord thundered and our enemies have been cut off,
vanished in everlasting ruins.
All their cities have been destroyed—
even the memory of them has been erased.
Establishing HIS Kingdom on earth includes the proper distribution of our finances. The adversary wants to keep us financially enslaved. Tithing will unhook you and your finances from the world system. The tithe was created for us to protect us from the devourer.
Think about it.