Hello, and Praise
the Lord! One Sunday night, our pastor preached a message entitled “Give God a raise.” The heart of the message centered on sacrificial giving...give until it becomes a sacrifice, doing more than what is required. Give God a raise and see what He will do in your life. The message struck a chord with me because I had gone about three years without a raise and things began to tighten financially. My wife was a stay-at-home mom with our two-year-old child and another one on the way. We had a mortgage, two cars, and a lot of company expenses. Sound familiar?
Even though I was self-employed, I couldn't raise my prices without my contractors’ approval so….I decided to give God a raise. Although I paid my tithes and offerings all of my life, I never thought twice about giving more. For me, sacrifice meant going beyond the twelve percent number. I immediately boosted my offering a few percentages. At that point, our family also needed more money so I was truly sacrificing. The following Sunday, I dropped God’s “raise” in the offering plate and didn't think much about it. At the end of the week, the contractor who supplied most of my work came by the work site and asked how I was doing. We talked for awhile as we always did. Then, before he left he gave me a raise that amounted to about fifteen percent of my gross income! That got my attention in a hurry. The words of my pastor echoed through my mind…”
What I'm about to share
with you can enrich your life, whether you've been a pastor/minister for many years, a well studied biblical
scholar or just getting started on your journey with Christ. Why? Because, God's
ways have always boggled the
minds of mankind. We depend on our human ways of thinking, but the Lord
asks us to seek the Holy Spirit to guide
us thru the Word of God.  Human Reasoning Is Flawed... How many times have you heard people say "If my heart is in it, then everything else will fall into place..." Yet this can often lead to dangerous places. So, if the messages on this page seem out of your normal way of thinking, it's ok. Let me
start by telling you
some controversial ideas about tithing...
What percentage of your church tithes? I could go on forever, but these topics are being discussed behind
closed doors and
I've  Churches aren't teaching tithing. It's
as if pastors have become afraid to ask for money, and yet it takes money to run the
ministry.
But, what if God isn't really after our money? What if his desire wasn't that it just support the church?
I bet it would make the government stimulus
packages look like social assistance checks!  What about the healing process? In my book, I describe how a pastor once challenged me to give God a raise and tithe MORE than my 10%. Would you believe, God more than matched the money back? What about the faith it would build? If everyone contributed, it would put that statement on our money "In God we trust" to the ultimate test, and I have a feeling we all know what that could do to our nation. What about the commitment to the church? When you're a strong integral part of a ministry, you're there for every step of the building process, the volunteering and yes, the financial aspects as well. When someone can't support God and their church with their time, their tithe can keep them involved and contributing to the mission. The Book... "Where your treasure is...Written by David Church
This Book and its additional resources are designed to help pastors and church members unwrap some of the most amazing gifts given to us by our heavenly father that come straight from the heart of God.
BONUS: We're also including an article titled The article covers HOW to take up the offering in your church. If the principles of this free bonus article are followed, the cost of this EBook will easily be given back to your church many times over, through your congregations giving. Probably in the first offering. Did you know there is a right way and a wrong way to take up an offering in the church? Sadly, many churches do it the wrong way and as a result, the giving of the church suffers. Hindering growth and revival in the church. All because a few simple principles are ignored. These necessary principles are exposed in this free added bonus!
A resource sure to provide endless blessings to your church, ministry and to those Considering the amount of hours that went into compiling this amazing church resource, we Honestly believed it would be worth offering to other ministries for $147. Knowing however that the economic situation is affecting many churches around the globe we decided we had to do better than that.
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