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Mastering Your Money Part 3

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February 16, 2025•1 min read

Mastering Your Money – Before it Masters You (Part 3 of 4)

The Centerpiece of God’s Financial Plan

Malachi 3:6-12

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Introduction Malachi 3:6-12

Tithing – a STANDARD for giving that pleases God

I. THE WINDOW OF DEVOTION Mal 3:10; Ps 139:23-24; Gen 14:20; 28:22; Rom 15:4; 1 Cor 11:6; Deut 14:23

“Test Me in this. Try Me.  Let Me prove it to you.” 

  • The Importance of Tithing

    • The frequency of tithing

    • The symbolism – a tenth is a symbol of giving the whole heart

    • The theology of tithing – tithing goes beyond a requirement

  • The pitfalls of tithing

    • Pride Matt 23:23

    • Limit – minimum

    • Negates God’s Ownership and Our Stewardship – we are Managers of God’s things

  II. THE WINDOW OF Provision Malachi 3:10; Mat 6:33; 2 Cor 9:6-8; Prov 11:25; Lk 6:38; Ps 34:8

“’If you do,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in!’”

  • You reap WHAT you sow.

  • You reap MORE than you sow.

  • You reap after you sow

III. THE WINDOW OF Financial Order Malachi 3:8, 11-12

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

  • Develop discipline in my spending

  • Develop a God-based budget

  • Be given “True riches” Luke 16:11

Do you want to be blessed? 

“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse ... If you do,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Let me prove it to you!” (Mal 3:10)

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