Malachi 3:8-9 gives us a sober warning,
“Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed Me, even this whole nation.”
Now if you think about this statement, you have to ask, “How do you rob God? I mean, really, what does that mean?”
There are two ways we rob God when we refuse to tithe:
1. We rob God of honor that is due Him. In Proverbs 3:9 it says to, Honor the LORD with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase. By giving God the first part of our income, we are honoring Him as being first in our lives. We demonstrate faith in His promise to supply our needs as well—and God is honored by our faith.
2. We rob God of the opportunity to bless us. In Malachi 3:10, God promises to bless us if we bring Him the first tenth of our income (the tithe).
The promise in Proverbs is that our barns will be filled with plenty if we will honor the Lord with our first fruits (Proverbs 3:9-10).
He can bless us. He desires to bless us. Let us not rob Him of the opportunity to do so, nor of the honor that is due Him.
Have a blessed day
Lloyd G. Phipps, Sr.
Senior Pastor
District Overseer, Quinteria Rosario, eulogized Juan Sanchez as a man who died as he lived; serving others. Pastor Sanchez died on Saturday, January 30, apparently from a bacterial infection, shortly after returning from a humanitarian mission to help build a temporary home for the 68 orphans from the Church of God of Prophecy’s orphanage in the quake-ravaged Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Click here for more …
- Albert Carty
The Homegoing Celebration of Brother Albert Carty’s will be on February 11th, 2010, at 11:00 am.
The Carty family has asked that donations be made to the Levi Thompson Scholarship Fund in lieu of flowers. Checks can be made to the church of God of Prophecy. Please indicate in the memo line either Albert Carty Funeral or the Levi Thompson Scholarship Fund.
“I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave,d is your destruction?” Hosea 13:14
- Albert Carty
Our dear brother Albert Carty’s wake will be on February 10th, 20 at 7:00 p.m.. He went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 16th, 2010. Our hearts and prayers are with the Carty Family.
The Carty family has asked that donations be made to the Levi Thompson Scholarship Fund in lieu of flowers. Checks can be made to the church of God of Prophecy. Please indicate in the memo line either Albert Carty Funeral or the Levi Thompson Scholarship Fund.
On February 28th, we’ll have something special for the senior’s plese come and join us.
On Feb 27th The Pastor’s Aide Committee will be having a fund-raising concert.
Come and join us in celebrating the “Sanctity of Marriage/ a Love Affair” on pre-Valentine’s Day, Saturday, February 13th, 2010, at the Evergreen Hotel in Stone Mountain. Doors open at 5:00 -11:00 P.M.
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