Rules for Financial Blessings

Praise the Lord, Beloved, and Greetings in the Name of the One who said, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God” (Matthew 19:24). The only One who has the authority to say these words is Jesus Christ, our Savior. It is in His Name that I greet you.

Beloved, if you have been faithfully viewing the television ministry on the Bloomington Community Access channel (BCAT - channel 3), you know that God has been leading me to teach on the subject of “Money”. It is the same Spirit that has led me to teach on a new subject for our series of letters - “Rules for Financial Blessings”. I believe that 2006 is going to bring financial independence to me and to all those who believe that now is God’s appointed time to reward us for our years of faithfulness to His Word.

Precious Ones, while we are waiting for the day when we will receive our financial blessings, we should remember Rule # 1 - to pay our tithes and offerings. Scripture teaches us this godly principle. Most people who are financially embarrassed are the ones who don’t pay tithes at all, or pay them on a haphazard basis. Remember, God was very specific in His instructions on how we should worship Him with our tithes (10% of all our increase). He commands, “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse” (Malachi 3:10). God never promised to “open...the windows of heaven, and pour...out a blessing” on those who scatter their tithes here and there or wherever they think it necessary to give them.

Chosen Ones, always remember that tithes are considered God’s tithes - they are not ours in the first place. We are commanded by God to bring His tithes to the storehouse so “that there may be meat in [His] house” (Malachi 3:10). If we want to be financially blessed ourselves, we should not give God’s tithes to a blind man, widow, charitable organization, or a brother or sister in need. If we feel compelled to assist someone with our financial substance, then we must give to them out of what we have left after (and I emphasize) after we have brought God’s tithes to His storehouse - the church.

Ordained Ones, the Bible never said to pay tithes only out of what you are paid on your job. If God increases you in any way, or by some unexpected means, 10% of that increase also belongs to God (see Deuteronomy 14:22).

I will write more on this subject next week. Until then, know this,
I love you all SO very much,
In His Love,
Pastor William L McCoy