Read: Isaiah 1:11-15 | Allow me pose a question. When we tithe of our time, talent, treasure to God, are we following a rule, or is it a routine or is it a religious ritual? It is important to know the basis of our motivation to give – “rule”, “routine” or “ritual”. Our key verses […]
Read: Haggai 1:4-7 NKJV | This series allows us to relate the steps in giving of our tithes and offerings to the steps of sowing seed in a garden. In the series, we have Identified “where” to sow/give, followed by “when”, “how”, the actual “sowing” and now “the caring and nurturing” of the plants. In […]
Read: Luke 6:38 | In this series, we have related giving of our tithes and offerings to the concept of sowing. In the series, we have Identified the where to sow/give, followed by “the when” and then “the how”. Today, we will talk about planting the seed. God depends upon us to do the planting. […]
Read: Matthew 13:3-9 | Part three of this series focuses on planting or sowing seeds as an analogy for giving our time, talent and treasure (see table below). Up to this point, we have identified where to give, followed by when to give and today we will talk about preparing the area to be sown. […]
Read: Galatians 6:8 | Last week we started, a six-part series entitled “Giving is Sowing”. During the series we will examine the steps involved in sowing our time, talent and treasure. As a backdrop, we are using the metaphor that Paul established for sowing to please the Spirit. As believers, we are born again to […]
