Woe to you teachers of the law & Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices - mint, dill & cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law - justice, mercy & faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. (Mathew 23: 23) Giving of our tithes opens the windows of Heaven. God pours blessings that we will not have any room to contain. God also rebukes the devourer so that our wealth maintains VALUE. Why is it many people give their tithes faithfully but they do not have blessings which are overflowing. The problem is in the manner in which we give them. God wants us to do justice to people, to be merciful to them & to be faithful FIRST, then we can give our tithes. If you give them in this manner, MORE than enough blessings will come your way. The devil will be rebuked, he will not touch your wealth. You will be a delightful land. Food for thought. Heaven Rules.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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