TITHE OR HELL YOUR CHOICE by Mike Peralta (life books to read .TXT) 📕

The very same month that I made this decision my mother offered me a monthly income of £100. The next month I received my biggest ever bonus cheque for commission at work. The following month my car sailed through its road worthiness test. It only cost £30 for minor repairs whereas every test previously had cost me about £200! I was at last seeing - as a tither - God rebuking the devourer for my sake.

The tithe for me has been transformed. It had been a half-hearted, token gesture to my dependence on God. Now it is a joyful experience in which I expect God's protection over my finances and treat it as an important way to keep God's windows of blessing open over me.

Now my heart's desire is for others to discover, as I have, the wonder that takes place when we tithe fully, consistently and in unhesitating trust.

--- End Of Jonathan Tithing Testimony ---

Tithe Testimony By Chile Missionary

Excerpt from The Secret Kingdoom by Pat Robertson

A missionary to Chile shared some insights into this law of the Kingdom some time ago. As pastor of a group of extremely poor peasants, he did everything he could to minister to their needs. He revealed what he considered to be the full counsel of the Lord, teaching the Bible as the Word of God and leading them into many significant and deep understandings. But one day the Lord spoke as clearly as if He had been standing face to face with him. “You have not declared My whole truth to these people,” He said.

“But Lord ,” the missionary replied, “I don’t understand. I’ve taught them about justification by faith and forgiveness of sins and baptism in the Holy Spirit, about miracles and walking in Your power. I’ve taught them about the church, about history, about doctrine. I’ve taught them about godliness and holy living, about the Second Coming.

“What, my Lord, have I failed to teach them?”

He waited a moment. The voice was very clear. “You have not declared My tithe to them.”

The missionary was stunned. “But Lord, these are very poor people! They hardly have enough to live. I can’t ask them to tithe. They have nothing.”

Again, a silent moment. “You must declare to them My tithe.”

He was a faithful, obedient man. And the debate ended.

The next Sunday morning, with heavy heart, he stepped into the pulpit of the little rustic church in that poor, backward community, took a deep breath, and began.

“My beloved brethren,” he said, looking into the open, uplifted faces of his flock, “God has shown me that I haven’t been faithful in declaring to you His whole counsel. There is something you have not been doing that I must tell you about. You have not been tithing to the Lord.”

And he began a trek through the Scriptures with them that lasted nearly an hour. He explained everything, including the Malachi portions urging that the Lord be proven on the matter.

The next Sunday, it was their turn. In they came, obedient to the Word. They didn’t have money, so they brought eggs, chickens, leather goods, woven articles, and all manner of things from their poor peasant homes. The altar area was heaped high.

The missionary felt badly about taking the gifts, but he too was faithful, so he sold some and used the money for the work of the church. He distributed some of the gifts to the destitute in the neighborhood and kept some for his own sustenance, in lieu of income.

The same thing happened Sunday after Sunday. The people tithed.

It wasn’t long before the effects of drought were seen throughout the countryside. Poverty gripped the people of the land worse than ever. Crops failed; buildings deteriorated; gloom covered everything.

But, miraculously, this was not so with the members of that little church. Their crops flourished as though supernaturally watered. But more than that, the yields were extraordinary, bounteous, healthy, flavorful. Their fields were green, while those around were withering. Their livestock were sleek and strong. Relative abundance replaced abject poverty.

They even had an overflow of crops and goods that could be sold, and before long their tithes included money. They were able to build a much-needed new meeting house.

Despite his misgivings, the missionary and his people had learned that no matter how desperate the situation, no matter how deep the impoverishment, the principles of the Kingdom can turn deprivation into abundance.

--- End of Tithe Testimony By Chile Missionary ---

Tithing Testimony Of Alexander H. Kerr

Excerpt From Tithing - God’s Financial Plan by Norman Robertson

With some doubts, but with a sincere desire to see whether the Bible is true and whether God’s promises are intended for the people of today, on June 1, 1902 Mr. Kerr made a special covenant to set aside the tithe, or ten percent of his income, for the work of the Lord. At that time, he had a mortgage on his house, owed many obligations, and was burdened with cares and worries – especially of a financial nature. However, he was determined to prove God as Jacob [Genesis 28:22] had done. His faith was challenged by these Scriptures: Proverbs 3:9-10, Leviticus 27:30-32, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 14:20, and particularly Malachi 3:7-11.

Mr. Kerr often remarked that if modern day skeptics wanted proof that there is a God, that the Bible is His Holy Word, and that it’s promises are true, all they needed to do is tithe for one year and God would prove to them, without a doubt, that He is … the same yesterday, and today, and forever… (Hebrews 13:8)

Within three months of beginning to tithe, unexpected and unforeseen blessings came to Mr. Kerr. It seemed that God had opened his eyes to behold His love and His faithfulness to His promises, especially in regard to tithing. Jesus said in Matthew 9:29 “According to your faith be it unto you.” That same year Mr. Kerr, with very little capital but with strong faith in God’s tithing promises, organized the firm known as Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company. It became one of the largest firms selling fruit jars in the United States.

At the time of the San Francisco earthquake, his fruit jars were being manufactured in the California city.

Mr. Kerr had put practically every cent he had into his fruit jar enterprise, and then came the earthquake! His friends came to him and said,”Kerr, you are a ruined man.” He replied, “I don’t believe it; if I am, then the Bible is not true; I know God will not go back on His promises.”

He wired to San Francisco, and received the following reply, “Your factory is in the heart of the fire and undoubtedly is destroyed. The heat is so intense we will be unable to find out anything for days.”

Malachi 3:11, “I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground.”

What a time of testing this was! But Mr. Kerr’s faith in the Lord never wavered. He believed Malachi 3:11 and stood on this promise, unmoved. About a week after the earthquake and fire, a second telegram arrived saying, “Everything for a mile and a half on all sides of the factory burned; but your factory is miraculously saved.” God’s Word cannot return to Him void. (Isaiah 55:8-11)

Mr. Kerr immediately boarded a train for San Francisco. The factory was a two-story wooden building containing huge tanks where the glass was melted. The tanks were kept at a fierce 2500 degrees and oil was used for fuel. The building was probably the most flammable in San Francisco!

The fire had raged on all sides of the factory, creeping up to the wooden fence surrounding the building and even scorching it; then the flames and fire leaped around and over and beyond the building, burning everything in its path. However, not even the wooden fence was burned, nor the building, and not a single glass jar was cracked by the earthquake or the fire.

This was undoubtedly a display of God’s divine power in protecting this man. He held onto his faith that God’s promises made to those who tithe would never be broken by any circumstances.

Every business in which he had an investment tithed. His returns were so great that he created a tithing fund and had it incorporated. His tithing gifts went around the world, for he was deeply interested in the distribution of New Testaments, and Gospel literature.

He rose from poverty to become a millionaire by believing that God would honor His promises and pour out His blessings upon those who accurately and carefully tithe or set aside one-tenth of their possessions, salary or income for the Lord’s work.

--- End Of Alexander Kerr Tithe Testimony ---

John D. Rockefeller Tithe Testimony

Based on the book: Rockefeller, John, Sr., “Yes I Tithe”

Article by Saul Flores, Jr.

For his eighth birthday, Johnny’s mother gave him the absolutely best present he could ever have imagined. She gave him a hen— his very own pedigree hen with bright eyes and untold generations of potential. For many nights afterward, Johnny was unable to sleep. He tossed and turned while visions of successful chicken farming filled his young and active mind. Johnny couldn’t help but wonder how many chicks the hen would have and how much money he would make from her first clutch.

Over the next few months, Johnny took good care of his hen and cleaned her roost faithfully. He was diligent to watch for signs of foxes and snakes and repaired the chicken coop whenever he found anything that might cause harm. He even caught fat and juicy grasshoppers to supplement the feed he scattered twice a day and made sure she always had fresh, clean water.

Eventually, his little hen began to lay her eggs. Johnny bounced with impatience and hovered anxiously while he counted the days until the emergence of the fluffy little cheepers. Much to his delight, five noisy, healthy chicks were soon snuggled beneath his hen’s protective wings.

Oh boy, I’m going to be the richest kid in the whole county, Johnny thought to himself while he calculated his profits. If I sell them for 20 cents each, I’ll have a whole dollar. That was an enormous amount of money for a young boy to hope for in the mid 1800s.

When the five chicks were old enough, young Johnny loaded the chickens into a crate and set off to seek a buyer. After presenting the virtues and benefits of his stock to several local farmers, Johnny was thrilled when a neighbor agreed to buy all five. Johnny closed the deal with a handshake and shoved the dollar down into his pocket as deep as possible.

His money securely tucked away, the young entrepreneur sprinted excitedly down the long dusty lane and ran all the way home. He was rich! He could buy anything! A kaleidoscope of fantasies swirled through his head as his feet pounded the old dirt road. There were so many things he could buy with his first dollar—toys, candies, ice cream, nothing was out of his reach now. His mom was going to be so proud that her son was now a rich young man.

Johnny was breathing hard from excitement and exertion as he burst into the kitchen. “Ma, you won’t believe it. I sold all five of my chicks. I must be the richest kid in the whole county. Can you believe it Ma?”

She shook his hand like an adult and grinned back at him. “I believe it son; you can do anything you set your mind to. You’re a smart kid. And you worked hard for this.”

Johnny’s mom was proud of Johnny, but in the midst of the celebration, she realized that this was a golden opportunity to teach Johnny a valuable teaching