Tithing is like training wheels when it comes to giving. It's intended to help you get started, but not recommended for the Tour de France.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Tithing is considerably less popular than words like generosity or sharing.
Prosperity comes to those who observe the law of tithing.
Giving is above what we owe God, and that is our tithes.
I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works.
People who put money in the church basket and people who go to church and pay the pastor: that isn't real philanthropy; that's just like you belong to a country club. You pay your dues to belong to that church, so you pay your tithing or whatever it is.
Often as we teach and testify about the law of tithing, we emphasize the immediate, dramatic and readily recognizable temporal blessings that we receive. And surely such blessings do occur. Yet some of the diverse blessings we obtain as we are obedient to this commandment are significant but subtle.
The tithe payer helps the Lord build temples, where families can be sealed forever. The tithe payer helps Him send the gospel to people everywhere. The tithe payer helps Him relieve hunger and suffering in His own way through His servants.
The tradition is a fence around the law; tithes are a fence around riches; vows are a fence around abstinence; a fence around wisdom is silence.
Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor.
How grateful I am for the law of tithing. It is the Lord's law of finance.