Tithe
Why We Tithe
Tithe for Obedience
10. “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test”, says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.”
11. “I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear”, says the Lord of hosts.
12. “Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight”, says the Lord of hosts.
Give and it shall be given unto you; good measure (or measure for measure), pressed down and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For the same measure that you give shall be measured to you again.
19. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
20. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Checks can be mailed to:
First Christian Church
P.O. Box 158
Bristol, VA. 24203
Tithe for Blessings
1. “And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
2. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God.
3. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
4. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.
5. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
6. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
7. The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
8. The Lord will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
9. The Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways.
10. And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you.
11. And the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
12. The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
13. And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,
14. and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.”