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Breaking the Curse of Poverty  David K. Owusu

“I the Lord, I do not change. So you descendants of Jacob are not
destroyed. Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned
away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me and
I will return to you” says the Lord Almighty...will a mere mortal
man rob God? Yet you rob me. But you ask, How are we robbing
you?’ “In tithes and offerings” Malachi 3:6-9 (NIV),

More of this will be discussed in the subsequent chapters

Thirdly, giving expresses our gratitude to what God has already made
available and in so doing we express that it is He that sustains us
and provides for us. It is He that gives the power to make wealth.

“But you shall [earnestly] remember the Lord your God, for it is
He who gives you power to get wealth. That He may establish

His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day”
Deuteronomy 8:18 (AMPC)

If we acknowledge Him, then it is easy for us to give that acceptable
offering that is pleasing to the Lord, and the blessing will follow
any giving that is done with the understanding that it is He that
has made it possible to even have what we have in the first instance.
God wants us to perceive our wealth as a holy substance that we
offer to Him in Worship. It’s important for us to understand that
our worship to God is incomplete without us giving our substance.

When we give our money to God, we are giving a very important
part of our lives, as money is representative of the labor of our hands.
Therefore, when we give money, we are giving Him our Time, our

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