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“Giving”: God’s Absolute Blue Print To Prosperity

Strength, and our Talents.

Most of us put the major portion of our efforts into the work that
brings our income.

When we offer God the appointed share of our income, we are
essentially offering ourselves to God. There is nothing more we can
offer to God than ourselves.
In Exodus 23:14-15 [nLT], the Bible says,

“Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me. Celebrate
the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat bread made
without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time
in the month of Abib, for in that month you came out of Egypt.
No one is to appear before me empty-handed.”

God gave instructions for every male among the children of Israel
to come up to Jerusalem to offer worship and celebrate before God
three times a year.

As part of God’s ordinance for worship and celebration in the
temple, Israel was to come up at God’s appointed time. Every
Israelite was to make an offering to God; and no Israelite was to go
to the presence of God’s empty-handed.

If one wanted to appear before God and come to His courts, it was
mandatory for them to bring an offering.

In 1 Chronicles 16:29 [nKJV] the Bible says,

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