Giving shows he is Lord of our Lives! 

First and foremost, God wants us to give because it shows that we recognize he is truly the lord of our lives. " Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17  NIV" 

Everything we own and everything we have comes from God. So when we give, we simply offer him a small portion of the abundance he has already given to us.

Giving is an expression of our thankfulness and praise to God. It comes from a heart of worship that recognizes everything we have and give already belongs to the Lord. 

God instructed Old Testament believers to give a tithe, or a tenth because this ten percent represented the  first, most important portion of all they had. The New Testament does not suggest a certain percentage for giving, but simply says for each to give "keeping with his income"

 When we give freely to God, we receive freely from God.   

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