The Tithe: Foundation | Week 2 | Open Hand Series

20 And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

Genesis 14:20 NIV

10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

Malachi 3:10 NIV

2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.

1 Corinthians 16:2 NIV

His Sign

2 Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.

Exodus 13:2 NIV

His Priority/ Promise

9 Honour the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.

Proverbs 3:9-10 NKJV

10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

2 Corinthians 9:10-11 NIV

Tithe = First 10% of all that comes into your household given to the Lord.

Why the first 10%?

He is our source!

Genesis 1, Colossians 3, Psalms 2:4, Psalm 50

We tend to forget!

10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you – a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant – then when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12 NIV

The Tithe is a Test of the Heart 

10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

Malachi 3:10 NIV

Words of Knowledge

  • We heard the Lord say he is utterly obliterating pancreatic cancer.  

  • We believe the Lord is healing lock jaw.   

  • We believe the Lord wants to heal feet: anything from an ingrown toenail to the creative miracle of regrowing a missing foot.  

  • We believe the Lord is releasing healing over your children.  

  • We believe there is someone who feels a void in your heart, God sees you and wants to be the one to fill it.   

  • We believe the Lord is releasing peace that surpasses all understanding this weekend. 

Lainey Dumas