“A gift opens the way for the giver and ushers him into the presence of the great.” – Proverbs 18:16
Thomas Kane was a Chicago businessman and Presbyterian layman. Many years ago, he began to tithe of his income, and after five years of trying it, he noticed that his business and his finances had undergone a decided change for the better. He began asking others if they had a similar testimony, and he collected story after story that was similar to his own. So in 1876, he wrote a little pamphlet, a tract, and sent it across the United States to churches and to pastors. In it, he said, “My belief is that God blesses in temporal as well as spiritual things the man who honors Him by setting apart a stated portion of his income. I have never known an exception. Have you?”
Millions and millions of copies of this little tract spread around the world. Years later, he wrote a book entitled “The Biography of a Tither,” in which he said that he received thousands of replies to that little tract, but not one person ever wrote telling him that tithing didn’t work for them. “The negatives,” he said, “are nonexistent.”
The Lord blesses those who give. Today in prayer, thank the Lord for all that you have and ask Him how you can faithfully give to others.
“Nothing is really ours until we share it.” – C.S. Lewis
God’s Word: “On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.” – Matthew 2:11
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