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We fecl privilegcd ro hclp in
God·s Work. Here is our ciche, and
our rhanks ro you for lercing us help.
Me.
and
Mes.
Roben M. R.,
Roanokc, Virginia
We havc beco tirhiog for abour
cwo months now and have received so
much more rhao
wc
have givcn.
1
had
only senr S35 wheo my husband re–
ccived a
S600
raise annually rlur he
didn 'r ask for aod
his
company began
paying bim for ovcrrime - che ftrsc
time in years.... rm more rhan glad
ro
be
a
Co-
\Y/
orkcr. May God richly
bless you and rhe W ork.
Mrs.
V.
H.
P. ,
Boise. ldaho
Now chis doesn'r mean rhar all
rhose who begin rírhing suddenly in–
herir a huge sum of money, or rhar
God immediately performs sorne in–
credible miracle. Bur over che long
haul, God blesses those who fairhfully
pay
Hi.r
rirhes so rhac che
90%
of in–
come rhar rhey keep for themselves
will spread out ro accomplish whac
che 100% would have. God promises
ro prosper rhe rirher. And God keeps
His promises!
Don't Rob God
How long you can get away wirh
evading taxes bcforc you are indicted,
rried, fincd and/or jailed I don'c
know - nor wíll I find out because I
pay rhem when rhcy are due. How
long anyone can be guilry of rithe
evasion and nor suffer che conse–
qucnces wirhouc even realizing ir is a
quesrion che answer of which I per–
sonally don'r wanr co experience.
Malachi admonished an end-rime
generarion ro repent. Immediately af–
rer che verse where he explains rhac
God does nor change (Malachi 3:6),
Malachi gives a specific example of an
ordinancc (or sracucc) God has noc
changed.
Ir
explains one way in
which an individual or narion can bc–
gin ro recurn ro God: "Even from che
days of your fathers ye are gone away
from mine ordinances, and have nor
kepr chem.
Retum
unto me, and I will
recuro umo you, sairh che Lord of
hosrs. Bur ye say,
Wherein shall 1ve re–
tum?
"Will aman rob God) Yer ye have
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1972
robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have
we robbed chee'
In tithes and of!erings.
Ye are cursed wirh a curse: for
YE
HAVE ROOBED ME,
even chis whole na–
tion"! (Malacbi 3:7-9) .
I
cerrainly don't want ro be
broughc before che court of final
judgmem with rhe si n of having
robbed God ! Admirredly, chis is a
negarive reason, but ir is
t1
reason, and
a
powerful one
ro
me.
Can'c Afford Noc ro
Tithe
The tifrh reason I ri che is rhat I
can'c afford
NOT
ro tirhe. And chis
reason is
not
as negarive as ir migbr
tirst appear. So many demands are laid
on our income, as 1 explained ac rhe
beginning of chis arrícle, char, when
we come ro che knowledge of tithing,
ir seems an impossíble burden ro be
added. Buc che proof of pracrice of
many rhousands over many years
shows chis is nor valid.
When God begins ro inrervene in
your life, He helps you in so many
ways rhac you can'r possibly recognize
rhem al
l.
Somehow, despice rhe marh–
emarics and all che orher prior-claim
deducrions, che ninery percenr you are
left wich after you rithe covers much
more of your needs chao che 100%
did before. Exaccly how chis works I
don'r know, buc I do know ir does.
Thinking on
it
from time ro rime,
I've come up wirh ideas. How many
accidents have 1 been saved from be–
cause God is wirh me? 1 don't know.
The rroubles we all ger into are easy
ro see, bur whac if we could see all
che problems we were kepr from!
How many rimes have I been kepc
from illness (my doctor bilis are vir–
rually nil for a family of four)' How
much has Gocl given me grace and fa–
vor in che eyes of oflicials, employers
and friends when I most needed ir?
Orhers also feel rhis way. Ler me
share wich you che experiences of
sorne who cemporarily sroppcd rirhing:
\V
e began rithing Lasc year be–
cause it was commandcd of God. Then
something went wrong wirh us , and
wc decided we needed che money for
something clsc chat week. We "rea-
soncd ' . thac we could make up che
S25. 70
" ncxc" time. The ncxr week my
pay dcopped co arouod
S LOO
per week.
Tben ir dropped co
S57....
Wc began
cirhing agaio rwo weeks ago,
S5.l
S,
or
roughly
Ys
of my pay of a few very
shorc weeks before. That's noc
:11!
ei–
ther. !'ve gone inco debe aga in,
whercas before
1
was gerting out of
debe quite rapidly. Also,
l
fouod my–
scJf worried abour nearl y evcrytbiog.
To summarizc.
1
had lose "faith.' . Be·
lieve me, you need ooc worry abour
m
y
rirhc. Ir will arrive cvery week from
now on.
1f
God is willing,
1
shall en·
deavor
ro
make up che rough amounc
of
$60
which
1
didn·c pay back co
God·s Work.
Neal
E.
1-l.,
Sanford, Maine
Thanks to you and
The
PLAJN
TRUTH magazine, my husbaod and
J
are doser
ro
God and are happier than
we ever have been in our lives. We
scnt our
lO%
ro
you every week fairh ·
fully for a ycar unril lasr winter. T heo
we had
ro
buy
so
much oil for our
aparcment thar ic ser us back on our
bilis.
Jnscead of kceping our fairh, we
panicked and scopped giviog our
lO%
so thac we could gec caugbt up on our
bilis. Thac didn' c solve aoyching, be·
cause our baby (8 monrhs) gor sick
and ended up in rhe hospital for four
days wich a virus. Then my son goc
sick, 1 goc sick, and my husband was
laid off from his job.
Finally, we realized rhac God was
correcring us for ooc haviog enough
fa.ith. Righc rhen and chere, we decided
co sean giviog our
10%.
Tbiogs sure started ro pick up
since. Our kids are just fine now and
so
am
I.
My husbaod gecs unemploy–
menr checks now, but soon he' ll be
getting called back ro work.
\Ve
have
more chan enough food.
r
hope you will teJI your readers
chis, so they won't make che same mis·
cake we did.
Me.
and
Mes.
Harry
]
.,
North Adams. Massachusetts
Have a Pare in God's Work
The Work God is doing roday is
financed by rirhes and offcrings jusr as
che Work of God has always been.
le
is God's law of tinancing. We can'c
al l be physically active in performing
rhe Work. Bur we can all participare
wirh our money as well as our pray–
ers. Thcre is a deep joy in knowing
thar
my
tirhes and offerings are in parr
responsible for chis magazine you
have in your hand, for
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