A Giving Church

May 18, 2014 Speaker: Phil Kruis Series: Four Practical Ways to Be the Church

Topic: Sunday Morning Passage: Malachi 3:6–3:12

"A Giving Church" - Malachi 3:6-12

Main Point: Our unchanging God proves his faithfulness over and over in his constant and caring provision for us. We must prove our faithfulness to him in our giving.

I. Turn Around (vs. 6-7)
A. God does not change
B. We turn away
C. We need to repent

II. Stop Robbing God (vs. 8-9)
A. We are robbing God when we don’t tithe
B. We are robbing ourselves (cursed) when we don’t tithe

III. Bring Your Tithe and Test God (vs. 10-12)
A. Trust God
  1. Bring your tithe
  2. Put him to the test
B. He will bring fruit from our labors
C. All the nations will see it and rejoice

Conclusion and further applications:

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