Audio sermon genesis tithing
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Ironically, though, he made $35,000 profit one year in the middle of the depression. LeTourneau, the Christian earth-moving machinery manufacturer who died in 1969, failed often in the earlier years of his career. This is the story of William Colgate, who has given millions to the Lord’s cause. The business grew, so he gave 2/10, 3/10, 4/10, 5/10 and finally he gave all his income. He made an honest soap, gave a full pound and instructed his bookkeeper to open an account with the Lord of 1/10 of all income.
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Having regular employment, he soon became a partner and later sole owner of the business. Ten cents of every dollar were sacred to the Lord. The first dollar earned, he gave 1/10 to God. Into the city, he remembered the captain’s words, and though poor and lonesome, he united with a church. Be a good man, give your heart to Christ, pay the Lord all that belongs to Him, make an honest soap give a full pound, and I’m certain you’ll be a prosperous and rich man.” The old man then kneeled and prayed earnestly for the boy and advised: “Someone will soon be the leading soap-maker in New York. William told him his father was too poor to keep him and the only trade he knew was soap and candle making. Tell your readers to train the children to tithe, and they will grow up to be faithful stewards of the Lord.Ī lad of 16 years named William left home to seek his fortune, all his possessions tied in a bundle carried in his hand. And I want to say, if I had not tithed the first dollar I made I would not have tithed the first million dollars I made. I did, and from that week until this day I have tithed every dollar God has entrusted to me. The first week after I went to work, I took the $1.50 home to my mother and she held the money in her lap and explained to me that she would be happy if I would give a tenth of it to the Lord. My first wages amounted to $1.50 per week. I had to begin work as a small boy to help support my mother. Yes, I tithe, and I would like to tell you how it all came about. Crowell faithfully gave 60 to 70 percent of his income to God’s causes, having advanced from an initial 10%. Crowell also operated the huge Perfection Stove Company.įor over forty years Henry P. Within ten years Quaker Oats was a household word to millions. He then bought the little run-down Quaker Mill at Ravanna, Ohio. Under the doctor’s advice Crowell worked outdoors for seven years and regained his health. God, if You will let me make money, I will use it in Your service.” Moody, young Crowell prayed, “I can’t be a preacher, but I can be a good businessman. Crowell, affectionately called “The autocrat of the Breakfast Table,” contracted tuberculosis when a boy and couldn’t go to school. Matthias Baldwin, founder of Baldwin Locomotive Industry. But we have never heard of a rich man or woman commencing tithing, but can name scores who began to tithe when they were poor and became rich: Someone says that tithing is only for the rich. (6) At himself for not adopting the plan sooner! (5) At the preparation this gives to be a faithful and wise steward over the nine-tenths remaining, (4) At the ease in going from one-tenth to a larger percentage, (3) At the ease in meeting his own obligation with the nine-tenths, (2) At the deepening of his spiritual life in paying the tithe, (1) At the amount of money he has for the Lord’s work, The Christian who tithes will be surprised:
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Every tenth week we took the slice of bread and gave it to the weaker brethren as our “tithe” to the Master.” Richard Wurmbrand of Tortured for Christ said that when in prison they tithed! “When we were given one slice of bread a week and dirty soup every day, we decided we would faithfully “tithe” even that. Not until we have given a tenth do we actually begin making an offering to the Lord!” Actually we are not giving when we give God one-tenth, for it belongs to Him already (Levt. When we don’t tithe, we shirk a just debt. Billy Graham, in his sermon “Partners with God,” says: “One of the greatest sins in America today is the fact that we are robbing God of that which rightfully belongs to Him.