Giving at Church

Tithe? Heard of it? I'm sure you have, it's the principal of giving 10% of your income. It turns out that the biblical principal is to give 10% to your local church ministry (period). In our current age of individualism we have gotten away from the "general" giving and started going to "specific" giving to places or organizations that fit what I WANT to support. No problem there, just don't call it a "tithe" because by definition it is not. Specific giving would be considered "offerings" which are over and above tithe giving. Scripture clearly says that you first support God's work through local ministry. Look at Malachi 3:10Bring 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 you will not have room enough for it."

This is the only commandment that God says that we should test Him in, because God is always faithful. Sounds like a challenge that we should all take, not to test, but to just trust God in.