Malachi 3:10 says, “Bring 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 there will not be room enough to store it.”We know that tithing for 90 days can seem like a huge challenge, but as with everything we do, we don’t want something fro...  Read More

Read: Matthew 19:16-26  Through the story of the rich young ruler, we can see how giving makes us more like Jesus, but with a different result than the poor widow. This young ruler was anxious to talk with Jesus. He wanted to be a good person; perfect in fact! He just didn’t know how to actually be perfect. We soon find out that this guy has completely missed the point. After talking with Jesus, h...  Read More

Read: Mark 12:41-44  God designed the tithe to make us more like Christ. In the story of the widow’s offering, we see the hearts of two different types of people. Many of the rich people gave large sums of money. Then we have a poor widow that gave all the money she had. The point of this story is not how much the people gave, but their hearts behind it. Think about how much faith it took for the ...  Read More

Read: Exodus 20:3, Matthew 6:19-21  The first commandment God gives to Moses is that we are to have no other gods before Him. In the book of Matthew, Jesus tells us that our heart will be where our treasure is. For many of us, money becomes our god.  Money has our hearts, not God. Think of it as a string that goes from your heart to your wallet. Giving is an act of worship. It helps us cut that st...  Read More

Read: Leviticus 27:30, Proverbs 3:9-10 A tithe simply means a tenth. As we see from these verses, we are told to honor God with our “first fruits.” While God is the provider and owner of everything we have, He only asks for a tenth of it back. For us, this means that God asks us to give 10% of our income. That number may seem pretty intimidating at first, but don’t worry. As we continue through th...  Read More

Scripture:Matthew 7:24-27 Those people who are listening to Me, those people who hear what I say and live according to My teachings—you are like a wise man who built his house on a rock, on a firm foundation. When storms hit, rain pounded down and waters rose, levies broke and winds beat all the walls of that house. But the house did not fall because it was built upon rock. Those of you who are li...  Read More

Scripture:James 2:26 Removing action from faith is like removing breath from a body. All you have left is a corpse.James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.James 2:17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.Consider:What is James’ blunt teaching in these verses? Why this emphasis?How well is your faith being translated into action?What is ...  Read More

Scripture:Acts 4:32-35 During those days, the entire community of believers was deeply united in heart and soul to such an extent that they stopped claiming private ownership of their possessions. Instead, they held everything in common. The apostles with great power gave their eyewitness reports of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Everyone was surrounded by an extraordinary grace. Not a single...  Read More

Scripture:1 Corinthians 12:27 You are the body of the Anointed, the Liberating King; each and every one of you is a vital member.Romans 12:4-5 For in the same way that one body has so many different parts, each with different functions; we, too—the many—are different parts that form one body in the Anointed One. Each one of us is joined with one another, and we become together what we could not be...  Read More

Scripture:Hebrews 10:24-24 Let us consider how to inspire each other to greater love and to righteous deeds, not forgetting to gather as a community, as some have forgotten, but encouraging each other, especially as the day of His return approaches.Consider:What is the clear teaching in this Scripture?How are you doing with gathering together weekly with other believers?What is an action step you ...  Read More

Scripture:Galatians 3:26 It is your faith in the Anointed Jesus that makes all of you children of God.Romans 8:14 If the Spirit of God is leading you, then take comfort in knowing you are His children.Romans 8:15 You see, you have not received a spirit that returns you to slavery, so you have nothing to fear. The Spirit you have received adopts you and welcomes you into God’s own family. That’s wh...  Read More

Scripture:Psalm 46:10 “Be still, be calm, see, and understand I am the True God. I am honored among all the nations. I am honored over all the earth.”Psalm 52:5-7 My soul quietly waits for the True God alone because I hope only in Him. He alone is my rock and deliverance, my citadel high on a hill; I will not be shaken. My salvation and my significance depend ultimately on God; the core of my stre...  Read More

Scripture:Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Put My yoke upon your shoulders—it might appear heavy at first, but it is perfectly fitted to your curves. Learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. When you are yoked to Me, your weary souls will find rest. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.Consider:What kind of rest can only Jesus...  Read More

Scripture:Genesis 2:1-3 So now you see how the Creator swept into being the spangled heavens, the earth, and all their hosts in six days. On the seventh day—with the canvas of the cosmos completed—God paused from His labor and rested. Thus God blessed day seven and made it special—an open time for pause and restoration, a sacred zone of Sabbath-keeping, because God rested from all the work He had ...  Read More

Scripture:Romans 10:17 So faith proceeds from hearing, as we listen to the message about God’s Anointed.Luke 17:5 The Lord’s Emissaries: 5 We don’t have enough faith for this! Help our faith to grow!Romans 1:17 You see, in the good news, God’s restorative justice is revealed. And as we will see, it begins with and ends in faith. As the Scripture declares, “By faith the just will obtain life.”Consi...  Read More

Scripture:Ephesians 2:8-9 For it’s by God’s grace that you have been saved. You receive it through faith. It was not our plan or our effort. It is God’s gift, pure and simple. You didn’t earn it, not one of us did, so don’t go around bragging that you must have done something amazing.Romans 10:14-17 How can people invoke His name when they do not believe? How can they believe in Him when they have...  Read More

Scripture:Hebrews 11:1-3 Faith is the assurance of things you have hoped for, the absolute conviction that there are realities you’ve never seen. 2 It was by faith that our forebears were approved. 3 Through faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God; everything we now see was fashioned from that which is invisible.Hebrews 11:6 Without faith no one can please God because ...  Read More

Scripture:Romans 8:1 Therefore, now no condemnation awaits those who are living in Jesus the Anointed, the Liberating King.Romans 5:1 Since we have been acquitted and made right through faith, we are able to experience true and lasting peace with God through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, the Liberating King.Titus 3:7 All of this happened so that through His grace we would be accepted into God’...  Read More

Scripture:Romans 3:10-13 Here’s what Scripture says: No one is righteous—not even one. There is no one who understands the truth; no one is seeking after the one True God. All have turned away; together they’ve become worthless. No one does good, not even one. What comes out of their mouths is as foul as a rotting corpse; their words stink of flattery. Viper venom hides beneath their lips.Romans 3...  Read More

Scripture:John 14:6 I am the path, the truth, and the energy of life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.Acts 4:12 There is no one else who can rescue us, and there is no other name under heaven given to any human by whom we may be rescued.Romans 10:9 So if you believe deep in your heart that God raised Jesus from the pit of death and if you voice your allegiance by confessing the truth ...  Read More

Scripture:John 3:16 For God expressed His love for the world in this way: He gave His only Son so that whoever believes in Him will not face everlasting destruction, but will have everlasting life.Romans 5:8 But think about this: while we were wasting our lives in sin, God revealed His powerful love to us in a tangible display—the Anointed One died for us.Ephesians 2:8-9 For it’s by God’s grace th...  Read More

Scripture:Mark 11:24 So listen to what I’m saying: Whatever you pray for or ask from God, believe that you’ll receive it and you will.Matthew 21:22 If you believe, whatever you ask for in prayer will be granted.Matthew 17:20 …I tell you this: if you had even a faint spark of faith, even faith as tiny as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, “Move from here to there,” and because of your ...  Read More

Scripture:Romans 8:26-27 A similar thing happens when we pray. We are weak and do not know how to pray, so the Spirit steps in and articulates prayers for us with groaning too profound for words. Don’t you know that He who pursues and explores the human heart intimately knows the Spirit’s mind because He pleads to God for His saints to align their lives with the will of God?Consider:What is the Ho...  Read More

Scripture:I Timothy 2:1-4 So, first and foremost, I urge God’s people to pray. They should make their requests, petitions, and thanksgivings on behalf of all humanity. Teach them to pray for kings (or anyone in high places for that matter) so that we can lead quiet, peaceful lives—reverent, godly, and holy— all of which is good and acceptable before the eyes of God our Savior who desires for every...  Read More