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Speaker 1: Man rob God, Yet ye have robbed me? But ye

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Speaker 1: say wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings?

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Speaker 1: Malachi three eight. Dear Lord, nothing we have is our own.

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Speaker 1: You are the giver of all things. When we refuse

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Speaker 1: to be generous, it shows we have not fully processed

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Speaker 1: your abundant blessing and generosity. We pray that you would

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Speaker 1: continually remind us that you alone are the source of

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Speaker 1: our income, property, and resources. Help us to realize that

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Speaker 1: anything given on to you is a good investment, and

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Speaker 1: teach us to be generous when we would rather be greedy.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, Amen, thank you for joining me in prayer.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for today's free podcast Meditative Prayers with Doctor

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Speaker 1: Tim Clinton, where you can draw close to God and

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Speaker 1: find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on financial peace and abundant finances.

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Speaker 2: Get the most out of your spiritual journey. Usepray dot

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Speaker 2: com every day and make prayer priority.

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Speaker 3: In your life.

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is on financial peace.

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Speaker 2: Hope you'll take a moment to calm down, find a

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Speaker 2: place where you can stop and distilled, place where you

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Speaker 2: can turn all those thoughts toward.

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Speaker 3: This moment.

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Speaker 2: Of reflection with our Lord. Close your eyes, maybe take

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Speaker 2: a deep breath as you exhale, Let all the distractions go,

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Speaker 2: and concentrate with me on hearing from our Lord, will

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Speaker 2: be meditating on Malachi three, verses eight through twelve, from

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Speaker 2: the King James version. Will a man rob God? Yet

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Speaker 2: ye have robbed me? But ye say wherein have we

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Speaker 2: robbed thee? In tithes and offerings? You are cursed with

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Speaker 2: a curse, for you have robbed me even this whole nation.

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Speaker 2: Bringing all the ties into the storehouse, that there may

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Speaker 2: me meet in mine house and prove me now herewith

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Speaker 2: saith the Lord of hosts if I will not open

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Speaker 2: you the windows of heaven and pour you out of blessing,

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Speaker 2: that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

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Speaker 3: And I will.

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Speaker 2: Rebuke the devour of your sakes.

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Speaker 3: And I will rebuke the devour for your sakes.

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Speaker 2: And he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground.

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Speaker 2: Neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time

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Speaker 2: in the field, Saith the Lord of Host, And all

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Speaker 2: nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a

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Speaker 2: delightsome land. Saith the Lord of Host.

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Speaker 3: Take a moment with.

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Speaker 2: Me to pour out your love, your adoration, your praise

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Speaker 2: toward God for his provision. God, to worship you for

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Speaker 2: preparing everything I need.

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Speaker 3: In all seasons.

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Speaker 2: I glorify your holy name for your promises and provisions

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Speaker 2: over my life. Praise your Lord that you are my portion.

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Speaker 2: You are more than enough for me. God, You are

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Speaker 2: a God who bestows goodness on your children and brings

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Speaker 2: us into your promised land. Give God what is his.

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Speaker 2: God must come first, and you must give to him.

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Speaker 3: What belongs to him.

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Speaker 2: While all of what we own is his only, He

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Speaker 2: only requires a tenth of it be returned to his house.

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Speaker 2: The local church is where we bring our tithes. It's

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Speaker 2: the house of the Lord in our midst, where we

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Speaker 2: worship God. We present ourselves and our tithes before God

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Speaker 2: is an offering. Your tithes are your opportunity to show

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Speaker 2: your love, devotion, and obedience to God. When you choose

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Speaker 2: to tithe, your acknowledging God's supremacy in your life and

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Speaker 2: giving him the spiritual legal rights to rebuke.

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Speaker 3: The devourer from your life.

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Speaker 2: When you tithe, you're putting God first, obeying his word

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Speaker 2: and blessing God's house so it can bless others. In short,

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Speaker 2: you are sowing. You are sowing into the Kingdom of

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Speaker 2: God and ensuring that you will reap blessings in your life.

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Speaker 2: When you present your tithes to God, he accepts you

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Speaker 2: and blesses the work of your hands. Perhaps you've been

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Speaker 2: struggling with tithes unaware of the spiritual principle.

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Speaker 3: Perhaps you've not.

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Speaker 2: Been faithful to God in your finances. Regardless of your circumstances,

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Speaker 2: this is your chance to change and improve. Take this

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Speaker 2: opportunity to present yourself before the Lord, share your struggles with,

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Speaker 2: giving the tithe back to him, repent for taking what

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Speaker 2: was not yours. Confess your sins to God and let

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Speaker 2: him wash over you. Take a moment now to dwell

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Speaker 2: on previous blessings of abundance that you've enjoyed, blessings over

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Speaker 2: past work, past opportunities, past harvest. Thank God for the

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Speaker 2: opportunities and blessings he poured out on you. Thank God

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Speaker 2: for showing you the door to unmeasurable blessing and increase.

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Speaker 2: Thank Him for providing an increase from which you can

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Speaker 2: give to the kingdom. And thank Him for allowing you

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Speaker 2: to partner with Him in his work here on earth. Hope,

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Speaker 2: you know that God's listening to you. He's present. He

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Speaker 2: is declared a blessing.

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Speaker 3: That awaits you when you tithe. Ask the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 3: to fill your heart with gratitude for God's blessings. Ask

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Speaker 3: him to.

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Speaker 2: Soften your heart toward the Lord and his work that

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Speaker 2: you would give freely and bring your tithe into the storehouse.

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Speaker 2: Ask the Holy Spirit to empower you to carry out

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Speaker 2: the commands of the Lord to cheerfully give what God requires. Remember,

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Speaker 2: don't rob God of the tenth that belongs to him.

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Speaker 3: Of your increase.

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Speaker 2: God asks us to test himon us to see what

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Speaker 2: kind of blessings He will pour down from Heaven when

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Speaker 2: we are faithful to bring our tithes. God has determined

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Speaker 2: this as a gateway to blessing. You allow His blessing

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Speaker 2: to come to you, to overflow from your life into

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Speaker 2: His kingdom.

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Speaker 3: Choose this day.

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Speaker 2: To enter into partnership with the Lord and to experience

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Speaker 2: all the blessings that God has for you. Thank you

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