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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: 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 be stilled, place where

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Speaker 2: you can turn all those thoughts toward this moment of

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

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Speaker 2: 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 2: And I will rebuke the devour of your sakes. And

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Speaker 2: I will rebuke the devour for your sakes. And he

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Speaker 2: shall not destroy the fruits of your ground. Neither shall

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Speaker 2: your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field,

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Speaker 2: Saith the Lord of Host, And all nations shall call

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Speaker 2: you blessed, for ye shall be a delightsome land. Saith,

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Speaker 2: the Lord of host. Take a moment with me to

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Speaker 2: pour out your love, your adoration, your praise toward God

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

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Speaker 2: I need in all seasons. I glorify your holy name

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Speaker 2: for your promises and provisions over my life. Praise your

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Speaker 2: Lord that you are my portion. You are more than

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Speaker 2: enough for me. God, You are a God who bestows

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Speaker 2: goodness on your children and brings us into your promised land.

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Speaker 2: Give God what is his. God must come first, and

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Speaker 2: you must give to him what belongs to him. While

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

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Speaker 2: 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 the devourer

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Speaker 2: from your life. When you tithe, you're putting God first,

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Speaker 2: obeying his word and blessing God's house so it can

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Speaker 2: bless others. In short, you are sowing. You are sowing

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Speaker 2: into the Kingdom of God and ensuring that you will

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Speaker 2: reap blessings in your life. When you present your tithes

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Speaker 2: to God, he accepts you and blesses the work of

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Speaker 2: your hands. Perhaps you've been struggling with tithes unaware of

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Speaker 2: the spiritual principle. Perhaps you've not been faithful to God

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Speaker 2: in your finances. Regardless of your circumstances, this is your

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Speaker 2: chance to change and improve. Take this opportunity to present

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Speaker 2: yourself before the Lord, share your struggles with, giving the

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Speaker 2: tithe back to him, repent for taking what was not yours.

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Speaker 2: Confess your sins to God and let him wash over you.

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Speaker 2: Take a moment now to dwell on previous blessings of

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Speaker 2: abundance that you've enjoyed, blessings over past work, past opportunities,

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Speaker 2: past harvest. Thank God for the opportunities and blessings he

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Speaker 2: poured out on you. Thank God for showing you the

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Speaker 2: door to unmeasurable blessing and increase. Thank Him for providing

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Speaker 2: an increase from which you can give to the kingdom.

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Speaker 2: And thank Him for allowing you to partner with Him

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Speaker 2: in his work here on earth. Hope, you know that

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Speaker 2: God's listening to you. He's present. He is declared a

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Speaker 2: blessing that awaits you when you tithe. Ask the Holy

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Speaker 2: Spirit to fill your heart with gratitude for God's blessings.

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Speaker 2: Ask him to soften your heart toward the Lord and

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Speaker 2: his work that you would give freely and bring your

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Speaker 2: tithe into the storehouse. Ask the Holy Spirit to empower

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Speaker 2: you to carry out the commands of the Lord to

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Speaker 2: cheerfully give what God requires. Remember, don't rob God of

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Speaker 2: the tenth that belongs to him. Of your increase. God

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: Choose this day to enter into partnership with the Lord

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Speaker 2: and to experience all the blessings that God has for you.

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