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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's 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 distilled, place where you

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: In tithes and offerings? You are cursed with a curse,

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Speaker 2: for you have robbed me even this whole nation. Bringing

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: 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, I 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.

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Speaker 1: 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. Perhaps you've

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Speaker 2: not been faithful to God in your finances. Regardless of

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

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Speaker 2: Take this opportunity to present yourself before the Lord, share

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Speaker 2: your struggles with, giving the tithe back to him, repent

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Speaker 2: for taking what was not yours. Confess your sins to

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Speaker 2: God and let him wash over you. Take a moment

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Speaker 2: now to dwell on previous blessings of abundance that you've enjoyed,

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Speaker 2: blessings over past work, past opportunities, past harvest. Thank God

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Speaker 2: for the opportunities and blessings he poured out on you.

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Speaker 2: Thank God for showing you the door to unmeasurable blessing

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Speaker 2: and increase. Thank Him for providing an increase from which

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

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Speaker 2: allowing you to partner with Him in his work here

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Speaker 2: on earth. Hope, you know that God's listening to you.

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Speaker 2: He's present. He has declared a blessing that awaits you

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Speaker 2: when you tithe. Ask the Holy Spirit to fill your

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Speaker 2: heart with gratitude for God's blessings. Ask him to soften

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

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Speaker 2: 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 2: Of your increase. God asks us to test himon us

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Speaker 2: to see what kind of blessings He will pour down

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Speaker 2: from Heaven when we are faithful to bring our tithes.

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Speaker 2: God has determined this as a gateway to blessing. You

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Speaker 2: allow His blessing to come to you, to overflow from

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Speaker 2: your life into His kingdom. Choose this day to enter

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Speaker 2: into partnership with the Lord and to experience all the

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Speaker 2: blessings that God has for you. Thank you for completing

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