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“I never will forget this. I went and threw myself across my daughter’s bed, and I cried and I cried and I cried and I cried, because I felt like that I had been so faithful and that there was no financial breakthrough for us. You ever have one of those days where you are tired of hearing everybody else’s testimony? But, I made a decision that day, and I think we all have to come to this point in many different areas of our life. And, as I lay across that bed and cried, when I finally got done crying I said this out loud, it was like my declaration, “God, I am going to tithe and give offerings until the day I die whether I ever see anything from it or not!â€� And, you know what, from that day forward we began to prosper and increase. And, I believe with all of my heart that was a test for me.”
― Joyce Meyer

“I remember the woman who marched up to the front of a church where I was doing a meeting, put her hands on her hips, and she said, "I want my money back." I said, "What are you talking about?" She said, “I’ve been doing this two weeks, and it doesn’t work. I want my money back!â€� It was actually all that I could keep from doing to keep from laughing in her face, but she was serious. She actually was, like, giving almost to buy some kind of a new lifestyle that she wanted. Didn’t understand a thing about commitment and dedication and discipline. Two weeks! How many of you know you’re not going to throw a little money in the bucket and get your life that’s been a mess for 50 years turned around in two weeks!?!?”
― Joyce Meyer

“The basic question is not how much of our money we should give to God, but how much of God's money we should keep for ourselves.”
― Jim George, A Husband After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“What you do not sow, cannot grow.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Blessed are you who sow. Every seed you so plant, will grow into bountiful crops for great harvest.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“The ultimate expression of this Christian attitude toward the power of money is what we will call profanation. To profane money, like all other powers, is to take away its sacred character.... Giving to God is the act of profanation par excellence.... We need to regain an appreciation of gifts that are not utilitarian. We should meditate on the story in the Gospel of John where Mary wastes precious ointment on Jesus. The one who protests against this free gift is Judas. He would have preferred it to be used for good works, for the poor. He wanted such an enormous sum of money to be spent usefully. Giving to God introduces the useless into the world of efficiency, and this is an essential witness to faith in today's world.”
― Jacques Ellul, Money & Power

“The family is the world's greatest welfare agency, and the most successful. What the federal government has done in welfare is small and trifling compared to what the families of America do daily, caring for their own, relieving family distresses, providing medical care and education for one another, and so on. No civil government could begin to finance what the families underwrite daily. The family's welfare program, for all its failures from time to time, is proportionately the world's most successful operation by an incomparable margin.”
― R.J. Rushdoony, Tithing and Dominion

“The tithe simply is not a sufficiently radical concept to embody the carefree unconcern for possessions that marks life in the Kingdom of God. ...

It is quite possible to tithe and at the same time oppress the poor and needy. ...

The tithe is not necessarily evil' it simply cannot provide a sufficient base for Jesus' call to carefree unconcern over provision. ...

Perhaps the tithe can be a beginning way to acknowledge God as the owner of all things, but it is only a beginning and not an ending.”
― Richard J. Foster, Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World

“You don’t need much to give. Give what you have.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“Giving out of your surplus does not make you generous, it makes your selfishness more tolerable! Giving while you are lacking is what pleases the Lord.”
― William Branks

“Generosity is not always tax deductible.”
― Ken Solts

“Keep dreaming,
Keep hoping,
Keep loving
Keep giving,
keep motivating,
Keep forgiving,
Keep praying,
Keep tithing,
Keep sharing your testimony.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Malachi 3: 8-9 is probably the most misrepresented scripture tithing advocates quote in the Bible. They contend that anyone that does not pay tithe is robbing God and will be cursed. However, Malachi was not speaking to the Jewish nation he was speaking to the priests. The priests were the ones criticized for robbing God and received the curse for failing to follow God’s ordinances. They were withholding the best meats for themselves and offering God “blemishedâ€� sacrifices.

Pastors that knowingly deceive others by preaching a false tithing doctrine are the real thieves and are no different than the priests that Malachi rebuked. They are blind guides that lead God’s people astray. They have cherry picked certain principles from God’s tithing system and turned it into something that looks nothing like Mosesâ€� design. It is an inequitable system that does not provide for the poor and allow prosperity preachers and false teachers to profit far beyond the members of their congregation.”
― Terrence Jameson, The Tithing Conspiracy: Exposing the Lies & False Teachings About Tithing and the Prosperity Gospel

“Normally when Christians go to church, they do not have to prepare to contribute anything other than some money for the tithing plate in their 'Sunday best.' They go to listen and watch those who have done the preparations carry out their professional services. Therefore, there is a hard shift in the concept that assembling according to the New Testament is very different and will require preparation, if the goal is to build up the assembly. Since an assembly's activities depend on member's contributions, if no one prays, sings, or says anything concerning Jesus it will be a very dead and boring gathering -- or the gathering will end up focused on other things. Therefore, a proper assembly requires every member to prepare something to bring and share. This is why 1 Corinthians 14:26 speaks of each one having a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, etc.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House

“To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God.”
― Randy Alcorn, Money, Possessions, and Eternity: A Comprehensive Guide to What the Bible Says about Financial Stewardship, Generosity, Materialism, Retirement, Financial Planning, Gambling, Debt, and More

“The fact that they viewed their wealth as a result of their own hands, without any honor other than lip service being given to the god that had blessed them, gave perfect openings to the liars slithering up their legs.”
― Lee Goff, A Rage Like Thunder

“As we receive, we give.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“When you plant the seeds, wait patiently to see the ripen fruits.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Tithing is an open door to wealth.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Tithing is a sacred gift to health and wealth.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Giving is stream of abundance.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Every gift opens a heavenly door to the giver.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“By this principle (tithing) the loyalty of the people of this Church shall be put to the test. By this principle it shall be known who is for the kingdom of God and who is against it.”
― Joseph F Smith, Gospel Doctrine

“I’d rather donate 10% of my earnings to homeless people on the street than to an organization that sells negativity that I’ll never defeat.”
― Stanley Victor Paskavich, Stantasyland: Quips Quotes and Quandaries

“Not even a book on prosperity can prosper you, when what is expected of you is given, your time won't be wasted.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“Whoever blessings, shall be abundantly blessed.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Tithing at the local church will make you to be faithful to your wife or husband. People who cheat on God will surely cheat on their partners. Be inspired to be faithful to God and then you will be faithful to your loved one.”
― Khuliso Mamathoni, The Greatest Proposal

“To develop enduring faith, an enduring commitment to be a full-tithe payer is essential. Initially it takes faith to tithe. Then the tithe payer develops more faith to the point that tithing becomes a precious privilege. Tithing is an ancient law from God. He made a promise to His children that He would open “the windows of heaven, and pour â€� out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.â€� Not only that, tithing will keep your name enrolled among the people of God and protect you in “the day of vengeance and burning.â€� Why do we need such resilient faith? Because difficult days are ahead. Rarely in the future will it be easy or popular to be a faithful Latter-day Saint. Each of us will be tested. The Apostle Paul warned that in the latter days, those who diligently follow the Lord “shall suffer persecution.â€� That very persecution can either crush you into silent weakness or motivate you to be more exemplary and courageous in your daily lives.”
― Russell M. Nelson, Accomplishing the Impossible: What God Does, What We Can Do

“As you give, your hand stretches.
As you take, your hand shortens.”
― Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu

“I am calling this season, The Parable of The Wheat and The Tares”
― Niedria Dionne Kenny