A prayer of thankfulness for God's provision by Emily Rose Massey, read by Lea Martin.

And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory and Christ Jesus.

Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Philippians 4 and 19 through 20.

My husband and I had very different religious upbringing as Christians, especially regarding

our view of finances.

To put it simply, my husband was taught that if you did not tithe and or give an offering

you were cursed according to Malachi 39.

What we didn't know at the time is that this verse is often misused and misapplied.

Malachi 39 is a descriptive text about the children of Israel, not a prescriptive text for

all believers.

Yet, because of this twisted teaching, we continued to give our finances out of a heart of fear

of what God would do if we didn't.

Instead of out of a heart of pure generosity.

We were also concerned about what type of harvest we would receive from the money we had

sewn.

We were constantly battling a selfish mentality, giving to get back in return.

No matter the reason, our view on tithing and giving was completely legalistic and it lacked

genuine love, grace and mercy.

Then one day God illuminated his word to us about true generosity.

We began to see his great provision and grace supply to us, no matter what we did or didn't

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