Welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Today we continue on a journey through a powerful series called God's Amazing Promises. In the upcoming lessons, you'll discover some of the most profound promises that God has made to you. And these promises are not mere words. They are keys to a renewed life, inner peace,

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the final part of a message called God's promises about giving. You know, I remember one time I was

out on the patio after service and a guy came up to me after a message that I

taught on tithing. And he came up to me and he said, Pastor Rick, tithing didn't work for me. I saw

no return on it. I said, well, when did you start? He said, last Sunday. Last Sunday, you know,

that's not like a season away. God says, have you developed a habit of being generous?

I want to see if you've developed this habit before. I'm not interested in playing games with you.

Now, let me just pause right here and share my personal testimony. I learned generosity at a very early age.

As a child, my parents gave me three little envelopes

and later three little piggy banks.

And they would give, if my allowance was three dimes or three nickels or three quarters,

and then later it was three dollars as I got older.

One envelopes was marked tithing, one envelope was marked saving, and one envelope was marked spending.

And if I got that money, I was taught from an early age. You don't get to go out and just spend it all

on yourself. You have to learn to save. You need to pay

God first. That's tithing. Okay. Then you pay yourself second. That's saving. And then you

spend the rest. But if you're not paying God first and if you're not paying yourself second,

you're not saving anything, you're not getting God's blessing in your life, you're going to be

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