March 22, 2026

Test Me

Haggai 1:5 (NKJV)

5Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: "Consider your ways!

Haggai 1:6-7 (NKJV)

6"You have sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes."
7Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Consider your ways!

Psalms 24:1 (NIV)

The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;

Psalms 50:12 (NIV)

If I were hungry I would not tell you,
for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

1 Corinthians 4:2 (NASB)

In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

2 Corinthians 8:7 (NIV)

But since you excel in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you --see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

Prioritize the Principle

Romans 11:16 (NKJV)

For if the first fruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Proverbs 3:9-10 (NKJV)

Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the first fruits of all your increase;
So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.

Prove the Promise

Perfect the Practice

Malachi 3:6-9 (NIV)

"I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the Lord Almighty.
"But you ask, ‘How are we to return?'
"Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.

Malachi 3:6-9 (NIV)

"But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?'
"In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse--your whole nation--because you are robbing me.

Malachi 3:10 (NIV)

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

Malachi 3:11 (NKJV)

"And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,"
Says the Lord of hosts;

1 It provides for God's house
2 It tells God I trust Him
3 It creates margin in my life for God to fill

4 It reminds me that I am not my source
5 It connects my money to a kingdom purpose
6 It gives my job eternal significance

7 It transforms my money into a seed
8 It breaks greed and self-reliance
off of my heart
9 It lets everything else in my life
know that God is first