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“Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase” (Proverbs 3:9).
I was saved when I was very young, and I am thankful that even at a young age, my parents taught me that whenever I earned some money, or someone gave me money, I should be willing to give some of it to the Lord. It was a good start in doing what our verse today says, and since I got used to doing this as a boy, it was easy to continue to do it all my life.
In the Old Testament, under the law, the Israelites were compelled to give one-tenth of all that they received, but in Christianity we do not have any definite percentage named. It is all a matter of our hearts, and our love for the Lord. If we know the Lord Jesus as our Savior, it ought to give us great joy to use some of what we have specifically for Him, for it is He who gave it to us in the first place. The Lord really values the response of our hearts to His love!
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