Tithe is an old English word, it means tenth. Tithing is giving one tenth of all your earnings to the LORD. It is a way to teach us that GOD must be our #1 priority. Deuteronomy 14:22 “Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields.” Now you are not to wait till the end of the year to do this because those of us that have jobs get paid weekly, bi-weekly or monthly as the case maybe . You are to give to the LORD 10 percent of your pay before you use it for anything else . Psalm 24:1 “The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the LORD” So why will you not give to him first what he has blessed you with. Before we start to spend and pay bills we need to honor GOD, by giving him his tenth. Proverb3:9-10 “Honor the LORD with your possessions and with the first produce of your entire harvest; then your barns will be completely filled, and your vats will overflow with new wine.” If you can set aside your rent and mortgage even before you eat , why cant you set aside your tithe the most important….. In Malachi3:8 “will a man rob GOD? Yet you are robbing me!” you ask:” How do we rob you?” By not making payment of 10 percent and the contributions.” So why would you want to rob GOD of what is rightfully HIS. Malachi3:10 “Bring the full 10 percent into the storehouse so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this way,” says the LORD of HOSTS.” See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.” Many people do not want to pay their tithe, some of them know they should but worry of how they are going to pay their bills after they pay . Some of them come up with excuses like “it is the pastor that uses the money, so why will I be giving my money to the pastor?” Paul has an answer for you in 1Corinthains9:13-14″ Do you not know that those who perform the temple services eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar? In the same way, the LORD has commanded that those who preach the gospel should earn their living by the gospel.” So do not worry about what your money is being used for, because you are giving to the LORD. Please do not pay your tithe reluctantly with sadness in your heart/face believe me you will be doing it the wrong way . You don’t want to get cursed but blessed. In 2Corinthians9:7″ Each person should do as he has decided in his heart-not out of regret or out of necessity, for GOD loves a cheerful giver.” In Deuteronomy16:17 “Everyone must appear with a gift suited to his means, according to the blessing the LORD your GOD has given you.” It is not after your bills that you take 10 percent it should be first before anything else. You cannot cheat the LORD. Give and it shall be given onto you. Pay your Tithe. Those who have started God will continue to bless you , for those who have not it is TIME.