I spoke at our Keller campus today.  We concluded the series Beyond Ordinary with the message Extraordinary Generosity.  I used an illustration involving a person from the congregation in which I gave the person 10 one dollar bills.  I told them the money was theirs to use however they wanted all I asked was that they five me one dollar back.

I wanted people to see that the first step to becoming a generous person was to give a tithe to the Lord.  In the first service, I gave the 10 dollars to a little boy named Charles. He willingly gave back one dollar.  After the service I thanked him and he told me he put 2 of the dollars in the offering.  He got it!

After the service a man approached me to tell me that he agreed totally with what I was saying about trusting God by giving a tithe.  He had started his own business recently, even though his family was deeply in debt.  In the midst of it all he decided to start tithing.  A few weeks after making that commitment he received a contract with a large company in Dallas.  Earlier this week his brother in law who had come into some money told him to list out all his debts.  He did so and sent it to his brother in law who proceeded to pay them all off with no strings attached.

I  rejoice for those who take the step of trusting God with their finances.  I pray for others to experience all that God has for them by simply giving back to God what is already His.