{"id":7188,"date":"2023-01-12T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=7188"},"modified":"2023-01-01T06:44:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T11:44:37","slug":"honor-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/honor-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Honor-the-Lord-with-your-wealth-and-with-the-first-fruits-of-all-your-produce-Proverbs-39-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7189\" width=\"339\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Honor-the-Lord-with-your-wealth-and-with-the-first-fruits-of-all-your-produce-Proverbs-39-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Honor-the-Lord-with-your-wealth-and-with-the-first-fruits-of-all-your-produce-Proverbs-39-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Honor-the-Lord-with-your-wealth-and-with-the-first-fruits-of-all-your-produce-Proverbs-39-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Honor-the-Lord-with-your-wealth-and-with-the-first-fruits-of-all-your-produce-Proverbs-39-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Honor-the-Lord-with-your-wealth-and-with-the-first-fruits-of-all-your-produce-Proverbs-39-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Honor-the-Lord-with-your-wealth-and-with-the-first-fruits-of-all-your-produce-Proverbs-39.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis+26%3A17-27%3A46&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Genesis 26:17-27:46<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+9%3A1-17&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Matthew 9:1-17<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+10%3A16-18&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Psalm 10:16-18<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+3%3A9-10&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>, Proverbs 3:9-10<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse:<\/strong> <em>\u201cHonor the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;with your wealth and with&nbsp;the first fruits of all your produce;\u201d Proverbs 3:9<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tithing, giving the first 10% of your income to God, requires faith. &nbsp;Believing the Lord can do more with 90% of our money instead of us managing 100% of it means submitting our finances to God.&nbsp; A step of faith that will lead to overflowing blessings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201c\u2026then your&nbsp;barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.\u201d Proverbs 3:10<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unemployed, in my early thirties, making $250\/week from unemployment, my first tithe checks equaled $25.&nbsp; God provided every step of the way; never once did I go without.&nbsp; When I landed a job making triple my previous one, writing the larger check took more faith, but I did it and continue to tithe today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God can do more with the 90% than I can with the 100%.&nbsp; Decades of obedience have taught me this lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give your first fruits to God.&nbsp; Watch as your barns overflow and your vats burst.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1-300x39.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lord, forgive us for not giving You what we should.\u00a0 Give us the faith we need to tithe; let us grow as we experience Your provision as we become more obedient.\u00a0 IJNIP.\u00a0 Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One minute read. Daily Reading: Genesis 26:17-27:46, Matthew 9:1-17, Psalm 10:16-18, Proverbs 3:9-10 Daily Verse: \u201cHonor the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;with your wealth and with&nbsp;the first fruits of all your produce;\u201d Proverbs 3:9 Tithing, giving the first 10% of your income to God, requires faith. &nbsp;Believing the Lord can do more with 90% of our money instead of us&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/honor-the-lord\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Honor the Lord<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7253,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7188\/revisions\/7253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}