Has anyone had positive experiences from tithing?

Answer 1

Yeah. My trousers kept falling down and once I tossed all of my money in that bucket I didn't even have to wear a belt anymore.

Answer 2

I have, but then my tithing is a little different from what is usually understood. I do not tithe to a Church or charity. I am Pagan, so my tithing goes to the animals. I feed the feral cats, the birds, squirrels, and what ever other wildlife that happens to wander into the parking lot where I live. My positive experience (in particular) is in seeing those poor feral cats going from skin and bones to nice and healthy. And I can not deny the joy I get from watching the birds and squirrels. So I would call that a positive experience from tithing.

Answer 3

A story about tithing.
My wife and I had been married for only about a year. We were not making a lot of income, and were scraping to get by. We had a hand-me-down clothes washer and dryer. One day, the clothes dryer died.
At the same time, our tithing was due for the month. I momentarily thought between paying tithing or getting a new clothes dryer. We could not afford to do both. I decided to put the money into tithing and submitted the envelope to the Bishop the next day.
In fruistration, I kicked the dryer and said something like, "Why did you have to break donw now!" The kicking caused it to start up again and continue working. It worked for another two months, which was enough time for us to save up to afford a new one, before it died again.
We were blessed for paying the tithing, and were blessed with having some additon money come in to afford a brand new dryer. That new one has continued to last for over 22 years.

Answer 4

Yes! Definitely! There have been several times that I have paid my tithing, even though I could have spent the money on something else. And guess what, this is crazy, a check showed up in the mail for pretty much the same amount.

I don't have to lie about that. It happened to me. Don't hate!

Answer 5

I pay tithing and I have never really been in want financially. I could give you hundreds of stories of other people being blessed by paying tithing, but not any good ones from me. I would want the stories to come from many other religions though, and not just mine.

Answer 6

Yes, I have. When I first started paying tithing at the age of 17 I could barely afford to live, within a year my income went up 55% without me having to change jobs, simply because my employer decided to do a review of my wages and felt I wasn't being paid enough. He didn't review everyones wages, only mine.

I see that as the Lord opening the windows of heaven and pouring out blessings.

Answer 7

I regularly visited a church in a very poor, rural community in Nicaragua. I'm not Christian but they all accepted me so wholeheartedly and so warmly that I really felt the desire to give back. All the church members had told me that visitors are not expected to tithe. I'm not one for attention so while everyone else would give their tithes, I would just wait, and once everyone had closed their eyes and were busy in prayer, I would walk up and insert my tithe.
Now, I'm not saying it's directly related but while visiting the US a few weeks after, my brother-in-law dragged me out to a casino to play video poker. I had no desire but he said that it would be fun and the drinks were free. So I went along and he told me that the first $5 were on him. Well, 20 minutes later I had hit a natural royal flush and won $640 (the upper pay limit without taxation).
Now, whether it was God, Karma, or just dumb luck, it seemed to work out for me in the end. Plus the church was able to invest in overhead fans so that we weren't all dying from heatstroke.

Answer 8

YES! My husband did not have insurance and we had over $30,000 in medical bills, we paid tithing and then somehow after saying he wasn't covered his old company said he indeed was. We ended up paying $1000. That was our first time paying tithing, I have other stories but that one really was the beginning of my blessings.

Answer 9

Tithing is an old testament practice. We are under the new covenant, not under the old.
Heb 8 says there would be no need to have a new if the old were perfect
Heb 8:7 the new makes the old obselete
Heb 8:13 the death of the testator puts the new in
force.
Heb 9:16-22

I have heard of denominations holding people to the Jewish/Israelite 10% tithing rule and call people out publicly during services for failing.

The new testament says...
Romans 12:8he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

2 Corinthians 9:6But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

2 Corinthians 9:7So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.

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Answer 10

Yes, I have never went without since I have become a tither.
When I do not tithe, my money ruins out, and I do not have enough.
When I tithe, God always makes a way, and when i\ I givew over that, I always see a return.
IT has been true in my life.

Answer 11

Yes. I go to a small church (30 members and 30 or so regular non members). There is a special fund for people in need. Not long ago (last december), I gave 200$ to that fund without telling anybody and not knowing if anybody needed it. Next week, the pastor told me that a particularly poor family needed 233$ to pay for paperwork for citizenship or something like that. The fund already had 30$. He told me two persons gave money for that fund the week before. One person gave 3$ and another 200$. God had met perfectly the needs of that family.