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BRING ME

One of the most foolproof fun games is "Bring Me." It doesn't cost a thing to participate and the first successful "bringer" wins. But did you know that there's a Bring Me version where all who participates wins even if we're the last? It's God's Bring Me.

“Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the LORD who rules over all, “to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all." (Malachi 3:10 Net Bible)

All we need to do is bring 1/10 of our income and give it to the church to enable it to further His kingdom agenda.

God did not say He will only accept the first to bring but the challenge is for everyone to do it. This is the only time that God who owns everything and created everything with just the breath of His mouth asks us to test His generosity by testing our own sense of generosity.

In the parlor game, only one gets the prize and if it's a desirable one, we say with regret, "Sana ol." With God's Bring Me, it's ol talaga. Everyone who brings a tithe offering to Him will receive a downpour of blessings so much so that we wouldn't know where to store them. (Hint: you can bless others with the excess.) Just a tenth against excess blessings? Not a bad deal. Not bad at ol.

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Elizabeth Ong

Elizabeth Ong is an author, lecturer, an app creator, and a businesswoman. She has a master's degree in Biblical Studies from Asian Theological Seminary.