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Is there any question that we are NOT generous if we don't give at least 10% of all we earn away? God loves a generous giver. Generosity begins where responsibility ends.

Timothy was to teach the "rich" to be generous. Biblical "rich" would be anyone who has more than what is needed to meet their basic needs. We are all very rich. The pattern for God's people was to give a tithe of all they had back to God. It was not a "free will offering", it was a requirement. (Not dissimilar to taxes.) This "tithing" practice continued even when other "taxes" were required by the government.

Generosity says, "God has given me everything. Everything I have is His. What should I do with His money?" Most of us don't think that way. We are generous to ourselves and quite stingy when it comes to God. How does our giving compare to our spending? What place does giving have in our budgets?

Let's be generous. We are rich.