Christian Stewardship
Christian Stewardship is the believer's recognition that all one has belongs to God. As a believer, we know that the grace of God is a free and unmerited gift, therefore, we rest upon this grace relationship with God. This relationship is understood in light of believers first giving themselves to God in unqualified dedication (2 Cor. 8:5). A true commitment of self to God includes all that one is and has; life, time, strength, ability, ideals, and property (1 Cor. 6:20; 7:23; 1 Peter 1:18, 19).
One of the premier examples of Christian Stewardship is tithing. It is an expression of devotion from the giver and recognition of God's sovereignty.
The Bible admonishes us that the purpose of tithing is to teach you always to put God first in your lives. (Deut. 14:23 LB). God will sustain grace-giving with limitless temporal resources (2 Cor. 9:8-10).
Mt. Zion is committed to the TITHING MODEL and believes it demonstrates responsible stewardship. We take the commands of our Lord seriously. When Jesus tells us to go into all the world and spread the Gospel, we believe that our giving confirms our love of Christ and our recognition of His sovereignty. He is our provider and is worthy of all praise and glory. Our TITHE is an expression of our love!!
Worship in Giving Litany
Honor the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of all thine increase
Proverbs 3:9
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and they presses shall burst out with new wine.
Proverbs 3:10
Upon the first day of the week let everyone of you lay by Him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:2
And all the tithes of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or the fruit of the trees, it is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord
Leviticus 27:30
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:8
Bring ye all the tithes unto the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Malachi 3:10