Tithing is not the only method for becoming prosperous, but tithing makes it at least ten times easier for a person to prosper, because he has invoked the highest law of prosperity and had made contact with the source of all riches, God. - Catherine Ponder

Spiritual understanding calls you to put aside your need to determine how to receive what you consider to be the blessings of life. Rather, it asks you to begin to investigate how to give because giving is prosperity's demonstration.

Key Ideas. . .

Rites of passage of giving:

You do not give. This is a no step. Fear of appearances, fear of tomorrow, and lack of understanding of the way the universe works tend to close your hands and cause you to cling tightly to what you have. You tend to be in the grip of fear and insecurity.

You give out of a sense of guilt. Fear reins in the lives of those who give out of a sense of guilt. However, another factor is at work. The real issue is values. You should never allow guilt to rule your giving.

You give out of a sense of duty. This is when you give because you believe you should. Your joy is true when you do not give because you should but so that you may come alive. This giving is from the heart and always accompanied by joy.

You give in order to receive. This is often based on the misconception that money is power or a way to wield control. You give to get a "payoff." If so, you must feel a certain sense of powerlessness to think and behave in this way. Giving is not prosperity's first demonstration. It is the only demonstration. Giving allows you to become aware of the Presence.

You give because it is your nature. This is the real breakthrough that comes through spiritual understanding. There is nothing more natural than to give for the shear joy of sharing. To give is to be alive, to express your Real Self. To take, withhold, hoard, or giving to get causes you to feel less than alive and less than who you really are. When people give you an opportunity to give, they are giving you a blessing. It is an opportunity to express your real nature. Take advantage of it!

(The above is adapted from, "Even Mystics Have Bills to Pay" by Jim Rosemergy)

If these prosperity ideas seem different to you, the best thing for you to do is to give them sufficient thought and trial. If you would have more, give more. Thus you open the coffers of heaven and the riches of the kingdom pour out for you. Then you have more and more to give. But giving always comes first. It is Love's way of doing business and always works. - Rich blessings, Rev. John

When you are faced with a financial problem, the common tendency is to get out your checkbook and your calculator and feverishly begin to add numbers. It is impossible to solve financial problems with money. Your imagination has the solution to all of your financial problems and if you want it to give you creative solutions, then you must ask it *creative questions. - Phil Laut, Money is My Friend

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