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The Treasure Principle

I finished reading "The Treasure Principle" by Randy Alcorn today. There is a lot of great stuff in this book about giving and generosity. I wanted to share a few that challenged me and hopefully will challenge and bless you. "Tithing isn't the ceiling of giving; it's the floor. It's not the finish line of giving; it's just the starting blocks. Tithes can be the training wheels to launch us into the mind-set, skills, and habits of grace giving." "Ironically, many people can't afford to give precisely because they're not giving." "giving is a skill. With practice, we get better at it. We can learn to give more, give more often, and give more strategically." "What does it mean to give beyond our ability? It means pushing our giving past the point where the figures add up. It means giving when the bottom line says we can't." "The more you give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest ...