Live

Your Best Life

Now!
(Honor God With Tithes And
 1 CHRONICLES 29:2
Using every resource at my command,
I have gathered as much as I could for
building the Temple of my God. Now
there is enough gold, silver, bronze,
iron, and wood, as well as great
quantities of onyx, other precious
stones, costly jewels, and all kinds of
fine stone and marble.
 1 CHRONICLES 29:6
Then the family leaders,
the leaders of the tribes of
Israel, the generals and
captains of the army, and
the king's administrative
officers all gave willingly.
DEUTERONOMY 8:1-20 (NIV)
1Be careful to follow every
command I am giving you
today, so that you may liveand
increase and may enter and
possess the land
theLORDpromised on oath to
your ancestors.
 DEUTERONOMY 8:2 (NIV)
2Remember how theLORDyour

God ledyou all the way in the

wilderness these forty years, to
humble and testyou in order to
know what was in your heart,
whether or not you would keep
his commands.
 DEUTERONOMY 8:3 (NIV)
He humbledyou, causing
3

you to hunger and then

feeding you with
manna,which neither you
nor your ancestors had
known, to teachyou that
 DEUTERONOMY 8:4 (NIV)
Your clothes did not
4

wear out and your

feet did not swell
during these forty
years.
 DEUTERONOMY 8:5 (NIV)
Know then in your
5

heart that as a man

disciplines his son, so
theLORDyour God
disciplines you.
 DEUTERONOMY 8:6 (NIV)
Observe the
6

commands of
theLORDyour God,
walking in obedience to
himand revering him.
 DEUTERONOMY 8:7 (NIV)
7For theLORDyour God is
bringing you into a good
landa land with brooks,
streams, and deep springs
gushing out into the
valleys and hills;
 DEUTERONOMY 8:8 (NIV)
8a land with wheat
and barley,vinesand
fig
trees,pomegranates,
olive oil and honey;
 DEUTERONOMY 8:9 (NIV)
9
a land where
breadwill not be
scarce and you will
lack nothing;a land
where the rocks are
 DEUTERONOMY 8:10 (NIV)
10
When you have
eaten and are
satisfied,praise
theLORDyour God
for the good land he
 DEUTERONOMY 8:11 (NIV)
11
Be careful that you
do not
forgettheLORDyour
God, failing to observe
his commands, his
 DEUTERONOMY 8:12 (NIV)
12Otherwise, when
you eat and are
satisfied, when you
build fine houses and
settle down,
 DEUTERONOMY 8:13 (NIV)
13and when your herds
and flocks grow large
and your silver and
gold increase and all
you have is multiplied,
 DEUTERONOMY 8:14 (NIV)
then your heart will
14

become
proud and you will
forgettheLORDyour
God, who brought you
 DEUTERONOMY 8:15 (NIV)
15He led you through the vast

and dreadful wilderness, that

thirsty and waterless land,
with its venomous snakesand
scorpions. He brought you
water out of hard rock.
 DEUTERONOMY 8:16 (NIV)
16He gave you mannato eat

in the wilderness, something

your ancestors had never
known,to humble and
testyou so that in the end it
might go well with you.
 DEUTERONOMY 8:17 (NIV)
17You may say to
yourself,My power
and the strength of my
handshave produced
this wealth for me.
 DEUTERONOMY 8:18 (NIV)
18But remember
theLORDyour God, for it is he
who gives you the ability to
produce wealth,and so
confirms his covenant, which
he swore to your ancestors, as
it is today
 DEUTERONOMY 8:19 (NIV)
19 If you ever forget
theLORDyour God and follow
other godsand worship and
bow down to them, I testify
against you today that you
will surely be destroyed.
 DEUTERONOMY 8:20 (NIV)
Like the
20

nationstheLORDdestroye
d before you, so you will
be destroyed for not
obeying theLORDyour
God.
DEUTERONOMY 14:22 (NIV)

Be sure to set aside a

tenthof all that your
fields produce each
year.
1 CHRONICLES 29:10-20 (NIV)
David praised
10

theLORDin the
presence of the whole
assembly, saying,
Praise be to you,LORD,
 1 CHRONICLES 29:11 (NIV)
11
Yours,LORD, is the
greatness and the power
and the glory and the
majesty and the
splendor,for everything in
heaven and earth is yours.
 1 CHRONICLES 29:12 (NIV)

Wealth and
12

honorcome from you;

you are the rulerof all
things. In your hands
are strength and
 1 CHRONICLES 29:13 (NIV)
13
Now, our God, we
give you thanks, and
praise Your glorious
name.
 1 CHRONICLES 29:14 (NIV)
But who am I, and
14

who are my people, that

we should be able to
give as generously as
this?Everything comes
from you, and we have
 1 CHRONICLES 29:15 (NIV)

We are foreigners
15

and stranger sin your

sight, as were all our
ancestors. Our days on
earth are like a
 1 CHRONICLES 29:16 (NIV)

LORDour God, all

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this abundance that we

have provided for
building you a temple
for your Holy Name
 1 CHRONICLES 29:17 (NIV)
I know, my God, that you
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test the heartand are

pleased with integrity. All
these things I have given
willingly and with honest
intent. And now I have
 1 CHRONICLES 29:18 (NIV)
LORD, the God of
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our fathers Abraham,

Isaac and Israel, keep
these desires and
thoughts in the hearts
 1 CHRONICLES 29:19 (NIV)
And give my son Solomon
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the wholehearted devotionto

keep your commands,
statutes and decreesand to
do everything to build the
palatial structure for which I
have provided.
 1 CHRONICLES 29:20 (NIV)
20
Then David said to the
whole assembly, Praise
theLORDyour God. So
they all praised theLORD,
the God of their fathers;
they bowed down,
MATTHEW 4:4
Jesus answered,It is
written: Man shall not live
on bread alone, but on
every word that comes
from the mouth of God.
 LIFE COMES FROM TOTAL
COMMITMENT TO GOD
AND LIVING BY EVERY
WORD THAT COMES
FROM HIM. (MATTHEW
A. Be careful to 4:4)
follow every
command, so that we may live
and increase.
I. UNDERSTAND THAT REAL LIFE COMES FROM TOTAL COMMITMENT
TO GOD AND LIVING BY EVERY WORD THAT COMES FROM HIM.

B.HOW CAN WE LIVE BY HIS WORD?

1.Recognize our need for it.
2.Agree that God alone can truly
satisfy us.
3.Pray for Gods presence, wisdom
and direction as we read.
4.Savor the relationship you have
with Him thru Christ.
 II. IN YOUR PLENTY, DO
NOT FORGET THE LORD.
A. Remember that from nothing
you have now something.
B. God has humbled you and gave
you a new heart.
C. God has taught us to depend
 GOD WHO GIVES US
EVERYTHING WE HAVE
AND IT IS GOD WHO
ASKS US TO MANAGE IT
FORtoHIM.
A. God promised bring us into a
good land where you will lack
nothing.
B. God is giving us blessings that
III. REMEMBER THAT IT IS GOD WHO GIVES
US EVERYTHING WE HAVE AND IT IS GOD
WHO ASKS US TO MANAGE IT FOR HIM.

C.Remember the Lord your

God. It is HE who gives
you the ability to produce
wealth.
- everything comes from