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The Pontius Family
Welcome to our family website. We would love to know that you visited so please respond to us by clicking 'Email Me' on the left column. We especailly have enjoyed the alumni that have seen this page and contacted us. If you will send us a photo by email, we would like to start a page to list those friends from over the years that have walked the international roads with us.
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The Lord’s portion
Malachi 3:10
A visiting preacher finished a stirring sermon on tithing, the practice of giving the first ten percent of our income to the Lord. He stressed how God would faithfully provide for those who honor him by tithing. Afterward the pastor of the small congregation confided that he hadn’t tithed for years. “My wife and I are barely scraping by,” he said.
The visitor listened sympathetically. Then he challenged him: “Try tithing for one year, putting ten percent aside first before you pay any bills. If you’re ever short of money, just call me. I’ll make up the difference.”
A year later the pastor called to say how pleased he was that he’d not had to ask for help. “We did as you instructed and always had enough money for our needs. Somehow it just came in,” he noted.
“That’s great!” the preacher replied. “But why were you able to trust me as a backup and not trust God?
Have you made a decision about tithing? God invites you to put him to the test.
Dig deeper:Lev. 27:30; Luke 6:38; Heb. 7:1-10.
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