{"id":659,"date":"2014-08-05T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fwfforwomen.com\/2014\/08\/05\/giving-to-god-first\/"},"modified":"2016-02-19T21:33:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T21:33:20","slug":"giving-to-god-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfulwithfinances.com\/im-faithful-blog\/2014\/08\/giving-to-god-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving to God First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-597 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/faithfulwithfinances.com\/im-faithful-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/cropped-emergency-fund.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"cropped-emergency-fund.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Many times we hear the phrase &#8220;give to God first&#8221;, yet many of us don&#8217;t realize what that actually looks like in our lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Giving to God first ultimately means putting Him in the &#8220;#1&#8221; position to everything you earn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Whatever you have decided in your heart to give, don&#8217;t hesitate to make that happen right as you receive it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">When you decide to put God at the bottom of the list, you can begin to loose sight of your priorities. Many people will pay all of their bills, their mortgage, their credit cards, and come to find in the end that there is nothing left to give.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">If you are in this position, we encourage you to give to God from the &#8220;first of all your produce&#8221;. In other words &#8211; the first of your income.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Proverbs 3:9-10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>&#8220;Honor the LORD from your wealth And from the first of all your produce; So your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">No matter how small, or how insignificant it might be, make sure you give God that #1 priority spot starting today!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>&#8211; Faithful with Finances<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-659\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/faithfulwithfinances.com\/im-faithful-blog\/2014\/08\/giving-to-god-first\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-659\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/faithfulwithfinances.com\/im-faithful-blog\/2014\/08\/giving-to-god-first\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-659\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/faithfulwithfinances.com\/im-faithful-blog\/2014\/08\/giving-to-god-first\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/faithfulwithfinances.com\/im-faithful-blog\/2014\/08\/giving-to-god-first\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many times we hear the phrase &#8220;give to God first&#8221;, yet many of us don&#8217;t realize what that actually looks like in our lives. 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