Mal 3 does not apply to you. It was a reminder of the commandments given to the Israelites in Deut 22.
The entire Malachi was a reminder that the Isrealites were violating specific God's instructions given to them and were being admonished to course correct.
Mal 1 - a warning to the Priests for offering defiled animals as burnt offerings. They were supposed to use the best of the flock but didn't. God was angry.
Mal 2 - God was warning the Priests that he will curse their blessings if they do not take it to heart to give Him the glory. Secondly, he was warning the Isrealites against treating their wives badly and leaving them for foreign women. Then he warned them against divorce because he did not like divorce.
Mal 3 - God was saying he would send his messenger to cleanse his priest so they can offer acceptable offerings. Secondly, he warned the Israelites to bring their tithe to the store house. They were supposed to meet once a year to eat their tithe in God's presence with their family which they had stopped. On the 3rd year, they were to give these tithes to the Levites who had no inheritance and were forbidden to work. But by stopping the practice, the storehouse was empty. This means the Levites would have nothing to eat for the next 3 years unless they go and work.
Thirdly, God warned them against ignoring his commandment for which they have said there is no benefit for obeying God. God then said those who fear him and keep his commandments will be His.
Mal 4 - is about judgement. God said he will destroy the proud and wicked. But those who fear him, he will bless them if they keep the commandments he gave to Moses.
All these instructions were given to the Isrealites by Moses. They were violating them and Malachi was sent as a prophet to warn them of God's anger if they continued ignoring Him. Question is why does your Pastor focus on only Tithe? That was not the only instruction given by Malachi.
What is the commandment on tithe?
Bring your tithe to the presence of God, then FEAST, EAT and MAKE MERRY before God. You are to eat it in the presence of God. On the 3rd year, everything goes to the Levites who are forbidden to work
Year 1 - eat
Year 2 - eat
Year 3 - give to Levites
Year 4 - eat
Year 5 - eat
Year 6 - give to Levites.
The store house Mal 3 was talking about is the one where food for the Priests were kept. That was where David ate from when he was hungry because he was annointed. There were no more food for the Levites in the store houseand God needed his people to give their tithes. You're not an Isrealite and there are no more Levites. We are all adopted into sonship through Christ and all have the ministry of reconciliation.
Scriptural Backing.
Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. EAT the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always.
At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
- Deut 14: 22-23, 28 - 29
Even if you want to believe in tithing, you are supposed to take it to church to eat. You're not donating it. Anyone who collects your tithe is a thief.
Can’t lie to you. If you don’t make a move, you will see literal clowns race past you. Clowns.
Nothing concern life with ‘I am a smart, educated, experienced person’.
You don’t act, you remain there.
When you text someone, especially for the first time, please go straight to the point. I don't always have the patience for all the "Hello, how are you doing?" and "How is everything?" especially when we're not acquaintances.
"Good afternoon, sir. My name is A or B. We met during so-so and so-so, and you asked me to send you a message about this or that." That will simply do.
Don't waste my time asking me how my night was or how everything is.
I leave many messages unreplied to because of this. Save some of these pleasantries for people you know very well. A simple "Good morning" should do. Proceed with why you're texting and type it all at once before sending. If I don't have your number saved and you just text me, "Good morning, how are you?" I'll ignore you.
Guys, even when you want to send a girl you like on this app or other social media platforms a DM, after you've interacted a few times in the comment section, go straight to the point.
"Hello, Mariam. Good day. How is your day going? My name is Kosi. I believe we've interacted a few times in the comment section. I really enjoy how you write, and I'm amazed by your thought process. I must also say you're ravishingly pretty, amongst other qualities of yours I have come to admire over time."
Say a few things about yourself and tell her why you sent her a DM and that you would really appreciate having more conversations with her and getting to know each other better.
Not every day you come and drop "Hello, pretty," like one mentally deranged person.
Announcing that:
You like money
You're materialistic
Nobody should approach you if they don't have money
These are not evidence that you like money. It is evidence you're badly behaved. You just have audacity to air it out without shame. Who doesn't like money?
"What is she doing with her money if her money is her money?"
This is exactly what she is doing. You as a man is shouldering all the bills and she is busy footing bills in her father's house.
"Women are not wired to pay bills" una. How are they always paying bills and carrying responsibility in their father's house? She doesn't care about you. It is that simple. Where your money is, that is where your heart is. Her heart is in her father's home.
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To address your question, every income in a home is family income. You and your partner are to plan your finances and decide how much you send to each family each month. If emergency arises, you can discuss and see how much you can send, then you know how to navigate the rest of the month as a family. In situations where there is a joint account where you put like 80% of your income each for the home and keep 20% for yourselves, you can send extra money home from your 20%, which is yours to spend as you please.
What you will not do is keep your entire salary to yourself and be paying bills in your father's house while abandoning your primary responsibility which is your immediate family.
I'm a big fan of the "GPS Theory" when you miss a turn, your GPS doesn't judge you, it recalculates. No matter how many detours you take, it finds another way forward. Life works like that too. You'll make mistakes, but your destination doesn't vanish. The route just changes.
There is nothing funny about this. It’s a simple matter. When he was the one providing, they did not have this problem. Let her keep her pussy and her money. Walk away from the marriage. Accepting disrespect or not, is a choice.
A man must be willing to start afresh on his own.
this cooking of a thing btw, for me e no really go far, if na you sabi cook that thing wey we wan chop, cook am make we chop abeg, and if you dey tired at the moment or you no feel like, i go enter kitchen go cook wetin i sabi for both of us or make we go buy food if raba dey😂😂
and if na me sabi cook wetin we wan chop, i go enter kitchen go cook am, but if im also tired or don’t feel like cooking, you enter kitchen go cook the one wey easy for you or make we go buy food😂
or make we just gather enter kitchen 🤷🏽♂️
same with bills, if na me guide at the moment, i go guide both of us, if na you guide at the moment, guide both of us too abeg😂🙏🏽
there’s a reason why we are called “partners”
-My money is my money. His money is our money.
- I want a man withba provider fetish.
- It is a man's duty to provide. As a woman, I'll contribute my little when I want.
- No dey chook eye for woman money.
- A woman will disrespect you if you ask her to carry financial responsibility
- Unless he doesn't love you, a man that loves you want to provide for you. He doesn't need your money.
It is better to be single or to marry an actual road side mad woman, than any woman with this belief. At least, the mad woman is actually mad. The ones above are choosing to be mad and deliberately obtuse. All of them are openly or covertly telling you that money is more important than their relationship with you. Nobody is more dangerous than a person like that.
If any of the points confuses you, I'll explain.
Since some of you don't like to think, I'll explain.
If you want to give money to the family of the deceased, give from what you have, not from what you expect to make from using his death to promote your movie.
If you have a financial target, post an account number and let the public donate directly. With the number of billionaires and millionaires he was associated with, and who showed up for the burial, his family is well taken care of. How much are you even going to make from the YouTube viewership? This is just a movie promotion.
"You that is always raising it for people, how can you have a problem with this? This is insensitive."
Have I ever asked you to give me gig, or do business with me or patronize neostore or any business I'm associated with, so we can raise moeny for a deceased family or whatever cause? That is just leveraging death for self. Give what you can give, let the public give what they can give. The focus should always be on the cause.
Until you date a generous and responsible woman, you will never understand how much women love spending on the man they love and being financially responsible to the family.