God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us; Selah. That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations. Psalm 67:1-2
When someone is gracious to you he shows you kindness because he loves you. A gracious person is kind, benevolent, generous, compassionate, lenient, understanding and merciful.
5. Your continued tithing gives God a good reason to continue to be gracious to you and bless you.
The tithe is used to spread the Gospel and therefore God is forced to be gracious to tithers. “God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us. That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations” Psalm 67:1-2 (NASB).
6. It is tithing (giving ten percent of your blessings) that enables the house of God to send people to preach the Gospel of salvation.
The Gospel of salvation is spread by people who are sent all over the world as evangelists and missionaries. This costs a lot of money and the only way people are sent is if the house of the Lord has enough supplies (meat).
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things Romans 10:13-15
7. The famous blessing spoken over the Philippian church is testimony to the effect of tithes and offerings.
The Philippian church sustained Paul on the mission field and yielded great blessings. Paul is a great example of someone who was supported by the tithes and offerings of the church. It was in response to the support that he received that he spoke the famous apostolic blessing, “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the Gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone; for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs. Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account. But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:15-19 (NASB)