2 Corinthians:
9:6: Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
9:7: Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
9:8: And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
9:9: As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever."
9:10: Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
9:11: you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.
9:12: For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;
9:13: seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;
9:14: while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
9:15: Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!
sorry this came out so large, copy and pasted from an online bible reference. Anyway, we(my family) have started to tithe. On top of tithing we give offerings and special offerings and missionary offerings and etc. whatever the Lord puts on our hearts to give. I'm not saying any of this to bring glory to myself or anything. What i'm saying is, before i started tithing, God healed me, saved me, gave me a second chance, blessed me with answered prayer, and has been so good to me and my family. I felt in my heart that I should tithe. So i do. Not everyone agrees about preachers making money off the gospel, but thats how they make their living, and thats what brings the gospel forth to the church. It's biblical. Paul and the apostles in the first church went out with nothing and worked for their keep while they spread the word but later he says this in 1 Corinthians 9:7-12:
7 Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not 1use the milk of the flock?
8 I am not speaking these things according to 1human judgment, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things?
9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing. God is not concerned about oxen, is He?
10 Or is He speaking altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops.
11 If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?
12 If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
anyway, i personally feel that we should tithe. it supports the ministry and whether or not the church or person recieving the blessing has the right motives, i believe the person giving will still be blessed regardless because of their faith and obedience to God.
my .02.
oh and i had a question...what is the difference between WOFand full gospel? I'm asking because I believe what is written, no more no less, well except what the Holy Spirit leads me to believe as far as instruction and such.
Be blessed!
