The Psychology of Tithing: How Tithing Shapes Our Minds and Lives预览

Scientists say that consistently donating part of your money or time actually makes you a more grateful person overall.

Researchers have found that practices like tithing build up gratitude muscles in our brains.

When we commit to giving generously to help others on the regular, we start noticing all the blessings in our own lives more often.

If you are scrambling to set aside 10% of your earnings for the church each month, you actually become extra aware of the ways God provided for your needs. After handing that offering check to the pastor on Sunday, you are far more likely to be thankful for the blessings in your own life.

Gratitude starts overflowing because generosity keeps our eyes open. We see that all we have comes from God, not just our own smart thinking.

Grateful hearts have the power to heal hearts that are burdened with worries or sadness.

Studies have also found that thankfulness makes people way less stressed and anxious.

It also helps us make stronger friendships and bounce back from big failures or tragedies.

Pretty wild, right? It's almost like how pruning trees and flowers makes them grow even better the next season.

By cutting off part of our income and time to bless other folks, gratefulness sprouts up in our spirits like Mustard seeds into huge branches providing shelter.

And so it turns out that consistent tithing clears space for joy to stretch out.

So keep sowing those seeds through storms. Watch gratitude to God grow and glow until it lights up your whole life!