Move: Make Room

So, my mom bought the T.D. Jakes series called Move, and the first teaching is called Make Room, here are some of my notes and thoughts. . .

God has established a bilateral covenant with his people - which means both sides have responsibility.

Malachi 3:10-12
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. 12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

Tithe: ten; tenth percentage of your wages; act of worship
The key to tithing is to tithe consistently and with a joyful heart

It is more blessed to give than to receive
example: it is better to give a loan than to need one

Give God the very best, because your gifts say a lot about you. 2,000 years ago, they would have given things like sheep and grains because that's what they used for money and the Israelites would give God one for every ten. So one sheep for every ten born. But instead of giving God the best lamb, they'd give Him the crippled one or the sick one, because they couldn't use it anyways. That's like saying to God "this is what I think of you". If you give good, He will return good. If you give bad, He will return what you gave.

Tithers have a security in God, He's got an umbrella of protection around you, God will always make a way for his faithful tithers.

10: number of completion; finality; the whole

Giving the tenth represents the whole. God is big on representations-
example: Jesus' sacrifice was accepted to bless the whole. Jesus was the tithe that represented the whole.
The 10% blesses the 90% because the 10% represents the 100% - make sense?

Do NOT spend God's tithe money, its like in the Garden with Adam and Eve, they could have the WHOLE garden, except one tree. The tithe, the holy part, set aside for God. The serpent persuaded Eve to eat of the tithe, set apart for God.

Genesis 3:5
5"..ye shall be as gods knowing good and evil."

It's true, they would be like God, eating God's glory. Eating what God should have had - God said He would not share in His glory
As a tither, you are blessed, and the enemy cannot curse what God has blessed. The enemy has to seduce you into cursing yourself, like he did with Adam and Eve.

Disobedience caused the fall of man.

A tree was the instrument used to curse man, and a tree was used to break the curse over man.

Everything the enemy took away from you, God is going to give it back.
Everything you have, God gave it to you, because you are blessed, and his mercy endures forever!

Genesis 14:12 - Melchizedek represents Jesus
God wouldn't teach you how to be blessed if you weren't going to make it!
When God's house is full, your house is full!

5-Fold Promise to Tithers:
1. I will give you a gift that keeps on giving. One blessing, that is pregnant with blessings. God's word is prenatal care to your blessing, so you can deliver. Once you identify your blessing, multiply! Wear that blessing out!! You and your children's children can live and die before that blessing will wear out! That's why God gives us children, so we have a overflow catcher. God's going to pour into our cup so much that it spills over into our children's lives, our grandchildren's lives...our great-great-great grand children's lives!
2.I will protect your blessing. He will stop the enemy that is after your blessing. He will stop the circumstances from stealing of freezing your season. He'll fight for you, so you don't have to stop sowing and harvesting. "The battle is mine, saith the Lord"! People and circumstances will distract, so listen to God's voice. Because you are tithing and honoring Him, He will make a way for you!
"I'll make a place for you, and wait for you to grow up enough to receive it."
3. I will bring dreams to fruition. He will control the atmosphere so your vine will not cast it's fruit early. He will not allow the freeze to come and steal your almost ready fruit. In Jesus name, miscarriages are rebuked! You will carry this blessing full term! Do not be frustrated with timing and blessing. Being held back is a blessing, it would kill you to constantly bear fruit! God's timing is perfect, He gives rest when you need it and runs with you when it's time. Down time is prep time!
4. I will restore your reputation. He'll restore your name. He'll change the way people see you. It's like when people are jealous of what they think others have. People on the outside will see that you are blessed!
5. I will restore your realities. I will bring your realities up to wear your reputation is. Your reputation comes before your reality. In other words, you look stronger before you actually become stronger. You will rise to the reality of your reputation.

So take a look at who you are surrounding yourself with.
God's tools keep working through any circumstance no matter if it's a recession, depression - do not stop your process/dreams because a temporary situation.

Keep moving. Keep moving because you are going to make it. God's promise is strong.

Hebrews 7:1-4 - Abraham paid a tenth to the representation of Christ, before the covenant was made! When Abraham paid them, Levi paid them too. In other words, when you are faithful to God, you are storing up blessings for your family in the future! God takes tithe seriously!

Whenever you get blessed, people will always be there to try to bring you down. People who will bring up the past, people who will distract - you've got to be ready for that, you've got to be strong enough to just lean on God because the opportunities you missed in the past are coming back. The Father can't wait to bless you!

Be blessed! And once you are, make room because God gives very very good gifts (:

10...test me in this," says the Lord Almighty. "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have enough room for it."