One of the readers of The Prosperous Life wrote to me several years ago and said they learned in the first blog they read what they had been missing in their understanding all their life. That we are not only to be givers/tithers, but we are also to SAVE our money. Others have said knowing this one truth would have changed their life.

Tithing benefits the church, and it is of the greatest benefit to the believer as they save part of their income.

Another person wrote, “I wish I had known this years ago when my husband was alive.”

Another wrote, “We had put giving into our believing years ago even when we had no money, and God always provided. When we read the blogs about saving money, we put that into our believing also, and even though it seemed like we did not have enough to be able to save we were able to save every month.  God always provides.”

It is like the promise that says to those that have more shall be given.

When it comes to finances, it works the best to read what God has written in His Word and use the path for wealth that He has laid out rather than listen to the world’s suggestions. God’s ways are usually quite simple.

1. Be a giver. And remember he that soweth (gives) sparingly will also reap sparingly.
2. Be a saver. And remember there is oil and wine in the house of the wise, but the fools spend it all.
3. Be an investor, a lender. Remember the virtuous woman that considered a field and bought it? It does not say she went to the bank and signed a mortgage. She had to have saved the money to have some to invest.

Sometimes we would like prosperity to be almost instantaneous — like winning the lottery, or we may say we will be all right when our ship comes in or when our rich relative dies and we inherit. These things may never happen. But like most things in life, wealth and prosperity are a slow growth process.

Practicing the principles of God always works.

So, there is more to The Prosperous Life than giving. There is saving and investing also along with many other principles.