"I couldn't stop thinking about you and the Faith & FINANCES: In God We Trust book this morning. Today is my payday, and I was running scared on paying bills, but the first thing I did was commit my tithe. THEN I paid my bills. THEN.... (drumroll from God!), in my wallet I found the EXACT SAME AMOUNT as my tithe. Does our Daddy God care and provide, or WHAT?! I was so excited, I just had to tell you! Thanks for sharing that book with me. It's been wonderful." - Molly

"For some time, I grappled with the Faith and FINANCES idea and responsibility of tithing. I consulted family, friends and local ministries on God's expectations and commandments of me. I am aware of the tithing percentage etc but I am not always in close and consistent and in communion with a church, chapel or other Christian edifice. In other words, I do not attend church often...not nearly as often as I did while growing up (respectively, my mother and grandmother were very diligent with this: two Sunday services, usher meeting, choir practice, prayer meeting, bible study, you name it 7 days a week, every week, every year). We were Baptists, and I grew up in Texas.

"By way of several cities, I now currently reside in New York City and am finally in a crossroads of my spiritual growth to want to give tithing, to want to be obedient, no matter what. A dear older cousin of mine (much older, she is my mother's cousin) put it to me plainly one day. We went to the Bible and read plain scripture, in black & white, of God's requirements of me. Afterwards she said, "If you are finding difficulty in giving of tithes to a church home of which you have none, then you should give to where you are spiritually fed.

"I do not currently have a job; my boss quit her job so I was subsequently downsized over the recent New Year's holiday. Praise be to God, we both knew it was a long time coming...I was in executive human resources and my boss was EVP. Nonetheless, I have experienced great spiritual growth throughout year 2009 and seen the differences in my personal and professional life and opportunities. God has reached me and I am listening, again. Thank you for your work. I continue to read and retain the daily devotions and hope God will continue His presence in your life and beyond. I am sure we remain in touch." - C in New York

I got scared! I'd transferred the last of the ministry money from the savings to the checking. Still looking at over $1000 of expenses in the next three months... I got scared. I'd prayed with a friend about the provisions needed for the ministry, even asked if I was being sinful in my fear. She reminded me Satan lobs fear in our faces to hide the face of God and we had to forge past. Knees shaking, I headed to the bank the next morning. The checking account said $8.00.

$8.00!

Our ministry savings account had $350. Transfer $300 from savings to checking and then pray God provides, I thought. The clerk, sensing my apprehension, patted my hand, "He'll provide."

Sure He will, I thought to myself.

I headed to the car teary-eyed and asked my husband to stop by the post office to check the ministry mail. I slipped my key into the PO Box and twisted. "God you gotta provide!"

Pulling open the door, a long white envelope lay tilted to one side. I smiled and tore open the envelope. A check for $300 stared back at me. I'd held on to that last $300 in our ministry savings for an emergency. I'd gone to the bank fully intending to add my personal money to the kitty. Instead, I trusted God and moved $300 from savings to checking.

Why was I so surprised that God had provided the exact amount we needed when I had let loose and trusted?

I still don't know where the remaining $1000+ funds will come from, but I'm sure God has already figured it out. I'm certain He tapping His toes, waiting for me to trust Him for provision. If I can trust Him with our fiancees , I can trust everything thing else.

Including my life- Cindy

"I really enjoyed reading it. It firmed up my commitment to tithing, so thanks!" - Molly

"...I haven't slept very well for over 2 weeks now. Oh, who am I kidding--since before the holiday's....we tithe. I tell my friends to tithe. I truly believe in tithing with all my heart. Still we are financially strapped with credit card debt. I want to blame it all on myself but my husband is too blame also. Anyway this book couldn't have come at a better time. We need help. I fear it's as much of a spiritual problem as a financial one." - SB

“My husband and I never tithed. In fact, we had separate checking accounts. He figured I tithed out of my money and I figured he tithed out of his. The truth was, we were both selfish. We couldn’t understand why God was letting us fail in our jobs, our spending and our bills. Then a friend forwarded the Faith and Finance devotion on how finances are a “family” deal. We combined our checking accounts and revamped our bills. The first check we wrote was our tithe. It wasn’t much, but it was a 100% more than zero. It took time, but after a few months, things began to come under control. We learned from these simple devotions how wrong we were to separate our finances. Separate finances led to separate lives and separation from God.”  - Judy and Devin

“Our church wanted to begin a one million dollar building project. Many of the members were nervous about spending that kind of money in such tight economic times. But our congregation met and the finance board distributed several Faith and FINANCES devotions from Christian Devotions Ministry. Then we prayed. That night     we collected $750,000 in checks, cash and promise notes. The Faith and FINANCES devotions spoke to a congregation of people who feared the economy, but trusted in God.”  - Barbara D.