There are three conversions necessary: the conversion of the heart, mind, and the purse.
Tithe
Randy Alcorn
Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11).
Author Unknown
The purpose of tithing is to secure not the tithe but the tither, not the gift but the giver, not the possession but the possessor, not your money but you for God.
Louie Tropf
I don’t give God 10% of my income. He let’s me keep 90% of His!
Louie Tropf
Author Unknown
When we place our contribution in the collection plate, we are not giving to the Lord; we are just taking our hands off that which belongs to Him.