Poverty, Riches and Wealth

It is gratitude and perseverance that inspire hope and faith within us. These attributes and attitudes inoculate us from evil and expand our capacity for greater blessing in our inner man.

connotation is that persistent, prolonged, unyielding, “I refuse to give up” prayer is faith.

Furthermore, the tithe is to be paid to the storehouse (typically your church), the place that provides you with spiritual meat and milk.

In other words, when we give natural gifts to God, He gives us back spiritual gifts. It is no coincidence, then, that Judas, who literally stole from the offerings and practically lived with Jesus, seemed to have no idea that Jesus was the Messiah. There was no spiritual revelation (freshly torn prey) in his soul, because there was no generosity in his heart