“Before we came to Church, we were tithing when we felt like we were able to that paycheck. Living paycheck to paycheck and still not having enough is a tough situation to be in. We were in that for about a year. Never enough, always in lack. Our marriage was suffering and we weren’t being the best parents for our kids. We went and spoke with Paul and Drew about life because we honestly just didn’t know what to do. We felt like we were drowning and with another baby coming, we were scared about how to provide. I believe it was because of the Holy Spirit that Paul asked how our tithing was. We explained we tried but there was not enough money to pay bills let alone the church. He shared with us a giving testimony of their own and so we figured why not? So every following paycheck  we just immediately used Venmo to pay the church as soon as it hit our account. No regard for what else needed to be paid. We just chose to pay God first. Within the last year, we’ve made more money & been blessed more financially and spiritually than ever before. Even now, Dakota has received multiple raises at a job he loves and is due to get another shortly. No one at his job really knows why, but God just keeps giving us more! It reminds me of Luke 16:10, “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.” We didn’t get more until we were good stewards on the little we had. We are blessed so that we can be a blessing to others.

— The Ellis Family