Podcast Summary: "The Tithing Covenant Enables You To Live Generously"

Believer's Voice of Victory Audio Podcast — Kenneth Copeland Ministries
Date: May 30, 2025
Host: Kenneth Copeland, joined by Kelly Copeland
Episode Theme: Exploring the biblical foundation, spiritual power, and practical blessings of tithing as a covenant with God that enables believers to live generously.

Overview

This episode centers on the spiritual and practical principles of tithing—giving 10% of one’s income as an act of faith and partnership with God. Kenneth and Kelly Copeland share testimonies, scriptural insights, and personal experiences to illustrate how tithing positions believers to experience God’s provision and live a generous, impactful life. Throughout the episode, they address common questions and misconceptions about tithing and offer encouragement for listeners at every stage of their faith journey.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Testimony: Sowing with Expectation and Reaping a Miracle

• Kelly shares a powerful testimony from a KCM partner, Chester, who sowed $5,000 into the ministry while believing for a business location. In less than a year, he acquired the restaurant, opened it, and paid off the building in cash—a result he attributes to acting on faith through partnership and the Word.
  • Quote:
    "We sowed 5,000 in October…In October '23, we paid $525,000 cash for the building." – Chester via Kelly (02:00)
• Kelly emphasizes it’s not just about money, but partnering with God’s word, believing, and acting on it (02:43).

2. Foundations of Faith and Tithing

• Kenneth narrates a foundational moment of hearing from God about every believer having "a voice of victory," underpinning his lifelong faith journey (03:11).
• He reflects on his upbringing with a father who modeled diligence and faith-fueled tithing, seeing tithing as an essential, wise act (04:15).

3. Tithing: Faith in Action & the Law of Sowing and Reaping

• Kenneth explores Romans 10—the necessity of faith in tithing, which comes by hearing the Word of God (06:30).
  • Quote:
    "So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Now it'll come when you're reading the word out loud yourself. Faith will come. Faith is coming right now…" – Kenneth (06:50)
• Parable of Perry Hayden: Kenneth tells of a farmer who tithed on a small amount of wheat, experiencing exponential multiplication over six years, proving the principle that faith-filled tithing brings God’s blessing (07:20).

4. Generosity Beyond Obligation

• Kelly: “If you want to just break it down to that, as a man sows a seed, that's the harvest you get. That's a rule and a law.” (09:53)
• Kenneth: Emphasizes both the joy and discipline of generosity, and how determination (“set your jaw”) is required to see spiritual results from tithing—just like preparing the land for a harvest (10:30-12:30).
• Discussion on restoring the practice of tithing if one has stopped: repentance, quick obedience, and asking God for opportunities to make it up or meet needs (13:43).

5. Practical Examples of Generosity Fueled by Tithing

• Personal Stories:
  • Gloria Copeland spends generously on a red purse, declaring, “there’s more where that came from,” echoing a spirit of abundance (14:23).
  • Kenneth gifting someone (and being prompted by God to) $100—generosity led by the Spirit (17:37).
  • Meeting both “needs” and “desires” are part of God’s provision—“When you’re a tither, you meet the need of the poor.” (15:35).

6. Letting God Direct the Tithe

• Kelly asks: Can tithes go to individuals like a widow?
• Kenneth answers: Since God is “Lord of the tithe,” He can direct you how to distribute it, including to widows and orphans, in line with biblical storehouse principles (16:54-17:12).

7. Scriptural Foundation: The Hundredfold Principle

• Mark 10:17–30: Kenneth clarifies Jesus’ teaching, noting He never promised a “hundredfold” as a formula, but that generosity leads to abundant return “with persecutions”—meaning opposition will come to those blessed abundantly (19:57–23:17).
  • Quote:
    “Any preacher...or any Christian that has money enough to meet all their needs...the devil’s going to talk ugly about you...I preach the prosperity of God.” – Kenneth (22:50)

8. Radical Generosity: A Revolutionary Kingdom Value

• Kelly (23:17):
  “There is an anointed title...‘The Revolutionary Values of the Kingdom.’ It’s revolutionary to live like this.”
• They agree the kingdom way of living, especially regarding finances, is radically different and transformative (23:35).

Memorable Quotes & Timestamps

• Kenneth Copeland (06:50):
  “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Now it'll come when you're reading the word out loud yourself. Faith will come. Faith is coming right now, whether you realize it or not if you have any reverence for the Scripture at all.”

• Kelly Copeland (09:53):
  “If you want to just break it down to that, as a man sows a seed, that's the harvest you get. That's a rule and a law.”

• Kenneth Copeland (10:45):
  “You have to set your jaw. Set my jaw? You have to be determined. You have to mean it...You're not going to have a crop if you don't get out there and get the trash out of it.”

• Kenneth Copeland (15:35):
  “When you're a tither, you meet the need of the poor.”

• Kelly Copeland (16:03):
  “What an honor to be the hand of the Lord. To bring someone, turn someone's heart towards him.”

• Kenneth Copeland (22:50):
  “Any preacher...or any Christian that has money enough to meet all their needs...the devil’s going to talk ugly about you and everything else. I preach the prosperity of God.”

• Kelly Copeland (23:17):
  “It’s revolutionary to live like this.”

Notable Segments & Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamp | Notes | |-------------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Partner testimony of miraculous harvest | 01:45–02:41 | Chester’s $5,000 tithe led to a $525,000 debt-free building purchase | | Foundational “voice of victory” story | 03:11–04:15 | Kenneth’s early ministry revelation, upbringing, faith inheritance | | Perry Hayden’s tithing experiment | 07:20–09:30 | Illustrates tangible, exponential blessings from faith-filled tithing | | The importance of spiritual determination | 10:30–12:30 | Kenneth learns from his grandfather the discipline in both farming & faith | | How to respond if you’ve stopped tithing | 13:43–14:19 | Repentance, start where you are, God will lead | | Directing your tithe as God leads | 16:54–17:12 | Storehouse includes care for widows and orphans | | Jesus’ teaching on generosity, Mark 10 | 19:57–23:17 | Explains the “hundredfold” principle and addresses opposition | | Revolutionary values of the Kingdom | 23:17–23:43 | Kelly highlights how radical true generosity is |

Conclusion

Kenneth and Kelly Copeland passionately urge listeners to see tithing as more than an obligation—it’s a faith-fueled connection to God’s abundance, a gateway to generosity, and a key to living a revolutionary Christian life. Listeners are encouraged to start tithing where they are, listen for God’s direction, and expect supernatural results that extend into every area—spiritual, financial, and relational.

For more resources and to download “The Joy and Power of the Tithing Covenant,” visit kcm.org.

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