The Blessing Of Giving

THE BLESSING OF GIVING

GIVING IS AN ACT OF FAITH BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING WHAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE SO THEY CAN MAKE IT. YOU DO THIS TRUSTING THAT GOD WILL FILL UP THE GAP SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT.

THERE ARE THREE REASONS WHY GOD PROVIDES YOU WITH FINANCES; TO TAKE CARE OF YOU FAMILY, TO BLESS HIS KINGDOM, AND TO GIVE TO THE POOR.

I.                  GIVING BEGINS WITH YOUR FAMILY  I TIMOTHY 5:8

A.   TAKING CARE OF YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY.

B.    TAKING CARE OF YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY IS YOUR SECOND PRIORITY

C.    THIS IS A CONCRETE EXPRESSION OF LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR WHAT GOD HAS BLESSED YOU WITH.

II.               BLESSING THE KINGDOM OF GOD

A.   GOD INTRODUCED THIS WITH MELCHISIDEC

B.   GOD INSTITUTED THIS WITH THE LAW.

C.   UNDER THE LAW THE TITHES WENT TO THE PRIESTHOOD, AND THE OFFERINGS TOOK CARE OF THE TABERNACLE AND THE TEMPLE

D.   LUKE  8: 1-3 WOMEN WHO SUPPORTED THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST

E.    GALATIANS 6:6 THE EXPECTANCY THAT THE MINISTRY WOULD BE SUPPORTED

III.           TO BLESS THE POOR

A.   PROVISION FOR THEM MADE IN THE LAW  LEV.25:35-38

B.   GLEANINGS TO BE LEFT IN THE CORNERS OF THE FIELDS

C.   GALATIANS 2:10  INSTRUCTIONS TO PAUL TO NOT FORGET THE POOR

D.   FAITH DEMONSTRATED BY OUR ACTIONS TOWARDS THE POOR  JAMES 2:15-18

IV.           THE PROMISED BLESSING OF GIVING  LUKE 6:38

A.   JESUS PROMISED IT

B.   MEN WILL PERFORM IT’

C.   YOU WILL BE REWARDED ACCORDING TO THE COMPASSION OF YOUR HEART