“The Gift of Giving” 2 Cor 9:6-15

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“Membership Has Its Price … … your life”

“The Gift of Giving”

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#1) Proportionality

3“Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” (Luke 21:3-4)

2 Cor. 8:12: “if there is a genuine desire to give on the part of the one giving, then the gift is fully acceptable to God according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.”

#2) Don’t jump to conclusions. regarding someone else’s #2) Don’t jump to conclusions regarding someone else’s giving or spending.

#3) Giving is a team activity.

2 Cor 9:8: And God is able to provide y’all with every kind of blessing abundantly, so that in every circumstance y’all may have both everything y’all need and also ample resources for every kind of good work.

#4) “The glad giver is the one whom God loves.”

2 Cor 9:7: “let each person give as they have decided in their own heart, and not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a glad-hearted giver.”

“The Gift of Giving”