More Blessed to Give than to Receive Acts 20:35

Jesus, the ultimate giver He gave Himself Galatians 1:3-4, 2:20 1 Timothy 2:6 Titus 2:14 Ephesians 5:25 – for the church Philippians 2:5-7 – He gave up heaven to become like us

Benevolent giving A part of the Christian’s life is sharing with others Matthew 19:21 James 1:27, Galatians 2:10 We share with brethren – Romans 12:13, 1 John 3:17

Benevolent giving As we have opportunity Galatians 6:10 cf. Matthew 25:31-46 Part of the church, we give – 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 2 Corinthians 9:6-7

Benevolent giving “Give and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38

Other giving We give ourselves to the Lord 2 Corinthians 8:5 Present yourselves to God Romans 6:19, 12:1-2 2 Timothy 2:15

Other giving We give thanks Romans 14:6 Gratitude and thanksgiving are fundamental as Christians Ephesians 5:4 Colossians 3:15 Philippians 4:6 Ephesians 5:20 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18

Other giving We are to give glory to God Abraham gave glory to God - Romans 4:20 Ephesians 3:20-21 Romans 11:33-36 What does it mean to glorify God? He is worthy - Revelation 4:11 Matthew 5:16

Other giving We are to give of our talents Whatever we have received from Him, we use for Him Romans 12:6-8 1 Peter 4:10-11

Other giving We are to give of our time 1 Peter 4:3-5 Ephesians 5:15-16, are we redeeming the time? NOTE: God has given us time to repent – cf. Revelation 2:21 2 Peter 3:9

Romans 14:12, one day we will give account to God

What have you given Him?