I Chronicles 29: “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.

I Chronicles 29: We are aliens and strangers in your sight, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

I Chronicles 29: O Lord our God, as for all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name, it comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you.

I Chronicles 29: I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.

18 O Lord, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep this desire in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you.” I Chronicles 29:14-18

The “Right” Stuff May 20, 2012

Ephesians 3: so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. “For this reason I bow my knees…”

‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the L ORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’ Jeremiah 29:11

Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure – pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return. Luke 6:38

…the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. ( v1 )

Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men… Colossians 3:23

“Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God…” 2.The Right Degree

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might… Ecclesiastes 9:10

“…I have set my affection on the house of God…” ( v3a )

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household… Ephesians 2:19 …but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth. I Timothy 3:15

“And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?” ( v5b ) Literally “fill his hand”

Are you willing to “fill your hand” to the Lord? Are you willing to “consecrate” your all to the Lord?

“…offered willingly, and gave for the service of the house of God.” ( vs6-8 ) 9 Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the L ORD with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly. 5.The Right Result

No matter what you give to God, when it’s done “right” there is reason to