1. Compassion Sunday Wendtoin Tiemtore Born Dec 22 , 2008
Burkina Faso, Africa

2. Compassion Sunday Ties in well with 2 Corinthians 8-9
Most extensive teaching on church age giving found in the NT.
Focuses on Paul’s collection for needy saints in Jerusalem (due to persecution, heavy taxation, and worldwide famine)
Most NT teaching on giving is focused on giving to help those in need.

3. Paul and the other apostles sought to remember the poor.
Galatians 2:9–10 (NKJV) — 9 and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.

4. Those Who Grow In Grace 2 Corinthians 6-9
Impacted By Grace (6:1-2)
Godly Life & Ministry (6:3-10)
Open Responsive Heart (6:11-13)
Not Unequally Yoked (6:14-7:1)
Repent With Godly Sorrow (7:2-16)
Abound In The Grace Of Giving (8-9)

5. Abound In The Grace Of Giving
By The Grace Of God (8:1)

7. God owns everything. I’m His money manager.

8. Abound In The Grace Of Giving
By The Grace Of God (8:1)
Cheerful, Generous, Proportional, Sacrificial & Freely Willing (8:2-4)

9. The Grace Of Giving
Cheerful “abundance of their joy” & “cheerful” (9:7)
Generous “abounded in the riches of their liberality”
Proportional “according to their ability”- not percentage

10. Acts 11:29 (NKJV) —29 Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea.
1 Corinthians 16:1–2 (NKJV) — 1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 2 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.

11. The Grace Of Giving
Cheerful “abundance of their joy” & “cheerful” (9:7)
Generous “abounded in the riches of their liberality”
Proportional “according to their ability”- not percentage
Sacrificial “beyond their ability”

12. Poor Widow & Her Two Mites
Mark 12:41–44 (NKJV) — 41 … And many who were rich put in much. 42 Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, … “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; 44 for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.”

13. The Grace Of Giving
Cheerful “abundance of their joy” & “cheerful” (9:7)
Generous “abounded in the riches of their liberality”
Proportional “according to their ability”- not percentage
Sacrificial “beyond their ability”
Freely Willing