1. More Blessed to Give than to Receive
Acts 20:35

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. What have you given Him?