Grow your giving Week 47, 2025

 

Thank God for givers like you. We are blessed to have you around. God will reward you.

And you also. You can also give. We all ought to…

I doubt if you are correct. In the church, there are givers, and those who pray, and others who support with their physical strength. I support and encourage people.

Goodness! Where did you get that teaching?

It is there in the Bible now.  Act 3:6(GNB)  But Peter said to him, "I have no money at all, but I give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth I order you to get up and walk!"  He did not have money, but power. And there were those who had money too. Acts 4:34(GNB)  There was no one in the group who was in need. Those who owned fields or houses would sell them, bring the money received from the sale,

What about those who pray?

Ehmm, I think everyone was praying...

You are making a big mistake here. There is no one God intends that he should sit down and just be receiving money from other brethren and not give also. Even Levites in the Old Testament gave a tithe. Num 18:26(GNB)  to say to the Levites: "When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that the LORD gives you as your possession, you must present a tenth of it as a special contribution to the LORD.

But I pay tithe...

Give tithe, not pay tithe. But that is not the point. If some are meant to be giving and others receiving, why would Jesus say to every disciple, “give and it shall be given unto you”? They were giving to the poor also. God’s plan is for all of us to develop the grace of giving.

I didn’t know you are a prosperity preacher. You have changed.

I have not! I am not preaching that we must all be millionaires or that God’s favour must be seen in money. But you cheat yourself by deciding you are to be on the receiving end, and others will be giving you, while you pray for them and bless them. How will you experience Acts 20:35(GNB)  In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ Or are you happy to be the weak one for all time?

Like I told you, my giving is in other areas. I am a giver, too. Those who God has blessed with wealth are the ones to give money 1Tim 6:17(ESV)  As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy

That is not exactly so. Your other giving is valid, but have you considered the Macedonian Christians? Poor as they were, they were intentional about helping the saints in Jerusalem financially. And Paul by the Spirit says to all in the church, not just those who are rich: You are rich in everything—in faith, in speaking ability, in knowledge, in the willingness to help, and in the love you learned from us. So now we want you to be rich in this work of giving too. 2Cor 8:7 (ERV).  You are intentional about increasing your prayer stamina and witnessing to others. You must intentionally increase your giving, too.