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  • Two Kinds Of Giving

    Contributed by T D on Dec 28, 2010
     | 2,619 views

    TWO KINDS OF GIVING I have witnessed in my years of ministry people come to church and when they do not like a decision of the leadership or the minister, they decide to stop giving as a protest or decide to shift their giving to missions in order to inflict pain on the ministry of the church. ...read more

  • Give Thanks In Everything

    Contributed by James Dina on Dec 6, 2020
     | 2,818 views

    "In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you" (1 Thessalonians 5:18) If it is the will of God that we should give thanks in everything, then we should reduce our complain lest we go against His will. COMPLAINING IS CONTRARY TO THANKSGIVING. In ...read more

  • Love Gives Itself

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,122 views

    Thomas Merton: “Without love, almsgiving is no more important an action than brushing your hair or washing your hands, and the Pharisees had just as elaborate a ritual for those things as they had for alms, too, because all these things were prescribed by law, and had to be done so. “But love ...read more

  • Gives Us Sight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,439 views

    GIVES US SIGHT An obstetrician approached an anxious father in the waiting room of a New York City hospital and said, "I am sorry to inform you, but your baby lived but two hours after his birth. We did everything we could to save his life." As the sympathetic doctor was about to leave, the quick ...read more

  • Giving: A Step To Revival

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 30, 2009
     | 3,190 views

    GIVING: A STEP TO REVIVAL Today we are focusing our attention on the second step to revival: GIVING. We all say we want revival, but many throw away the second step - but you cannot have revival without taking the second step to revival. This step impacts the life and effectiveness of our ...read more

  • Giving: George Muller

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 11, 2009
     | 2,537 views

    GIVING: GEORGE MULLER George Muller pastored his first church at the age of 25 (1830) and was paid $275.00 a year. He learned through the next five years to trust God for His provision. George Muller began a ministry in 1835 for orphaned children based entirely upon God for support. April, 1836 ...read more

  • Giving, Greed And Salvation

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,779 views

    GIVING, GREED AND SALVATION A very old rich skinflint in declining health finally gets serious about his eternal state. He goes to the local pastor and asks what he can do to account for the fact that he’s never given God much time or given the church a dime. The pastor just looks at him with that ...read more

  • Love: Needing Or Giving

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 26, 2023
     | 686 views

    “The typical example of Gift-love would be that love which moves a man to work and plan and save for the future well-being of his family which he may die without sharing or seeing; the second, Need-love, is that which sends a lonely and frightened child to its mother’s arms. And of course Divine ...read more

  • Liberals Give Less Than ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 1,483 views

    LIBERALS GIVE LESS THAN CONSERVATIVES A couple years ago, a Syracuse University professor named Arthur C. Brooks wrote a book called "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism". He was not particularly excited about the outcome of the study he’d done (he’d been raised ...read more

  • Never Give In, Never Give In, Never, Never, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,394 views

    "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never; in nothing, great or small, large or petty; never give in ...read more

  • Why Do I Give?  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 128 ratings
     | 2,820 views

    Why do I give? The first thing that popped into my head was that I don’t want to be a free loader. I know that it costs money to run a church. On average it takes 40 square foot of building space per person that attends church. Multiply that times $100.00 to $150.00 a foot to build and it doesn’t ...read more

  • Inspect Versus Expect

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
     | 747 views

    There was a young boy who was notorious for cleaning according to what his parents would inspect, but not necessarily what they would expect. In other words, he would do things like fold and put away the dirty laundry, and put away the dirty dishes thinking they were clean. Things looked tidy on ...read more

  • Polish Things Up  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,900 views

    POLISH THINGS UP If you can’t see the bright side, then polish the dull ...read more

  • Filling Up With The Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 11, 2002
    based on 50 ratings
     | 6,196 views

    FILLING UP WITH THE SPIRIT Speaking to a large audience, D.L. Moody held up a glass and asked, "How can I get the air out of this glass?" One man shouted, "Suck it out with a pump!" Moody replied, "That would create a vacuum and shatter the glass." After numerous other suggestions Moody smiled, ...read more

  • Filled Up Anew  PRO

    Contributed by Cameron Horsburgh on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,350 views

    FILLED UP ANEW Imagine a sponge that has been used to wash the dishes. It’s all full of dirt and food and old water. It needs to be filled with clean water! But how can you do that? Easy. You wring it out, rinse it off, and wring it out again. Only when you have done this can you fill it with ...read more

  • Size Me Up

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 21, 2003
     | 2,740 views

    SIZE ME UP When Tom Haggai went off to college, his dad said to him: "Remember, son, God is more interested in you than anything you’ll do, but whatever you do, do it well, for you never know when ...read more

  • Hold Up The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,295 views

    Illustration: Hold Up the Light The famous Eddystone lighthouse off the coast of Cornwall, England, was first built in a fanciful way, by the learned and eccentric Winstanley. On its sides he put various boastful inscriptions. He was very proud of his structure, and from his lofty balcony used ...read more

  • Which Way Is Up?

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,255 views

    Which Way Is Up? Some years ago I read about a speedboat driver who had recently survived a racing accident. He said that he had been at near top speeds when his boat veered slightly and hit a wave at a dangerous angle. The combined force of his speed and the size and angle of the wave sent the ...read more

  • Airport Pick Up

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 612 views

    Story – Airport Pick up. Dallas. Saw car circling, over and over. Where’s my ride I thought? Saw me talking with another pastor. Pulled up – You’re Peter? You looked so ...read more

  • Ups Cookie Man

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 1,357 views

    Story – UPS Cookie man. Took his own money and made awesome chocolate chip cookies. folks in the office could have the first one free, After that – memorize a bible verse. Boss – you must stop. So he went in to talk with the boss.... With a plate of cookies, Wow ...read more

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