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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
This passage gives the mandate to give. The Lord inspires the donors, the skilful labours and experts in various fields. Giving is inspired. The Lord inspired the contributors and labourers for his ministry. He prompts and performs through people.
Theme: Inspired Giving Text: Exodus 35: 4-29 Greetings: Dearly beloved in Christ, I greet you all in the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. The Lord is good, and his love endures forever. This passage gives the mandate to give. The Lord inspires the donors, the skilful labours and ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 35:4-29
Denomination: Methodist
Explore the biblical teachings on tithing and giving, emphasizing the joy and blessings that come from a willing and generous heart.
Good morning, church family. Today, we're going to dive into a topic that sometimes makes us squirm in our seats a little - tithing and giving. As Randy Alcorn once said, "Giving is a joyful surrender to a greater person and a greater plan. It dethrones me and exalts Him." Let's take a look at our ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:12, Genesis 28:10-12
Topics: Tithing, Worship, Legalistic
God does not want us to be apathetic when it comes to adoring Him. He would rather have no worship at all than for us to come with paltry praise.
Giving God Your Best After listening restlessly to a long and tedious sermon, a 6-year-old boy asked his father what the preacher did the rest of the week. “Oh, he’s a very busy man,” the father replied. “He takes care of church business, visits the sick, works on his sermon, counsels people…and ...read more
Scripture: Malachi 1:6-14, Malachi 1:6
Denomination: Baptist
We need to take giving seriously because OUR MOTIVE AND MODE OF GIVING MATTERS TO GOD.
INTRODUCTION Christians should take seriously the discipline of giving for the Lord’s ministry. Others thought that this is optional and can be replaced by other forms of service. But the Bible is clear that giving materially for the Lord’s work is equal in importance compare to that ...read more
Scripture: Mark 12:41-44
Giving that transforms is encouraged by the example of others, initiated by the example of Christ and our love for him, necessary because of human need, and promotes good will.
INTRODUCTION One tells the story of a man reared in the hills of West Virginia. He had never seen a large city, modern inventions, or neon lights. He marries a girl just like himself, and they spend all their time in the back woods. In time they have a son and name him Junior. When Junior reaches ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15
It is important for us not just to give to the Lord, but to give with the right motives. Jesus rebukes those who gave with the wrong motives, so we need to carefully consider our motives and how our motives align with God’s purposes and glorify God.
What motivates people to give? You could read about results of research on this topic about what part of giving is motivated by self interest and what part is motivated by serving others. Our interest here is not the human psychology side of giving motivation, but the biblical motivation. What do ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:7-9, 2 Corinthians 9:10-12, Luke 6:32-36, Matthew 6:2-3
When I give, God’s approval is what counts.
June 10, 2001 Secret Christianity – Part 1 INTRODUCTION In September of 1997 Ted Turner announced he was giving a billion dollars to the United Nations. The billion dollars was the amount his TimeWarner stock climbed in the last 9 months. He himself admitted he was giving away only a third of ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:1-4
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
What it means to excel in the grace of giving.
Imagine that a large church burned to the ground somewhere in north Wisconsin, and that all the congregations of our district were asked to help rebuild it by collecting an offering. Every congregation was asked, all but one. This tiny little congregation could hardly afford to keep going. They ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-14
Denomination: Lutheran
Our motive and mode of giving matters to God.
GRACE & GIVING Mark 12:41-44 INTRODUCTION Christians should take seriously the discipline of giving for the Lord’s ministry. Others thought that this is optional and can be replaced by other forms of service. But the Bible is clear that giving materially for the Lord’s work is equal in ...read more
There is power released from God through our willingness to give
The Power of Giving John 6:1-15 August 14, 2011 Morning Service "A man was packing a shipment of food contributed by a school for the poor people of Appalachia. He was separating beans from powdered milk, and canned vegetables from canned meats. Reaching into a box filled with various cans, he ...read more
Scripture: John 6:1-15
Denomination: Church Of God
David gives us the example of sacrificial giving when he made plans to build the Temple.
Building on Faith: The Vision and The Gift 1 Chronicles 29 King David of Israel casts a long shadow as a pivotal person of human history. A man of passion, bright victory and bitter failure, he reminds us across 3,000 years of the influence of leadership and sacrifice in a cause of worth. ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 29:1
We Give because we are in love with the One who has given to us.
Jesus and His friends had been invited to a feast .......at Simon’s house and so had many of the prominent people of Bethany Jesus was seated (I presume purposely) right there between two people that they all knew Simon and Lazarus Lazarus of course was the talk of the town Its ...read more
Scripture: John 12:1-15
Denomination: Adventist
If any man builds on the foundation of Jesus Christ using gold, silver he is wise. The wise giver will see the work of God changing lives. Having a part of that through financial investment is more exciting than acquiring possessions.
There is the story of three college friends from Harvard. The first of the three was a financial wizard. He graduated top of his class. He became an executive for a large financial institution. The second was a brilliant scientist working on cutting edge science technology. The third one dropped ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10-15
God's plan to live debt free!
What motivates you to give to certain people, charities, causes, ministries? Some reasons could include: Compassion for needy people, investment opportunities, to avoid feeling guilty, you just want to help a friend in need, etc. When the topic of giving is brought up in church some people react: ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5
Martha’s worship language was service. Lazarus spoke the language of witness.Mary shows us how to speak the worship language of giving.
#3 in the series “Finding Your Worship Language” Giving As Worship John 12:1-8 For the last couple weeks I have been preaching about different ways of worshipping God. We looked at Martha as an example of Service as Worship. Lazarus was an example of Witness as Worship. Today we look at Mary as ...read more
Scripture: John 12:1-8
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