When you hear the word giving in church, what runs through your mind? 

Let’s pause for 30 seconds for all the giving stereotypes…
Someone might be here today who hasn’t been in church in a while and your like, “Seriously, is money all they ever talk about?”
I want to teach on giving in such a way that each person sees that you are the receiver first. 

Receiving is the Key to Giving.
The more you receive, the more you want to give.
The more you receive, the more you enjoy giving.
The more you receive, the more you make a difference with your giving.

What have we received from God?
2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! (NASB) (NIV) (NKJV)

John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 

1 Corinthians 13:13
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.