We’re often quick to make snap judgements based on outward appearance. For instance how often do we see someone who is good looking get elected into office! Or you see someone shabbily dressed and think poorly of them! But as we’ll see today, it’s not a good idea to judge others based on outward appearance. That’s a real problem today, as it was in Paul’s day.

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Pastor Ed Taylor is knee deep in his study of Second Corinthians, and here in chapters eight and nine we’re taking a little extra time to unpack what the Bible has to say about giving. And there’s quite a bit! Today on Abounding Grace pastor Ed points to Jesus as our example in giving.

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Martin Luther was heard to say, “I have tried to keep things in my hands and lost them all, but what I have given into God’s hands I still possess!” That was the mindset of the people we’ll be introduced to today on Abounding Grace as they gave themselves to the Lord. It led to them giving above their ability!

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We’re talking about giving, the right and wrong way to go about it, today on Abounding Grace. When you give is it out of reluctance, or some sort of obligation? We’ll be introduced to a group of Christians that had a much better motivation than that… they gave because they loved the Lord and cared about those around them. They gave liberally, above and beyond their ability!

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Ed Taylor opens Second Corinthians chapter eight today. And in the coming days we’re going to give you a balanced approach to giving. God’s not broke, but He does want us to participate in His work and one way we get to do that is through giving. We’ll be inspired by those in Macedonia who gave out of grateful hearts, even though they were poor and suffering too.

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We get right back into Second Corinthians today, and touch on a sensitive subject to say the least. I’ve heard it said the most sensitive nerves in the human body are the nerves that extend from the heart to the pocketbook. But the Lord has a lot to say about how we handle our finances, and giving, and so if it’s important to Him it should be important to us. And so today we give attention to giving and generosity.

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A police officer wouldn’t dream of leaving the office without his or her service weapon. Those in the armed forces wouldn’t step into enemy territory without their weaponry. And as believers in Christ, it would be foolish to try to fight our daily battles without the spiritual weaponry that God has provided. Today on Abounding Grace pastor Ed Taylor shows us how to fight, and use our spiritual weapons in this spiritual war we find ourselves in. It’s part of our study in Second Corinthians.

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We’ve all experienced it… we’ve done or said something terrible, and feel bad about it. But where do you go from there? Pastor Ed will show us how to experience godly sorrow that leads to repentance. It’s modeled for us in quite a few places in Scripture.

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You can probably look back on your life and think of quite a number of things that you did in the past that you now regret. Maybe it was using drugs, hanging out with the wrong people, or lying to someone. But God wants us to take it one step further and move from regret to repentance… which is turning from the sin to Christ. Otherwise, we’ll just do it again and again and it can be a vicious cycle. Today on Abounding Grace we’ll make a return visit to Second Corinthians seven, as pastor Ed Taylor shows us how God wants to change us from the inside out.

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You can’t get too far in life before you realize there’s an enemy within. But then to hear there’s a way to change – really change. Wow, what a difference that would make! Imagine the possibilities. Today on Abounding Grace we’ll do just that. We’ve come in our study of Second Corinthians to chapter seven.

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