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Benefits of Giving

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Introduction
  • Proverbs 19:17
  • There are many ways that we might give.
    • Giving helps others.
    • Deuteronomy 24:19-22 – The Israelites were to leave some of the harvest for the poor and needy.
    • Luke 10:29, 36-37 – Giving is part of a greater effort to love our neighbor.
    • II Corinthians 8:12-15, 10
      • Giving helps me.
      • Ephesians 4:28
      • Are you a spender or a saver? Spenders usually give more easily. Less so for savers.
      • I Timothy 6:18
      • It does us good to give!
      • II Corinthians 9:7 – Even secular science shows that we don’t receive the good effects if we give grudgingly.
      • Ephesians 2:10
      • God did not create us to sit around and be selfish!
      • People in Alcoholics Anonymous double their chances of success when they help others.
        • Giving makes us more like God.
        • John 3:16
        • I John 3:16-18
        • Luke 6:35
        • II Corinthians 8:9 – Jesus gave up heaven to come and save us.
        • If Christ did that for us, what can we give up for our brethren?
          • Giving to local churches is a glorious work.
          • I Corinthians 16:1-4
          • Philippians 4:18
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