Joyful Giving
January 26th 2020
“Financial planners tell us, ‘When it comes to your money, don’t think just three months or three years ahead. Think thirty years ahead.’ Jesus takes it further. He says, ‘Don’t ask how your investment will be paying off in just thirty years. Ask how it will be paying off in thirty million years.’” “I’m convinced that the greatest deterrent to giving is this: the illusion that earth is our home.” “The act of giving is a vivid reminder that it’s all about God, not about us. It’s saying I am not the point, Jesus is the point.” “Giving doesn’t strip me of vested interests; rather, it shifts my vested interests from earth to heaven – from self to God.” “I’m not saying that it’s easy to give. I’m saying – and there are thousands who will agree – that it’s much easier to live on 90 percent or 50 percent or 10 percent of your income inside the will of God than it is to live on 100 percent outside it.” —Randy Alcorn
Treasures in Heaven,“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. —Matthew 6: 19-21
Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold. —Luke 19:8
Today salvation has come to this house. —Luke 19:9
Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on. —Mark 12:43–44
The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God. —Luke 12:16–21
You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. —Mark 10:21
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Life Application:
This week pray and ask God how He wants you to invest for REST of your life, and how to invest in your eternal life with Him. Please let any of our pastors know how we can help you live into where God leads you.