Overflow | Life-Changing Generosity | August 11, 202

Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine. —Proverbs 3:9-10 NIV
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. —Malachi 3:10 NIV

Peace

You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You. —Isaiah 26:3 NIV

And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. —2 Corinthians 85 NIV
“The other giving simply flowed out of the purposes of God working in their lives.” —2 Corinthians 8:5 MSG

Closeness to God

But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving. —2 Corinthians 8:7 NIV