Genesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
The LORD gives everything that we need for life. Do you believe that statement? Think about your breath, who gave it to you? Look around you, indoors and out, who gave it to you and who created all things? Think about the technology that we have, who gave the ideas to man?
IT IS THE LORD GOD WHO GAVE ALL TO US, EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED FOR LIFE.
There is a wise saying that I have heard often in many different places, "HOLD EVERYTHING LOOSELY". What does that mean in relationship to alms giving? When you see a need and you have, in your means to supply that need, GIVE FREELY. When we hold things loosely, we do not struggle to give things away. Freely we have received; freely give.
We have a knit and crochet club that receives donated yarn, needles and patterns. It is very easy to make an item and give it away to the Clothes Closet for the poor. It should be just that easy to reach into your own things and give them for the comfort of others, because, "freely you have received, freely give".
There is one caution to all of alms giving and it is found in the "sowing and reaping" aspect of the Christian life. Seed sown will reap in abundance; don't eat your seed. Seed provides the abundance to make what you eat; "seed for sowing and BREAD for eating." Eat the bread, but sow the seed.
Sow the seed in due season, the season that is provided by GOD for good sowing for a good crop. Each season has it's value, but not for the same purpose. Winter is for rest and germinating; spring for new birth; summer for fruiting; fall for time for the sap to go into the resting place. If you sow in time, you will reap in time. Don't eat your seed; wait for the supply and eat from the abundance.
GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS.
While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
The LORD gives everything that we need for life. Do you believe that statement? Think about your breath, who gave it to you? Look around you, indoors and out, who gave it to you and who created all things? Think about the technology that we have, who gave the ideas to man?
IT IS THE LORD GOD WHO GAVE ALL TO US, EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED FOR LIFE.
There is a wise saying that I have heard often in many different places, "HOLD EVERYTHING LOOSELY". What does that mean in relationship to alms giving? When you see a need and you have, in your means to supply that need, GIVE FREELY. When we hold things loosely, we do not struggle to give things away. Freely we have received; freely give.
We have a knit and crochet club that receives donated yarn, needles and patterns. It is very easy to make an item and give it away to the Clothes Closet for the poor. It should be just that easy to reach into your own things and give them for the comfort of others, because, "freely you have received, freely give".
There is one caution to all of alms giving and it is found in the "sowing and reaping" aspect of the Christian life. Seed sown will reap in abundance; don't eat your seed. Seed provides the abundance to make what you eat; "seed for sowing and BREAD for eating." Eat the bread, but sow the seed.
Sow the seed in due season, the season that is provided by GOD for good sowing for a good crop. Each season has it's value, but not for the same purpose. Winter is for rest and germinating; spring for new birth; summer for fruiting; fall for time for the sap to go into the resting place. If you sow in time, you will reap in time. Don't eat your seed; wait for the supply and eat from the abundance.
GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS.
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