Thursday, November 7, 2013

Grace for your spirit November 8, 2013

Grace for your spirit
In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive.  Acts 20:35

God is a giver, Christ was a giver, and He instilled the joy of giving in all His servants.  The apostle Paul was a giver, and he labored to instill that principle of Christian maturity in others by word and deed.  Those who never reach spiritual maturity will never understand the blessing of sacrificial giving.  When we are children, we only think about what we will receive in presents, but as we mature we find more joy in giving than receiving.  If we are only in the church for what we can get out of it, we have missed the point.  The blessing is in the giving. Let's be givers.

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