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