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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"WE MUST BE CHEERFUL GIVERS" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
I BELIEVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WRONG IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE THE VERSE PHILIPPIANS 4:19 SAYS, INCLUDING ME. IN JUST READING IT WITHOUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT SAYS AND SEEING WHO PAUL WAS TALKING TO, I THINK A LOT OF US JUST QUOTE IT TRYING TO MAKE A POINT. I HAVE BEEN JUST AS BAD AS ANYONE ELSE SO MAYBE WE ALL CAN LEARN SOMETHING HERE.
HAVE YOU REALLY STUDIED WHAT PAUL WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAID IN PHILIPPIANS 4:19 "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." THIS IS A GREAT PROMISE BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, LIKE I SAID, EVEN ME, HAVE TAKEN IT THE WRONG WAY. PAUL WAS TALKING TO HIS PHILIPPIAN PARTNERS WHEN HE SAID THIS AND NOW I DON'T BELIEVE IT APPLIES TO EVERYONE. I KNOW THAT GOD WANTS TO SUPPLY THE NEEDS OF ALL HIS CHILDREN BUT IT WON'T WORK WITHOUT US BELIEVING AND GIVING . THE PHILIPPIANS WERE GIVERS AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE FAITHFULLY GIVE AS THEY DID, EITHER MONEY, GOODS, OUR TIME OR OBEDIENCE, GOD WILL KEEP THIS PROMISE TO ALL OF US.
I BELIEVE LUKE 6:38 WILL BACK UP WHAT PAUL IS TELLING US. IT SAYS " Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. " YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS VERSE STARTS OFF WITH THE WORD " GIVE ". WE DO HAVE TO BE GIVERS AND WE ALL CAN GIVE SOMETHING. IT CAN BE YOUR TITHES OR JUST A GIFT TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP. I BELIEVE 2ND CORINTHIANS 9:7 GIVES US A GOOD REASON FOR GIVING WHERE IT SAYS " Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. "
TWO THINGS I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH. IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU HELP, TAKE IT. DON'T THINK IT IS CHARITY BECAUSE THE VERSE ABOVE SAYS " shall men give into your bosom ". GOD TOUCHES MEN'S HEARTS TO GIVE AND IF THEY ARE OBEDIENT DON'T TAKE AWAY THEIR BLESSING. THEY ARE BEING BLESSED AS THEY ARE BLESSING YOU. ALSO, IF GOD HAS TOUCHED YOUR HEART TO HELP SOMEONE, PLEASE BE OBEDIENT AND YOU WILL ALSO BE BLESSED.
WE MUST ALL BE GIVERS FOR IT IS A COMMANDMENT OF GOD BUT ALSO BE A CHEERFUL GIVER. YOU WILL BE TRULY BLESSED.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
