In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" (Acts 20:35 NIV) Everyone likes to be on the receiving end of giving! Jesus placed greater emphasis on the giving end because in giving we are being a blessing and receiving a blessing simultaneously.
PRAYER: Lord, how wonderful you are and your ways so unlike our ways. You have fixed it so that even when we give we receive. Thank you for your endless supply and flow. Amen!
2 Cor 8:12-15. . . .If you are really eager to give, then it isn't important how much you have to give. God wants you to give what you have, not what you haven't. Of course, I don't mean that those who receive your gifts should have an easy time of it at your expense, but you should divide with them. Right now you have plenty and can help them; then at some other time they can share with you when you need it. In this way, each will have as much as he needs. Do you remember what the Scriptures say about this? "He that gathered much had nothing left over, and he that gathered little had enough." So you also should share with those in need. TLB
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