Giving 1 Chronicles 21:18-26. A Holiday Card Dear Santa, This year, please give me a big fat bank account and a slim body. And please, don’t mix those.

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Giving 1 Chronicles 21:18-26

A Holiday Card Dear Santa, This year, please give me a big fat bank account and a slim body. And please, don’t mix those two up like you did last year. Thanks

What’s The Point Of Giving? 1.To Obey God (1 Corinthians 16:2) 2.To Worship God (1 Corinthians 16; Acts 20:7; 2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21) 3.To Support The Work Of The Church (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; Acts 2:44-45) 4.To Bless Us Personally (Acts 20:35; Luke 6:38, 2 Corinthians 9:6)

What Is The Plan For Our Giving? 1.We Should Give Purposefully (2 Corinthians 9:7) 2.We Should Give Regularly (1 Corinthians 16:2) 3.We Should Give Personally (1 Corinthians 16:2) 4.We Should Give Proportionately (1 Corinthians 16:2)

What Should Be Our Attitude In Our Giving? 1.We Should Give With Love (John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 8:8-9) 2.We Should Give Cheerfully, Not Grudgingly (2 Corinthians 9:7, Exodus 36:6-7) 3.We Should Give Sacrificially (2 Corinthians 8:5; Luke 12:41-44)

What Will I Give God Today? My Life By Becoming A Christian By Knowing Him (Romans 10:17) By Believing In Him (John 8:24) By Repenting Of My Sins (Acts 2:38) By Confessing Him (Acts 8:37) By Being Baptized Into Him (Galatians 3:27) By Living For Him (Galatians 2:20) My Life By Being Restored To Him By Coming Back To Him (Matthew 11:28-30) By Repenting Of My Sins (Acts 8:22) By Praying For Forgiveness (James 5:16)