11.20.16 // FOCUS ON GIVING

FOCUS ON GIVING
Focus – Part 3
Scott Young.com – Pastor of Hope

Acts 20:35 - And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.

BLESSINGS OF GIVING

1. Giving Blesses Others

Philippians 4:14 - Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. [15] … not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; 16 for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need.

2. Giving Blesses You

Philippians 4:17 - Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account.

Matthew 6:20 - Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. [21] For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

3. Giving Releases God’s Provision

Philippians 4:19 - And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 9:6 - But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. [7] So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. [8] And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.