A LIBERAL HEART? – Sunday November 27th 2016
Memorise:
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and
shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bossom. For
with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you
again. Luke 6:38
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Bible in one year: Exodus 1-3, Psalms 109:1-20
MESSAGE
When
it comes to giving, the truth of the matter is that what you give may
leave your hand but it never leaves your life. It is to our own
advantage to meet the needs of others around us. When you meet the needs
of the Almighty God, He will in turn meet your needs. The truth is that
God is the only one who doesn’t have a need. Whenever He tells you He
has a need, it is only a strategy by Him to set you up for a miracle.
Every child of God should have a liberal heart. You must be very
generous in giving as you have been blessed by the Almighty God. When
you sow into the lives of others, your soul shall be made fat with
pleasure from God and will also be enriched with more grace. It is those
who give more that receive more from God. In 1st Kings 17:8-16, God asked the widow to feed the prophet before taking care of herself. Open Heaven Sunday 27 November 2016:- liberal heart? At
the end of the day, what was not enough become more than enough. To
what extent do you practice giving as an individual, family, church or
nation?
Those
who never give will continue to beg. If you desire to relocate from the
side of begging to the side of giving, you have to become liberal.
Everyone who would be a partner of Jesus Christ must learn to be a
giver. There is nothing you give to God that the Almighty God will not
reward you with much more. One thing the Lord makes very clear is that
the harvest will always exceed the seed that was harvested. Harvests do
not just come, they are planned for. You have to load the sky before it
brings forth rain. There are people who are always waiting for the
blessing of God when they have not done anything for God. You sow
nothing, you reap nothing. Hence, famine is guaranteed for those who
fail to sow.
You
must never be tired of giving because the reward for your giving will
never miss you. Solomon was a typical example of someone who was an
ardent giver. No wonder God prospered him. God gave him more than he
ever demanded. Some people believe that since they don’t earn much, it
is not appropriate to sow; unfortunately, this is why such people remain
low income earners. The widow of Zarephath had only one seed, yet she
was wise enough to know the appropriate soil to sow the seed. Whenever
you have the opportunity to sow, don’t just sow, you have to combine
knowledge with the sensitivity of the Holy Spirit so that your seed will
not be sown where it cannot be harvested. 27 November 2016 Open Heaven.
There
are rewards for the art of giving. The one who gives freely will be
taken care of by God. The one who finds it difficult to give will also
find it difficult to receive.
Key Point
Your life isn’t meaningful until you answer to the needs of others.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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