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“Giving”: God’s Absolute Blue Print To Prosperity

who need your help.8 “Then your salvation will come like the
dawn, and your wounds will quickly heal. Your godliness will
lead you forward, and the glory of the Lord will protect you from
behind.9 then when you call, the Lord will answer. ‘Yes, I am
here,’ he will quickly reply. “Remove the heavy yoke of oppression.
Stop pointing your finger and spreading vicious rumors!

From the scripture above; we understand that when you give to the
poor you are laying up insurance with God, when you give to the
poor it is a way of setting up an insurance system with God. In the
event that you become physically unwell your giving to the poor can
guarantee your healing.

Secondly when you give to the poor it speeds up answers to your
prayers as stated in Isaiah 58:9 [nLT]

Then when you call, the Lord will answer. ‘Yes, I am here,’ he
will quickly reply. “Remove the heavy yoke of oppression. Stop
pointing your finger and spreading vicious rumors!

First Fruits

Giving of the first fruits is a biblical principle that we have been
given.

“Bring the best of the first fruits of your soil to the house of the
Lord your God”. Exodus 23:19 (NIV)

This principle is also seen as with Solomon. “Honour the Lord with
your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; then your bans will be
filled to the overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine”
Proverbs 3:9-10 (nIV)

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