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6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will
also reap generously.

8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you
will abound in every good work

10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of
seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.

2. Give as the Holy Spirit directs you in your heart to give with a cheerful attitude! As you walk with
God daily, empowered by the Holy Spirit, He will speak to you through a still small voice. He will clearly
reveal to you to whom you can direct your financial gifts and exactly how much. Quite often my wife
and I get the same “tug” from God. And when we ask how much, most of the time both of us have the
exact same number in our mind. The gift is not based on a percentage of net or gross income, but on
the leading of the Holy Spirit.

7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under
compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

3. God will provide for your sufficiency through His grace. In multiple verses in Scripture, we are told
that God loves us and promises to take care of us.

8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all
things, may abound to every good work:

4. Giving to God will increase our attitude of thankfulness for all He has done for us. In giving, we are
learning what real love is. God loved us and gave His son for us. God demonstrated His love for us in
that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). Giving away our personal possessions
and resources helps us better understand what true love is. In giving, we are enriched.

11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your
generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

5. God uses us to meet the needs of others. It becomes a rich blessing to know
that through your gift, a fellow believer is encouraged and needs are met. The
Scripture that it is more blessed to give and receive becomes real to the giver.

12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s
people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.

6. As others receive your gift, they will glorify God because of you. God wants to use us to help bring
glory to His name. This verse tells us that by giving, those who receive our gift will be motivated to
praise God for answered prayer and for your obedience to give.

13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience
that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them
and with everyone else.

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