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GREAT GIVERS

29th April, 2022

READ: Philippians 4:15-20

For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

Philippians 4:16-17

The Philippians are well known for giving a little bit more than others. They sent money to apostle Paul more than once. They gave “once and again”. “Again” was the little bit more. This earned them the famous blessing of “My God shall supply all your needs.”

There are many people who can give a little bit more than they do but just throw crumbs into the offering bowl. They could give a thousand dollars but they just reach out and pick the nearest coin in their wallets. There is much more that they could do if they really wanted to help the work of God.

Many people are prepared to do things for themselves but when it comes to God’s work they do not want to do a little bit more. They cannot remember to pay a pledge. They cannot lift a finger or exert any effort towards God’s work.

It is important that you decide to give a little bit more than you are giving. One day, whilst preparing to give an offering to a man of God, I felt the Holy Spirit whisper to my heart, “Can’t you do just a little bit more? Give this much.” He said to me, “Never give less than this amount when you are giving to my servants!”

From that time, I began to give a little bit more to God’s servants. Shortly after that, I noticed a change in the way people honoured me. Everyone who honoured me seemed to do a little bit more.

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How can I say thanks?

It is important to give thanks to the  Lord, because we only say “thanks” to a good person. God is actually good. Satan is the one who tries to make God out to be an evil person. Satan wants to tarnish the image of God and accuse God of doing bad things. This is why large sections of the human race have turned against God saying that there is no God, and if God was alive, why would He allow certain things to happen. Giving thanks to God us to say that God is actually good!

#NewBook #GodisGood #DHMM

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The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

—G. K. CHESTERTON

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So great is my veneration of the Bible, that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society.

John Quincy Adams

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There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

John Adams 1826

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“Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.”

- Dr Myles Munroe

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This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Jeremiah 17:5 (NIV)

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The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought.

H. G. Wells

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I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

Bertrand Russell

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If we don't end war, war will end us.

H. G. Wells

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A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

H. G. Wells

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A person who violates the reciprocity rule by accepting without attempting to return the good acts of others is actively disliked by the social group.

- Influence - Robert B. Cialdini

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If we were to ignore breezily the need to return another's initial favour, we would stop one reciprocal sequence dead and would make it less likely that our benefactor would do such favours in the future.

Influence - Robert B. Cialdini

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The obligation to receive reduces our ability to choose whom we wish to be indepted to and puts the power in the hands of others.

Influence - Robert B. Cialdini

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Be a lion and not a mouse. Don't be mean, be noble, but still be a lion.

The Art of Psychological Warfare - Michael T. Stevens

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People live their whole lives to please other people because they're terrified paralyzed by not having the approval of others.

The Art of Psychological Warfare - Michael T. Stevens