Key Words: no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only
While we are all to be givers, the gift of giving goes up and beyond what the normal person gives. The giver funds many “ministries” within the church.
Praise the Lord for those who have the gift and the wherewithal to give. They are a vital part of each and every church.
Charles Spurgeon and his wife, according to a story in the Chaplain magazine, would sell, but refused to give away, the eggs their chickens laid. Even close relatives were told, “You may have them if you pay for them.” As a result, some people labeled the Spurgeons greedy and grasping.
They accepted the criticisms without defending themselves, and only after Mrs. Spurgeon died was the full story revealed. All the profits from the sale of eggs went to support two elderly widows. Because the Spurgeons were unwilling to let their left hand know what their right hand was doing (Matt. 6:3), they endured the attacks in silence.
My heart goes out to those whom God has given the gift of giving and given them the wherewithal to give; but they become like the Dead Sea and the Great Salt Lake, they are stagnant and dead because they take in but they never give out.
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ If you have the ability to give, do it!! You cannot out give God!!
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