Thank you so much for this. Really enjoying this season. Always coming here to see the reminder of our continuous act of love and selflessness. May you attain the ultimate greatness predestined for your life. Jesus christ is really an unbelievable example because of how much he lived the life God called him for. We see so much selflessnes starting from his birth to hos death. All he had in his mind was hownhe was going to be a living proof that we xan live the perfect christian life.
Christian giving must be willing giving, free giving. We learn this in 2 Corinthians 9:7 "Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion." But doesn't this contradict what we learned under the first principle, that Christian giving is not optional? The answer is, of course, no. True Christian giving is both mandatory and voluntary. It is required by God, but always willingly given by the believer. Is your giving to the Church something you do wholeheartedly, or indifferently, or grudgingly?
Our giving ought to be cheerful giving. As Paul says "God loves a cheerful giver." This is a truly amazing assertion. Paul assures us here that the Lord takes a special delight in those who are joyful, energetic, merry givers. Is there joy in your heart as you give? Can you truly be characterized as a "cheerful giver"?
We have not come close to reaching our potential for giving. Won't you pray that we will give as we ought? That we will give for the right motives? That we will give joyously? And that we will give extravagantly.
I have made up my mind to live the life christ has set for us. He said that we can even do greater things than he had done.