BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING







YOU ARE BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING.






It is more blessed to give than to receive .



Acts 20:35




Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.


2 Corinthians 9:13-14






BIG BLESSING MISTAKES








1) SOME IGNORE GODS BLESSINGS.

2) SOME APOLOGIZE FOR GODS BLESSINGS.

3) SOME HOARD GODS BLESSINGS.








TITHING IS NOT GIVING .







A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD ; it is holy to the LORD.


Leviticus 27:30







Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. But you ask, How do we rob you?In tithes and offerings .



Malachi 3:8





BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING








1) WE ARE BLESSED TO GIVE JOYFULLY .




Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver .


2 Corinthians 9:6-7






2) WE ARE BLESSED TO GIVE EXTRAVGANTLY .





woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor."



Mark 14:3-5






3) WE ARE BLESSED TO GIVE SACRIFICIALLY .




this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything - all she had to live on ."



Mark 12:43-44






Give in the way that is hardest for you to give!






No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing .


2 Samuel 24:24


Leviticus 27:30, 2 Samuel 24:24, Malachi 3:8, Mark 12:43-44, Mark 14:3-5, Acts 20:35, 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 and 2 Corinthians 9:13-14