A LIBERAL HEART? – Sunday November 27th
2016
Memorise: Give, and it shall
be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running
over, shall men give into your bossom. For with the same measure that ye mete
withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38
Read: Proverbs 11:25 (KJV)
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth
shall be watered also himself.
Bible in one year: Exodus 1-3,
Psalms 109:1-20
MESSAGE
When
it comes to giving, the truth of the matter is that what you give may leave
your hand but it never leaves your life. It is to our own advantage to meet the
needs of others around us. When you meet the needs of the Almighty God, He will
in turn meet your needs. The truth is that God is the only one who doesn’t have
a need. Whenever He tells you He has a need, it is only a strategy by Him to
set you up for a miracle. Every child of God should have a liberal heart. You
must be very generous in giving as you have been blessed by the Almighty God.
When you sow into the lives of others, your soul shall be made fat with
pleasure from God and will also be enriched with more grace. It is those who
give more that receive more from God. In 1st Kings 17:8-16,
God asked the widow to feed the prophet before taking care of herself. Open Heaven
Sunday 27 November 2016:- liberal
heart? At the end of the day,
what was not enough become more than enough. To what extent do you practice
giving as an individual, family, church or nation?
Those
who never give will continue to beg. If you desire to relocate from the side of
begging to the side of giving, you have to become liberal. Everyone who would
be a partner of Jesus Christ must learn to be a giver. There is nothing you
give to God that the Almighty God will not reward you with much more. One thing
the Lord makes very clear is that the harvest will always exceed the seed that
was harvested. Harvests do not just come, they are planned for. You have to
load the sky before it brings forth rain. There are people who are always
waiting for the blessing of God when they have not done anything for God. You
sow nothing, you reap nothing. Hence, famine is guaranteed for those who fail
to sow.
You
must never be tired of giving because the reward for your giving will never
miss you. Solomon was a typical example of someone who was an ardent giver. No
wonder God prospered him. God gave him more than he ever demanded. Some people
believe that since they don’t earn much, it is not appropriate to sow;
unfortunately, this is why such people remain low income earners. The widow of
Zarephath had only one seed, yet she was wise enough to know the appropriate
soil to sow the seed. Whenever you have the opportunity to sow, don’t just sow,
you have to combine knowledge with the sensitivity of the Holy Spirit so that
your seed will not be sown where it cannot be harvested. 27 November 2016 Open
Heaven.
There
are rewards for the art of giving. The one who gives freely will be taken care
of by God. The one who finds it difficult to give will also find it difficult
to receive.
Key Point
Your life isn’t meaningful
until you answer to the needs of others.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A
Adeboye
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