The motivation for giving is because we are thankful for what God has done in our lives. If you are wondering whether you have things to be thankful for, consider these statistics:
*If you have food in your refrigerator and clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of those who live in the world.
*If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
*If you have money in the bank and in your wallet and spare change in a dish somewhere in your house, you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthiest.
*If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment and arrest, torture or death, you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the world.
*If you never experience the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment or the pains of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people.
*If your parents are both alive and still married, you are very rare, even in the United States.
*If you can read, you are more blessed than 2 billion people on earth who cannot.
What is Christian giving? It is simply a challenge for us to look at what’s in our wallet and then set aside, according to God’s leading by prayer, a percentage for Him because you are thankful for His blessing and you want to provide that blessing for others so that they may know God. Likewise, it's a heart check.
Proverbs 11:25 A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. 26 People curse the one who hoards grain, but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell. 27 Whoever seeks good finds favor, but evil comes to one who searches for it!
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