Grace for Giving
The beautiful exchange.. John 3:16 Giving has been a huge topic in the church and outside the church for a while now. We have been told giving is important to the kingdom of God and you will be blessed. On the other, we have those outside church who say “why do you give so much to the church, Oh look at these rich pastors taking from the poor and enriching themselves”. This goes on back and forth but I think we need to change the conversation to what value is added to our lives when we give. In this series, we said money or material gifts rank low in what we can give to God. We tend to focus more on what we are giving that we miss what we are receiving in return. The receiving is the value that is added to you. We have to understand that giving is a practical exchange and an act of worship. Let’s put it this way when we give there is a principle that is activated. Principles that work in our favour. That principle is sowing and reaping. When we give our time, money, love,resou...