After reading it, hearing it and then getting confirmation from three completely different sources! I think I get it now.
I've always been a giving person, probably why people always try to take advantage of me, it's in my nature. You could say it's a gift of the spirit. Even though at times it feels like a curse.
A lot of people resent giving money to churches and homeless people, because they always think "what are they doing with my money?" To be honest that's not your concern! If you give because you want to or because you have been told by God to, there is no way your blessing can't come back round.... Unless!!! You prevent it.
I could 'sow a seed' (give £5 to a homeless person) and it could be my last £5 but God tells me to I can rest assured in the promises 'he will supply all my needs according to his riches in glory' and 'I have been young and now I am old and I have never seen the righteous forsaken or begging bread' as well as 'bring a tenth of your income into my storehouse... See if I don't open the windows of heaven and pour out blessings, so much you won't have room to receive them'
There are many more promises in the bible I can say, quote, speak that is equivalent to watering the seed you've sown.
The same as when you plant a seed you don't expect to get just one of what you've planted back. You can get ten times, sixty times or even a hundred times as much back, the bible tells you that also.
I know some stingy ass Christians! Don't want to give because they don't think they have enough or they think thy have just enough for themselves and if God wanted them to give he would give them an increase. Like, what the deuce?
If we're honest if we got the increase before the giving we'd think of something else we could spend it on and where's the faith?
Those people can infect you and your thoughts. They are so sure of what they're saying and what they believe that they'll have you believing the same before you know it you're broke talking bout you don't know what happened! You know full well what went wrong!
The other night I sat watching the news for the first time in ages, I try to avoid it because I think the media are pretty much false, but that's my opinion, I saw the after effect I the storm that ripped apart the phillipines. As I sat and watched I couldn't help but cry, the people were only asking for 'food and water'! The land looks so desolate, the people look devastated. Lost lives, innocent children hurt, trapped or even dead. How could your heart not feel torn?
I have a home, food, a regular income, free education for my children, free healthcare etc. I feel so rich when I look at all I have but at times I feel ungrateful like it's not enough. It's more than a lot of people have and I don't even realise.
God said "I want you to give £15" I said "when, I ain't got no spare change right now. I got 3 direct debits coming out and I've left that exact amount in the bank for them" God weren't breaking it down for me again he said "£15" I sat an pondered as I picked up my phone to send payment ' the only thing I could go without paying was my phone bill it's a luxury but they don't half charge when you miss a payment' I did it and I felt instant relief and peace. Then I felt a little annoyed they wouldn't be taking the money ASAP but it's not about my timing.
So as soon as the next day, I had an unusual day. Cut a Long story short on my way home someone gave me £20 and I glimpsed some paint for my girls' bedroom when I went in to ask the price of this 2.5ltr of dulux silk paint the man told me £6! I could of fainted lol. So not only did I get my £15 back I got an extra £5 on top of it and this paint I'd been wanting to get for less than half price!!!!
All he wants is obedience and faith
Listen to him when he tells you to give. Have faith that he won't take from you without giving you back more.
In all honesty everything we have belongs to him anyway, he only asks us for10% back that's £1 out of every £10. We're happy to give manufacturers and fast food merchants a pound anytime to get back things that are most likely damaging to our health, yet we don't want to give the supplier of goodness and mercy a pound for much more in return. And we say we're righteous and set apart!? Without faith it is impossible to please him so if you're doing something, anything, do it in faith!
Sow - water - collect the harvest
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