God loves a cheerful giver

God loves a cheerful giver

2 Cor 9:7

⁷ Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Rom 12:8

⁸ if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead,^[a] do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

2 Cor 9: 8

⁸ And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. ⁹ As it is written:

“They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;
    their righteousness endures forever.”

2 Cor 9:11

¹¹ You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

¹² This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    God loves a cheerful giver

2)    if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead,^[a] do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

3)    God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

4)    You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and whoever sows generously will also reap generously

Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and whoever sows generously will also reap generously

2 Cor 9:6

⁶ Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Pro 11:24, 25

²⁴ One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
    another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

²⁵ A generous person will prosper;
    whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

Pro 22:9

⁹ The generous will themselves be blessed,
    for they share their food with the poor.

Gal 6: 7, 9

⁷ Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

⁹ Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and whoever sows generously will also reap generously

2)    A generous person will prosper;
    whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

3)    The generous will themselves be blessed,
    for they share their food with the poor.

4)    Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

God helps us to excel in everything we do for Christ

God helps us to excel in everything we do for Christ

2 Cor 8:7

⁷ But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you^[a]—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

Rom 15:14

¹⁴ I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. 

1 Cor 1:5

⁵ For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge

1 Cor 12:8

⁷ Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. ⁸ To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit

1 Cor 13: 1, 2

If I speak in the tongues^[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

1 Cor 14:6

⁶ Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction?

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  God helps us to excel in everything we do for Christ

2)  We are to be filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.

3)  For in Christ we have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge

4)  If we have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if we have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, we are nothing.

5)  We have to encourage people with some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction

Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit perfecting holiness out of reverence for God

Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit perfecting holiness out of reverence for God

2 Cor 7:1

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

1 The 4:7

⁷ For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. ⁸ Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

1 Pet 1: 15, 16

¹⁵ But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; ¹⁶ for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”^[a]

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit perfecting holiness out of reverence for God

2)    For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

3)    But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;

We are sons and daughters of our God

We are sons and daughters of our God

2 Cor 6:18

“I will be a Father to you,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”

Ex 4:22

²² Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son, ²³ and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.”

2 Sam 7:14 (Nathan’s word to David on how God will bless his offspring’s)

¹⁴ I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. ¹⁵ But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

 Isa 43:6

⁶ I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
    and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring my sons from afar
    and my daughters from the ends of the earth—

⁷ everyone who is called by my name,
    whom I created for my glory,
    whom I formed and made.”

Rom 8:14

¹⁴ For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  We are sons and daughters of our God

2)  We are God’s firstborn

3)  We are God’s children and God’s love will never taken away from us

4)   Everyone Who is called by God’s name,  whom God created for His glory and whom God made and formed are God’s sons and daughters

5)   Those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God

God will walk among us and we will be His people

God will walk among us and we will be His people

2 Cor 6:16  

For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”

Lev 26:12

¹² I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.¹³ I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

Jer 32:28

²⁶ Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ²⁷ “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? ²⁸ Therefore this is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the Babylonians and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.

Eze 37:27

²⁷ My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Rev 21:3

³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  God will walk among us and we will be His people

2)  I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians

3)  Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:  “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?

4)  God dwells among us

5)  Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God