26/07/2026
KINDS OF GIVING
8. Giving to the poor and the needy.
(Proverbs 19:20)
(Matthew 25:40)
- 'Poor' does not necessarily mean the people who are on the streets, it is a state of being in lack, meaning, they do not have what you have, and they need your help to be able to stand.
- Some of us are so consumed with ourselves that we do not pay attention of the people around us who are in need.
9. Giving forgiveness.
(Ephesians 4:32)
- Giving forgiveness is one of the most powerful giving you can exercise in this life.
- As long as you harbor that bitterness and anger, it eats up your happiness and desire to serve God.
10.Giving thanks and praise
- Do not take for granted the little things that God does for you.
(Hebrews 13:15)
- Praise can be a sacrifice and sometimes you need to be able to be deliberate to praise God, especially when the situation suggests otherwise.
11. Give your service.
(Collosians 3:23)
(Mark 10:45)
- We must learn to serve and mwith excellence.
- How given are you to serve others?
- If you only do only that what is expected, that is duty and not service, service is when you go ahead and do more, and do it unto God.
12. Give the gospel.
(Matthew 28:19-20)
(I corinthians 9:16)
- How much of the gospel are you preaching?
- Are you deliberately involving yourself in making sure the gospel is preached?
13. Giving love.
(John 13:34-35)
- The formular to loving people is in the same way God loved you.
- The love we share must be seen, if it is not seen, then there is no love there.
- True love cannot be hidden.
( 1 Corinthians 13)
- God is glorified when we love one another.
(1 John 4:8)
- Whoever does not love does not know God.
- Love is:
1) Patient
2) Kind
- Kindness is a gift that needs to be exercised.
3) Sacrificial.
- How far are you willing to go for someone that you love?
- We should learn to sacrifice for one another, this means suspending what is important to you because of someone else.
- The deficiency of love is what is eating up our families.
4) Forgiving.
( Collosians 3:13)
- Do not seek to be revengful
5) Truthful.
6) Speaks the good of others.
(Phillipians 2:3-4)
What love is not:
1) Selfish
2) Envious
3) Proud and arrogant.
4) Easily angered.
5) Keep any record of wrong.
6) Does not delight in evil.
7) Hypocritical.
8) Fear.
- God made love a fruit of the spirit, meaning it is within us to love one another.