01/10/2025
BENEFITS OF GIVING TO THE POOR AND NEEDY
By God's Servant -
Frank Onukwuili
Proverbs 19:17
He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, And He will pay back what he has given.
Greetings in Jesus name. This is the concluding part of my former message " IGNORED SINS THAT WILL TAKE SOME BELIEVERS TO HELL PT 1 " . In my recent studies about giving , I discovered that giving to the poor and needy has the greatest rewards . By obeying the command you will benefit here on earth there in heaven. Unfortunately , it is the least preached and practiced in the church today .
Out of the various giving channels which includes worship offering , tithe , project offering , parental offering , prophet/ministers offering , etc , only giving to the poor and needy stockpiles treasures for you in heaven ( Matt 19:21 , Matt 6:19-20 ) . These treasures determines the extent of your heavenly rewards and placement on the day of judgement. In this article , I will focus on the benefit of giving to the poor and needy .
THE BENEFITS
Psalms 41:1-3
[1]Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
[2]The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
[3]The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.
DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE SCRIPTURE
(A) As you give to the poor , the Lord will keep delivering you from all forms of troubles .vs 1
(B) You will enjoy God's protection , preservation and long life . vs 2
(C) God will continue to bless you for being generous to the poor . vs 2
(D) God will continue to thwart and frustrate every evil plots fashioned against you by your enemies . vs 2
(E) When you fall sick , God will strengthen you and grant you healing .vs 3
Job enjoyed maximal benefits by taking care of the poor and needy . Even Satan expressed his frustrations concerning this in Job 1:9-10 :
So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
Job was so prosperous and formidable , becoming the richest man in the east , and Satan couldn't stop his progress.
Giving to the poor and needy was one of Job's secret as chronicled in
Job 31:13-21 . Where he narrated how he fed the hungry , clothed the naked , housed the homeless , took care of the widows and orphans , etc , besides his daily offerings.
Isaiah 58:6-11
[6]“Is this not the fast that I have chosen...
[7]Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh?
[8]Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
[9]Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am. ’ ...
[10]If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then ...
[11]The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
BENEFITS CONTINUES
(F) Your light will break forth , leading to deeper revelations in the knowledge of God . vs 8
(G) You will always receive divine interventions in prayers and speedy answers as you keep taking care of the poor and needy . vs 9
(H) You will be divinely guided in your ministry , business , career , job family , etc . vs 11
(I) You will be like a watered garden whose waters fail not . This means you will be continuously fruitful and productive . vs 11
(J) It's a weapon of warfare to defeat your enemies .Proverbs 25:21-22 says , If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
For so you will heap coals of fire on his head, And the Lord will reward you.
(K) You activate supernatural wealth transfer by giving to the poor . Proverbs 28:8 , says one who increases his possessions by usury and extortion gathers it for him who will pity the poor.
This is the secret that gave birth to many multinational companies , they have foundations as channels to reach out to the poor and needy.
(L) It imparts righteousness. It brings soul salvation to you and unbelieving members of your family . Psalms 112:9 , says he has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever; His horn will be exalted with honor.
God visited and granted salvation to Cornelius and his family members because God remembered his alms giving.
(M) It catalyzes the release of personal and corporate anointing leading to productivity and supernatural church growth. In Acts of the apostles , they were taking care of the poor and needy by sharing food and eating together, and that leads to explosive church growth.
MY TESTIMONY
I have several testimonies relating to giving to the poor but let me share this one as I round up .
Around 2002 in Abuja , I did a supply worth 150 thousand naira. The client whose headquarters was in Port Harcourt refused to pay as was scheduled . We prayed about it in the home cell , I fasted about it , I lifted my tithe booklet before God to rebuke the devourer , I travelled and met him in Port Harcourt, even met a lawyer who wrote to him to pay . All these efforts yielded no fruit.
A pastor advised me to pay a tithe of the money but I was not convinced that that will be the solution . Off course I pay my tithe promptly before then even till date . So , I kept praying about it . One day , I was on the site and I overheard a woman sharing how she had been struggling to feed her children. I had compassion on her and gave her two thousand naira ( as at then three thousand can buy a bag of rice ) .
So , I left the site heading home . While on my way , my phone started ringing , surprisingly, it was the client calling me. I was perplexed to see his call . This is a man that never called me and had stopped picking my calls for some months .When I picked , he told me where and whom to meet to collect my money. And that was it ! I got paid. No doubt , it was the help I offered to that needy woman that activated divine intervention leading to my payment. Praise God.
Sometimes , God gives you a message to preach through the mess you went through. If God wants to use you to feed the hungry , he will allow you to suffer hunger for a reason ; so that you can feel and experience what it means to be hungry , thereby positioning you to be more compassionate to the plight of the poor and needy.
God had revealed and promised to give our ministry billions , among other purposes , these funds will be deployed to feed and empower hungry multitudes across Nigeria and the nations of the earth .
In conclusion , you have seen the humongous merits of giving to the poor and needy . The merits far outweighs the demerits and it's consequences.
Remember it God's commandment to you to help a needy brother or sister , and if you declined to give , it is a sin (Deut 15:7-9) . For instance , if a hungry brother or sister ask you for bread . If you have ten loaves , you can give one or more . If you have one loaf , you are expected to share a portion of that one loaf with him/her. Refusing to give at all is a sin .
Furthermore , in Matt 25:41 , Jesus said as a result of this sin , you will be cursed into everlasting fire . This is one of the ignored sins that can take many believers to hell including pastors .
The commandments of Christ ( doctrines of Christ) is the template for your judgment not your denominational creeds.So you can choose to obey or live in disobedience. Choosing between life and death ; blessing and cursing . Deut 30:19 .
The choice is yours.
You need to receive grace to obey Christ's commandments including giving to the poor and needy through salvation. If you are not yet born again , pls repeat and say loudly the prayer below:
PRAYER OF SALVATION
Father, I come to you. I have sinned , forgive me my sins and wash me with the blood of Jesus. I accept Jesus as my Lord and savior. Give me grace to love you and live right. Thank you for saving me.
Please prayerfully join a bible believing church for discipleship.
May the Lord grant you grace to run this heavenly race and embrace eternity in Jesus name-amen .
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