November 16, 2012

"God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat.  In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.  Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous.  And when we take your gifts to those who need them they will thank God.  So two good things will result from this ministry of giving -- the needs of the believers in Jerusalem will be met, and they will joyfully express their thanks to God."
2 Corinthians 9:10-12(NLT)

God will "produce a great harvest of generosity in you."

       As you prepare to dedicate a portion of your income as "Holy to the Lord"  (Leviticus 2
       7:30), know that God is using this commitment as a means to remake you into the
       image of His Son.  God not only wants to bless you so that you can bless others, He
       wants to grow something in you, a "harvest of generosity", which blesses God, others
       and you, so much so that  . . . ..

"You will be enriched in every way."

       This is simply the way God set up the world to work.  Givers are the receivers.  My
       prayer for you is that, as you decide by what amount you will increase your % of giving
       to the Lord in 2013, you will find yourself "enriched in every way."
       
"The needs of (others) will be met."

       I pray that you will experience the blessing, not of "having to give", but of "getting to
       give."

"They will thank God for you."

       In God's economy, the rewards that last are not monetary, material or economic. 
       God's rewards come from within your obedience to him.  One cannot put a price on the

       reward of receiving the genuine gratitude of another.
      

"Lord, I pray that my act of dedication this Sunday will be received by you "as Holy to the Lord."   Amen"