Oct 16 Devotion: The Gladness of Giving

The Gladness of Giving

Acts 20:35 – “I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Intro-It’s more blessed to give than to receive –

Happiness lies more in giving than receiving –

1. The Delight that love finds in giving

2. The pleasure we find when we give to others

3. The pleasure we gain when we give to others

4. Malachi 3:10

5. The Demands that love cost in giving

6. Is usually costly – II Samuel 24:24

7. Is usually worthy -Luke 11:11-23

8. James 2:15-16, I John 3:16-19, Luke 6:38; Matthew 6:1-4

9. The Deliverance that Love makes in giving

10. The rescue giving makes – Luke 10:30-37

11. The help giving makes – Philippians 4:14-19

12. II Corinthians 9:6-11

Close-Giving Cost – Time, Talent, Treasures

–Bro. Mike Goodson