When you invest in what matters to God, you strengthen your relationship with God.
Giving helps us to better reflect the character of God, who is all giving. God has given us everything — including his own Son! God so loves the world that He gave his only begotten Son.
Our Giving makes it possible for people to hear the Good News of God's love for them. It also helps us provide, through our ministry partners, critical care to the poor and those who are need.
"I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God offerings which cost me nothing."
2 Samuel 24:24
We frame our giving around 4 steps. But none of this is about guilt! If this is what you feel when you hear about giving, discard those feelings, they are not healthy feelings. We want our response to be rooted in love, not guilt
Which is the best next step for you?
Growing in generosity means being intentional about our giving. Planning our giving means that we intentionally set aside money from our budget to give away. An effective way to plan our giving is to give electronically.
Making giving a priority means giving it first place in our budgets. Growing in generosity requires that we don’t give leftovers. We give our “first fruits” back to God..
In planning our gifts, we pick a percentage to give away, keeping in mind the biblical standard of the tithe or giving ten percent back to God. Identify a percentage of your income to give away.
Our goal over time is to increase the percentage of our income that we give away. As God blesses us financially we recognize that we have been blessed to be a blessing.