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me to
(1)
(2)
Am I a spiritual
or a spiritual
Am I a person of
in other words,
do I
I give 10% of my income to the Lords work through
Bethany?
(3)
Am I
to serve Christs CHURCH...and help it
my financial gifts
October 16, 2016 Week 3 of a series on Hope Grows, Gives & Goes
1. Those with
Hope.
2. Those with
Hope.
My good days are in the past. My hopes have disappeared. My hearts desires
are broken.
3. Those with
the green
zone
ROMANS 15:13 (TNIV)
[Lets be] growing in every way more and more like Christ,
who is the head of his body, the church.
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He makes THE WHOLE BODY fit together perfectly.
As EACH PART DOES ITS OWN SPECIAL WORK,
it helps THE OTHER PARTS grow,
so that THE WHOLE BODY is healthy and growing and full of love.
SO LETS ASK OURSELVES:
(1)
d me to
1. Hope GROWS.
.
desires)
A
P
E
spiritual, ministry)
(2)
Am I
CHURCH...
and help it
(3)
b. We are to GIVE to
by giving our
work.
2. Hope GIVES.
a. We are to GIVE to
by using our
them.
Gifts to serve
resources to His
LEVITICUS 27:30
with joy.
1 CHRONICLES 29 (NLT)
1
King David turned to the entire assembly & said, My son Solomon, whom God
has clearly chosen as the next king of Israel, is still young & inexperienced. THE
WORK AHEAD OF HIM IS ENORMOUS , for the Temple he will build is not for mere
mortals it is for the Lord God himself! 2 Using every resource at my
command, I have gathered as much as I could for building the Temple of my
God. Now there is enough gold, silver, bronze, iron, & wood, [and] great
quantities of onyx, other precious stones, costly jewels & all kinds of fine stone
& marble.
10
Then David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly: O Lord,
the God of our ancestor Israel [i.e., JACOB], may you be praised forever and ever!
11
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the
majesty. EVERYTHING in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is
your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. 12 Wealth and
honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything....
13
O our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name! 14 But who am I,
and who are my people, that WE could give anything to YOU? Everything we
have has come from YOU, and we give you only what YOU first gave us!
3. What I give to the Lord comes out of what Hes already given
!
...& its
Then the family leaders, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the generals and
captains of the army & the kings administrative officers all gave willingly. 7 For
the construction of the Temple of God, they gave about 188 tons of gold, 10,000
gold coins, 375 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze & 3,750 tons of iron. 8 They
also contributed numerous precious stones, which were deposited in the
treasury of the house of the Lord... 9 The people rejoiced over the offerings, for
they had given freely & wholeheartedly to the Lord, and King David was filled
15
We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our
ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so
soon without a trace.
4. We give to leave a
lives!
16
O Lord our God, even this material we have gathered to build a Temple to
honor your holy name comes from you! It all belongs to you! 17 I know, my God,
that YOU EXAMINE OUR HEARTS and REJOICE WHEN YOU FIND INTEGRITY THERE . You know I
have done all this WITH GOOD MOTIVES , and I have watched your people offer their
gifts WILLINGLY and JOYOUSLY.
in our