I Corinthians 16:2 NASB

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I Corinthians 162 (NASB)
On the first day of every week each one of you
is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so
that no collections be made when I come.
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Did You Know

• There are 2,350 passages in the Bible dealing
  with money and material possessions --more than
  on any other subject!
• Of the 29 parables Jesus told, 16 (55) deal with
  a person and his money!
• 3. Of the 29 parables Jesus told, 16 (55) deal
  with a person and his money!

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II Corinthians 81 (NASB)
Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the
grace of God which has been given in the churches
of Macedonia,
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2007 Weekly Giving To WBC

• 0 - 25

113

• 25 - 50

46

• 50 - 100

44

• 100 - 150

18

• 150 - 200

5

• 200 - 250

9

• 250 - 300

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Total Giving Units 239
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2004 Barna Report

• Those least likely to support church work are

• Atheists and agnostics (18)

• Residents of the Northeast (55)

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Barna Report

• 65 donated some money to a church or other place
  of worship. (2004)

• 3 of households tithe (10)their income to their
  church (2003)

• 9 of born agains evangelicals
• tithed (10) of their income to a house of
  worship (2004/2002).

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Barna Report

• One out of every six adults (17) claims to
  tithe, but a comparison of the amount that people
  gave to churches and their household income
  revealed that just 6 actually donated one-tenth
  of their income (pre-tax or post-tax) to
  churches.

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II Corinthians 816-19 (NASB)
But thanks be to God who puts the same
earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.
 For he not only accepted our appeal, but being
himself very earnest, he has gone to you of his
own accord. We have sent along with him the
brother whose fame in the things of the gospel
has spread through all the churches
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II Corinthians 816-19 (Cont.)
and not only this, but he has also been appointed
by the churches to travel with us in this
gracious work, which is being administered by us
for the glory of the Lord Himself, and to show
our readiness,
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Prepared/Ready To Go pa?as?e???? to
preparepleonexia
The make ready for a meal, for battle, for an
offering
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previously promised/ had promised
p???ata?????? prokataggello
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previously promised/ had promised
p???ata?????? prokataggello
Before
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previously promised/ had promised
p???ata?????? prokataggello
Before
To announce or proclaim
to announce or proclaim beforehand
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Deuteronomy 261-2 (NASB)
Then it shall be, when you enter the land which
the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance,
and you possess it and live in it,  that you
shall take some of the first of all the produce
of the ground which you bring in from your land
that the LORD your
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Deuteronomy 261-2 (Cont.)
God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket
and go to the place where the LORD your God
chooses to establish His name.
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Deuteronomy 2610-11 (NASB)
Now behold, I have brought the first of the
produce of the ground which You, O LORD have
given me.' And you shall set it down before the
LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your
God and you and the Levite and the alien who is
among you shall
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Deuteronomy 2610-11 (Cont.)
rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God
has given you and your household.
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Proverbs 39 (NASB)
Honor the LORD from your wealth and from the
first of all your produce
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Making a CommitmentTo Give

• 1. l Will I Give Based on Reason or Revelation?

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Making a CommitmentTo Give
2 Corinthians 83 For I testify that according
to their ability, and beyond their ability, they
gave of their own accord,
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Making a CommitmentTo Give

• 2. Does this amount really stretch my faith?

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2 Corinthians 87 But just as you abound in
everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge
and in all earnestness and in the love we
inspired in you, see that you abound in this
gracious work also.
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Making a CommitmentTo Give

• 3. Will this amount demonstrate how much I love
  God and his church?

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2 Corinthians 87 But just as you abound in
everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge
and in all earnestness and in the love we
inspired in you, see that you abound in this
gracious work also.
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Making a CommitmentTo Give

• 4. Does this amount express my desire to see
  others blessed through the ministries of this
  church?

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Philippians 417 Not that I seek the gift
itself, but I seek for the profit which increases
to your account.
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• 5. Does tis amount represent a genuine sacrifice?

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Making a CommitmentTo Give
2 Samuel 2424 However, the king said to
Araunah, No, but I will surely buy it from you
for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings
to the LORD my God which cost me nothing So
David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for
fifty shekels of silver.
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Making a CommitmentTo Give

• 6. Have I sincerely prayed asking God to direct
  me in this decision? Do I trust Gods
  faithfulness?

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Making a CommitmentTo Give
2 Samuel 2424 However, the king said to
Araunah, No, but I will surely buy it from you
for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings
to the LORD my God which cost me nothing So
David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for
fifty shekels of silver.
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Bountiful/Generouse?????a eulogia
Well To speak
To praise, bless, to be a blessing or bestow a
blessing, to cause to prosper or have abundance,
generous
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The gift was promised and _______.
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The gift was promised and generous.
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Give what is right,not what is left.
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Covetness/grudgingly pleonexia pleonexia
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Covetness/grudgingly pleonexia pleonexia
More
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Covetness/grudgingly pleonexia pleonexia
More
To have
The desire to have more, always in a bad sense
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Grudgingly/reluctantly luph lupe
Signifies grief, pain of body or mind, and is
translated sorrow, heaviness, distress
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Compulsion anagkh anangke
Signifies necessity, must be done, needs to be
done, constrained
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Thanksgiving e??a??st?a eucharistia
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Thanksgiving e??a??st?a eucharistia
Good
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Thanksgiving e??a??st?a eucharistia
Good
Grace
Thankfulness, giving of thanks, grateful
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Proverbs 39-10  (NASB)
Honor the LORD from your wealthAnd from the
first of all your produce So your barns will
be filled with plentyAnd your vats will
overflow with new wine.
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Proverbs 1124-25 (NASB)
There is one who scatters, and yet increases all
the more, And there is one who withholds what is
justly due, and yet it results only in want. The
generous man will be prosperous, and he who
waters will himself be watered.
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Proverbs 1917 (NASB)
One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the
LORD, And He will repay him for his good deed.
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Malachi 310 (NASB)
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so
that there may be food in My house, and test Me
now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will
not open for you the windows of heaven and pour
out for you a blessing until it overflows.
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Luke 638 (NASB)
Give, and it will be given to you. They will
pour into your lap a good measure--pressed down,
shaken together, and running over. For by your
standard of measure it will be measured to you in
return.
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Romans 1525-26a (NASB)
but now, I am going to Jerusalem serving the
saints.  For Macedonia and Achaia have been
pleased to make a contribution for the poor...
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Cheerful ilaros hilaros
Signifies a readiness of mind, a joyfulness, a
cheerfulness
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The giver was cheerful and _________.
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Thanksgiving e??a??st?a eucharistia
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Thanksgiving e??a??st?a eucharistia
Good
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Thanksgiving e??a??st?a eucharistia
Good
Grace
Thankfulness, giving of thanks, grateful
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You and I have eternal life because God believed
in grace giving. How much do we believe in grace
giving?
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The giver was cheerful and worshipful.
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Romans 1525-26a (NASB)
but now, I am going to Jerusalem serving the
saints. For Macedonia and Achaia have been
pleased to make a contribution for the poor among
the saints in Jerusalem.