Defined as ... Sharing with others your possessions as well as sharing your time and yourself.
“For a candle to give light to others, it must give of itself until it has none to give.”
~ James Keller ~
“The person who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.”
~ Samuel Johnson ~
“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.”
~ Amy Carmichael ~
1. Four Unnamed Lepers
(2 Kings 7)
2. Widow
(Luke 20:45-21:4; Mark 12:38-44)
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“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.”
Acts 20:35
“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
2 Corinthians 9:7
“Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.”
Psalm 41:1
“Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.”
Proverbs 3:28-29
“He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.”
Psalm 112:9