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               THE FORTUNES OF GIVING.  _INTRO_ : Giving is the act of Charity that demonstrates God is love for us to others. Our oneness in Christ cannot be demonstrated by anything else better than giving.  _PROB_ : We are dominated by a spirit of self-centeredness and have failed to demonstrate God's love through giving.  _PURP_ : To enable us develop a habit of giving so has to build the body of Christ    >>> Our redemption through Christ came as a result of generosity . God did not spare his only begotten son , but gave him to us . One purpose that God created man was to relate to us. Our relationship with God cannot be reflected elsewhere better than the relationship we have with our neighbors. You cannot demonstrate a relationship without demonstrating love. You cannot demonstrate love without demonstrating habits of giving.  Our salvation is dependent on love which is reflected through giving.   THE FORTUNES.    🔷 GIVING OPENS UP SPIRITUAL BL

Ecclesiastes:7.21  Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you-- --------------------------------------------  The heart is deceitful above all things......who understands the heart of man... People you think are good today are the very ones you come to realize are evil tomorrow.  You may chase after pleasing people. But the heart of people cannot be pleased fully. You may think that you are doing all the best for someone today, but the very one is talking ill about you tomorrow.  Never listen to what people say. Don't listen to what people are. Don't listen to the hearts of people. Because your very beloved could be the one telling people not to get close to you because of what he or she thinks is wrong with you. Don't not lean on people. They are like shifting shadows. Today they are different from what they were yesterday. Today they talk about this and tomorrow is another topic. They will praise you now and spread

*WITHIN SCRIPTURE.*  *Psalm:53.2*   God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. --------------------------------------------  The servants of God are servants of his power, his knowledge and his purpose.  For God to use one, one must be discerning. He or she must be understanding. He must understand the purpose of God, understand his power, understand his knowledge. You cannot serve God if you don't understand his purpose. You cannot serve Him without his knowledge. And above all, you cannot serve unless you have will and zeal. The will to carry on his purpose and power. The zeal to minister his knowledge.  The zeal is reflected in how much you seek the Lord. It is reflected in how much you sacrifice for His service. Reflected in the time you give in for his service.  A person with such character ( zeal, understanding) is worth of service and communion. Many times , we miss out on the goodness of God because we lack a spir

* Psalm:4.4 *   In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Selah --------------------------------------------  Emotions are one of the critical components of the heart. It is them that drive you to reach your ends. It is the very ones that build or unbuild your relationships with others. They can destroy your relationship with God.  Anger is not sin according to the above scripture. But it is a smooth path to sin according to the human nature anyway. It is not sin because even somewhere Within scripture, God got angry as the israelites became big headed and stubborn. But to human nature, you can easily be promoted to do or say something wrong because of burning anger. You know when you become angry, you are at times totally buried in emotions and thus blinded. You become blind in such a way that you forget all about your actions and act and react as the emotion leads. To avoid the evils that arise because of anger, you need to go silent and

*WITHIN SCRIPTURE.*  *2Chronicles:20.20*   Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful." --------------------------------------------  Faith is the connection between souls. It is a medium through which spiritual power is connected to souls. It is a heart to heart "inter-code".  You cannot get the fullest of God if you don't have a strong "inter-code" ; a connection to His endless resources. You cannot get to His full stores if there is no faith; faith as a believe that let's God yield His spirit to you. It is faith that draws your spirit to the spiritual realms . In God's systems, there is hierarchy; which is full of servants. From one servant to the other. And for that case, His power and resources flow through such systems of servic

*WITHIN SCRIPTURE.*  *Ecclesiastes:8.6*   For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a man's misery weighs heavily upon him. --------------------------------------------  Many times, we get into feelings of pony. When the luxurious times end, and the festivities become blurred...;we think the world has ended. And that now God has left us to hustle. He has given up on us. We feel the usual challenges have come up again. But within scripture, they tell us how everything has its own time. There is time of sunshine and there is a time of rains. There are climates of wildernesses and climates of rains. Your life has seasons. God drives you from one season to the other. He brings everything to you in the proper time and proper manner. He gives you weights in proper amounts. You will never receive what is not due to you.  For that case, you should have it at the back of you mind that your challenges and weights now are in their due seasons. The burden you face now

*WITHIN SCRIPTURE.*  *Psalm:32.2*   Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. .3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. .4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. .5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"-- and you forgave the guilt of my sin.  --------------------------------------------  The Lord God is an all knowing God. He knows what goes now, what went on in the past and what will go on in the times to come. God knows what transpires in your life. He knows well what kind person you are. It is not difficult for him to forgive your sins when you do him wrong....because he literally understands who to are. .... however, in His journey of building a relationship with you, He needs you to confess your sins. As a form of spiritual worship, God ne