Five Rewards for Generosity

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

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🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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God gives us money and homes so that we might show they are not our God.

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0:00.0	February 29, five rewards for generosity.
0:07.5	Contribute to the needs of the Saints and seek to show hospitality.
0:13.5	Romans 12. 13.
0:16.0	What are the rewards if we trust God's promises,
0:21.0	give lavishly, and open our homes to each other and the needy.
0:30.6	First, the suffering of the Saints will be relieved or at least diminished.
0:37.5	That is what this verse means when it says contribute to the needs of the Saints.
0:43.2	We lift a burden.
0:45.1	We relieve stress.
0:46.8	We give hope.
0:48.9	And that's a reward.
0:51.7	Second, the glory of God is displayed.
0:55.0	Let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and give glory to your father who is in heaven.
1:05.0	Matthew 516.
1:08.0	Lavish giving and open homes,
1:12.0	display the glory and the goodness and the worth of God in your life.
1:17.0	The reason God gives us money and homes is so that by the way we use them people can see they are not our God.
1:27.0	But God is our God and our treasure.
1:31.0	Third, more Thanksgiving to God is unleashed.
1:37.0	The Ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the Saints, but is also overflowing in many
1:45.6	thanksgivings to God. 2 Corinthians 912. God has given us money and homes, not just to make us thankful, but by our generosity
1:59.4	and hospitality to make many people thankful to God.
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