Give and Gain

TEXT: Acts 5:1-9, MORE LESSONS: Lk.6:38

Giving to God is one of the fastest ways to prosper in life. Unfortunately the devil has blinded believers to this great truth. However the truth cannot die, but the ignorant will suffer. The word 'give' in our text is immediately followed by the reward,...and it shall be given unto you;....Lk.6:38. Such is the speed of return that every wise believer must key into.

Peter gave his empty boat and he had an unprecedented harvest of fish so much that the boat began to sink, and the fishermen beckoned to their partners for help. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings and the Bible says in the same night, In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee II Chron.1:7. Friend, give and gain! Let's count a few gains of giving.

1. It shall be given back – Lk.6:38.

2. Ceaseless harvest – Gen.8:22.

3. Opens the windows of Heaven - Mal. 3:10.

4. It stops the devourer - Mal.3:11.

5. All nations shall call you blessed - Mal.3:12.

6. Blessing in all areas of your work - Deut.15:10.

7. Stirs God's love - 2Cor.9:7.

8. It guarantees a treasure in Heaven and a future on the earth - Lk.12:33.

9. Makes you more blessed - Acts 20:35.

10. It brings God's supply according to the riches of Heaven - Phil.4:19.

The spiritual law of giving is patterned after the natural law of sowing and reaping. If the law of sowing and reaping is real and working, obviously the law of giving and harvest is real and working. What we eat will die, but what we give must live and reproduce. Whatever you don't want to lose must be given out because you gain only what you give. This law does not function just by knowledge, it is activated by practice. Even those who teach it don't get the result until they practise it.

My spiritual father taught me something that changed my life of giving and stopped poverty in my entire life. He said, Whatever is not enough to satisfy you is a seed, Don't eat it, give it as a seed. Whatever makes you hate giving is your enemy, separate from it. Give to God's work and God's servants at every opportunity.

PRAYER/ACTION

* Ask God to lead you to a definite contribution to His Kingdom this year.

* Thank God for putting a source of prosperity in the Scripture.

* Rebuke everything in you that makes you hate giving.

* Ask God to fill you with the spirit of giving.

* Release the flood gate harvest over all your seeds, past, present and future.

 Promise God you will no longer be a robber of tithe, offering and firstfruits.

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