Gifts and Talents

      We all like to give gifts. We give gifts to the people in our lives who have a birthday, an anniversary, or a special occasion. Our God is also a Giver. He gives us life, for without Him there is no life. He gave us salvation. He gave his only Son to die for our sins.

      If we want anything in life, God said to give it away. That sounds controversial about what we should do. Many people will hoard everything to themselves, thinking that it is the only way to get rich. Some of the riches people are poor in spirit. Some of the most giving people are poor but rich in spirit. With God, if we are to gain anything, we must first give it away. God said to give and it will be given unto you. God always gives us more than we give. He said to give and it will be given to us press down, shaken together, and running over. We cannot out-give God. I dare you to try. He gives us the greatest gift of all, Salvation. Our God is the greatest Giver, we cannot out-give Him.

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Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."

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2 Corinthians 9:6 ¶ But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

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Mark 10:29 So Jesus answered and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's,
30 "who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life.