In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan'

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In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee
and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Mark 19
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• 1 Now concerning the collection for the saints,
  as I
• have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so
• you must do also 2 On the first day of the week
• let each one of you lay something aside, storing
• up as he may prosper, that there be no
  collections
• when I come.
• 1 Corinthians 161-2 NKJV

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• Giving
• Governing Principles

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Haggai 1 1 In the second year of Darius the
king, on the first day of the sixth month, the
word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai
to..saying, 2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts,
'This people says, "The time has not come, even
the time for the house of the LORD to be
rebuilt."'" 3 Then the word of the LORD came by
Haggai the prophet saying, 4 "Is it time for you
yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while
this house lies desolate?" 5 Now therefore,
thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider your
ways! Priorities
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1 Corinthians 16 1 Now concerning the collection
for the saints, as I directed the churches of
Galatia, so do you also. 2 On the first day of
every week let each one of you put aside and
save, as he may prosper, that no collections be
made when I come. Prosperity
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2 Chronicles 31 10 And Azariah the chief priest
of the house of Zadok said to him, "Since the
contributions began to be brought into the house
of the LORD, we have had enough to eat with
plenty left over, for the LORD has blessed His
people, and this great quantity is left
over. Generosity
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2 Corinthians 84 begging us with much entreaty
for the favor of participation in the support of
the saints, Fellowship
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• Giving
• Contrasting Examples

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• Macedonians
• 2 Corinthians 8-9
• One noble end in view
• Gave out of deep poverty
• Begged others to give
• Gave selves to God
• Responded to pleas

• Rich Fool
• Luke 1619-31
• No noble end in view
• Kept prosperity
• Begged by others to give
• Gave self to self
• Ignored pleas

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• There is a sea which
• day by day receives
• the rippling rills, and
• streams that spring
• from wells of God, or
• fall from cedared hills

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• But what it thus receives
• it gives with glad
• unsparing hand A
• stream more wide with
• deeper tide, flows on to
• lower land.

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• There is a sea which day
• by day receives a fuller
• tide But all its store it
• keeps, nor gives to
• shore nor sea beside
• It's Jordan's stream,
• now turned to brine,
• lies heavy as molten
• lead Its dreadful name
• doth e'er proclaim
• that sea is waste and
• dead.

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• Which shall it be for
• you and me, who God's
• good gifts obtain? Shall
• we accept for self alone,
• or take to give again?
• For He who once was
• rich indeed laid all His
• glory down That by
• His grace, our ransomed
• race should share His
• wealth and crown.

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There is a sea which day by day receives the
rippling rills, and streams that spring from
wells of God, or fall from cedared hills But
what it thus receives it gives with glad
unsparing hand A stream more wide with deeper
tide, flows on to lower land. There is a sea
which day by day receives a fuller tide But all
its store it keeps, nor gives to shore nor sea
beside It's Jordan's stream, now turned to
brine, lies heavy as molten lead Its dreadful
name doth e'er proclaim that sea is waste and
dead. Which shall it be for you and me, who
God's good gifts obtain? Shall we accept for self
alone, or take to give again? For He who once was
rich indeed laid all His glory down That by His
grace, our ransomed race should share His wealth
and crown.