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This sermon is coming from the text of 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 NASB

We have known men say, “Well, I suppose I must give something, but these claims come terribly often. My purse is always being drawn upon, but I suppose I cannot get out of it without a subscription.” He gives as if he were parting with his blood. His fingers tremble and linger long over the shilling,…

I remember one who spoke on the missionary question one day saying, “The great question is not, ‘Will not the heathen be saved if we do not send them the gospel?’ but ‘are we saved ourselves if we do not send them the gospel?’ ” And so it is with regard to Christian gifts. It is not so much a question…

When our Lord met the disciples at Emmaus and talked with them, they did not know Him while He talked with them. But when do you think they knew that they knew Him? It was not until they performed an act of obedience by offering hospitality to a stranger. Then He was known to them in the breaking of…

Alexander the Great, when he was master of the whole world, was the greatest slave in it, for he was discontented even with his victories. The pride of conquest held him in captivity by its iron chain. He who aims at the highest greatness in this world may only be more greatly selfish than the rest of…

The man that has seen affliction, when he is blessed of God, has the disposition to cheer those that are afflicted. I have heard speak of a lady who was out in the snow one night, and was so very cold that she cried out, “Oh, those poor people that have such a little money! How little fuel they have,…

Kris Light, manager of the Wal-Mart in Bristol, Tennessee said an anonymous donor came into the store in December 2020 and paid almost $65,000 to pay off all the store’s layaways. The store then contacted every customer telling them their balance had been paid and they could pick up their items. Several…

Workers at a New Jersey restaurant were brought to tears after a long-time customer left a $1,000 tip on a $43 tab. Arnold Teixeira, owner of restaurant said they had recently reopened for outdoor seating when the customer left the large tip with an encouraging note. The note thanked the staff for working…

An anonymous customer at a Houston restaurant left the staff a gift to help the staff hours after the county announced mandatory business closings in response to the Coronavirus outbreak. The restaurant said the customer left a $9400 tip a few hours after the county mandated the closings and left a note…

Six-year-old Daphne Kenny found a surprise in the cereal aisle that made her trip to grocery extra special. While she, her sister, and mother were shopping Daphne pulled a piece of paper from the shelf beside a box of cereal. Her mother thought it might be someone’s grocery list, but it turned out to…

Retired teacher Jennifer Daniel has been helping students at the C.A. Weis Elementary school for over ten years. She started partnering with the school the year her youngest daughter graduated from high school. Daniel got her church involved and they have impacted the lives of many children since. The…

Dylan Belscher noticed a dollar on the floor as he sat at the back of his English class at John F. Kennedy High School in Cheek¬towaga, New York. When the school day ended, Belscher wandered back to the classroom. The wrinkled old bill was still there. Even though he could easily have pocketed it without…

An Atlanta area church decided to reach out to families in their community by paying off $10,000 worth of layaway items at a local Wal-Mart. Senior Pastor Kevin Murriel made the announcement for 23 families who expressed their gratitude for the help at Christmas season. The pastor said the church was…

An anonymous donor could not bear to see the forgotten people of Fort Worth forgotten, so he gave most of his retirement funds to help the Church on the Slab buy and renovate their building. The retired railroad employee, who had served in Korea, saw an article telling how the church was about to lose…

An unknown benefactor offered to pay for hotel rooms for a group of homeless people in Chicago when temperatures dipped to 22 degrees below zero. Someone had purchased 100 propane tanks to help the homeless stay warm, but the fire department confiscated the tanks after one of them exploded. The Salvation…

Dakota Nelson lost his wife in September, 2018 when she suffered a medical episode and then passed away after weeks in a coma. To support his three children, Nelson worked three jobs. As they faced their first Christmas without their wife and mother, an anonymous donor who head about the family’s plight…

A man wearing a jacket with the logo of the New England Patriots went into a rural Vermont Walmart and paid the bill of dozens of shoppers and offered to cover any items they had put on layaway. Julie Ann Gates was a customer at the time and had difficulty believing the man’s largesse. When the man said…

Seattle residents knew Alan Naiman for his thriftiness. He patched his shoes with duct tape, buying food at the end of the day at the supermarket, and taking his friends to lunch at fast-food restaurants. Friends said Naiman was not married and had no children. Though he was intensely private, he stockpiled…

In 2018, actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry gave a gift to his hometown by paying off over $430,000 worth of layaway items at two stores in the Atlanta metro area. Perry shared a message on social media announcing that he had paid off the layaways. He said he knew it is a hard time and a lot of people were…

Clearwater, Florida police were able to recover a stolen van filled with crispy crème doughnuts. The van was reported in the morning, and by late that day, it was recovered 190 miles away. The store manager donated the cargo to the officers, who saved some to eat, and then handed out the rest to homeless…

Outside Walmart in Erie Pennsylvania, someone was thinking of the needs of others when he/she dropped a winning lottery ticket into the Salvation Army’s red kettle. A “Fantastic 10’s” lottery ticket was pulled out amongst the quarters, dimes, and nickels worth $1,000 jackpot. Instead of reaping the reward…

The Northern California Camp Fire killed over 81 people and destroyed more than 13,500 homes. In an effort to help his hometown, Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers donated 1 million dollars to his home state.—Jim L. Wilson and Bobby Oh http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25340525/green-bay-packers-aaron-rodgers-donate-1-million-victims-california-wildfires…

In his book, Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions That Control You, Andy Stanley writes, "Greed is conquered with generosity. Generous giving will break the grip of greed on your life. So whether or not you think you have extra, give and give generously. You’ve got to give to the…

Michelle England beat cancer in 2014, but the cancer returned a few years later. She wasn’t able to work while she underwent chemotherapy and struggled to pay all of her bills. She was able to pay her mortgage, and utilities, but wasn’t able to make the car payment, so the dealership repossessed her…