UNDERSTANDING KINGDOM GIVING

Tonight, I want to teach on the subject. I've tithooed understanding kingdom giving, praise God. When the Holy Ghost impressed it in my heart to teach along these lines, I had a bit of hesitation. I said, this generation that people hate hearing giving, how can I be doing the whole teaching on giving? It's easier to be teaching, and then you probably have to mention it teaching on this subject, how do we go about it? And the Lord dropped it to my spirit. He said, it's more blessed to give than to receive. And so if you want the people to be blessed and to keep walking in the blessing, then you have to teach them these truths because it's part of the whole counsel of God. Every time you talk about kingdom finances, kingdom financing, and kingdom giving, they are quick to libor with prosperity creature. And most of the people who say these things don't even know what. They are saying. Harley Luiah. But again is part of God's counsel and it must be taught. People must understand it, work in it, and apply it. Glory to God. Genesis Totter, one who read from verse twenty eight. I'm starting from here because I want to lay an emphasis that giving and the lifestyle of giving is an integral part of our walk with God. The first example that God demonstrated before man was the example of generosity. It was the example of giving as an expression of his superfluous dimension of love. And so we see from Genesis chapter one, verse one, God created the world. He said, in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Why is this thing? That thing's too heavy? Can you lower the bars? They need to be. Glory to Jesus. God created the heavens and the earth. And then there was judgment on the face of the earth. As you can see Genesis one, verse two. He said, darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the spirit of the Lord hover upon the face of the waters. And so God returned to recreate the earth. And so from Genesis chapter one vers three to Genesis chapter one, verse twenty six, we saw that God was recreating the whole earth. The moment he was done recreating the earth, which is the second time he was creating the universe, he said, let us make man in our own image after our likeness, and he said. Let them have dominion. And the Bible said, in his image he made them male and female. He made them both. And then invest twenty eight. God's first interaction with the man he created. God handed over the whole heath to him, the heath that he created that was destroyed that he created. The first encounter he had with the man he created, he gave him the whole heath. So the first character. Of divinity that was demonstrated before man was the character of generosity. The first attribute of God that he showcased to man, if there's anything he should follow by example, was the attitude and the disposition of generosity. He gave man the whole creation, and he said to him, be fruitful, multiply, replenish, subdue the earth, and have dominion. And in some one verse sixteen, the Bible would tell us that the act the heavens belong to God. He said, but the. Act he has given to these sons of men. So God demonstrated generosity. He displayed the character of giving as an essential aspect of his operation. This is why for us it is not just something we do because we were preached to do so. This is an. Expression of the God character that is on our inside. You see again that the moment Man fell and there was need for redemption, God still went ahead to demonstrate the same character of generosity. In John three sixteen, he say, for God soul love the world, that he gave his only begot in son, that w alsoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life. So he gave his only begot in song. God is so rooted in this operasion that even if it is the last he has, he's able to give it. So it's one very primary character in God's essence that every child of God must have. This is what God does, and on. This premise, For was bold enough to tell us it's the major reason why we express fit. In Romance eight thirty two, he say, if God did not withhold his only begot in Song, Bob freely gave him. For us all. He say, how shall he not with him give us all things? So points telling us God gave us his best, so every other in God gives generously. So this is God's character. So when we talk about the subject of giving, it should be something that inspires us. It should be something that excites us. Even if there was no blessing attacked to give him. This is part of our primary character if we came from God, because God demonstrated it at the beginning, and it continued to demonstrate it or through scriptures. This is why Paul was speaking in Acts of the Apostles, chapter twenty. If you read from Vesse thirty three, he was telling the church how that he could work with his own hands. So the subject is not about providing food for a man of God to eat. He said, with this hand, can we project the scriptures? Let's read scriptures. Don't allow me get into spontaneous inspirations. What's happening with these guys? I have converted, converted no man's silver or gold or apparel Verse thirty four. Yay, yay yourselfs know that these hands have ministered onto my necessity and to them that were with me. I have capacity to work with my hands to provide for my needs. I didn't talk to anybody to get anything from the person for personal g Nonetheless, the reason we teach you to give in he said, Jesus tortles that it is more blessed to give than to receive. So the subject of giving is first of all for our own blessings. It's not about who or where we are giving to is for our own blessing. Glory to God. In officials at the forest, we eat, poor said, let him that stoe still no more, he said, but let him walk with his hand so that he may have. You would think is to eat it says all that he may have to give him that's to still no more, but walk with his hands that he may have to give. So giving is more primary than it you we think you were stealing before to have for your basic needs. He said, no, stop walk with your hand. That means the idea of giving does not stop you from being productive. So when we giving, we are not telling people don't work with your hands. We are not telling people just go and lie down and wait for God to bless you. That's not what we're saying. Yes, it is more blessed to give them to receive. When you give, it activates blessings, but it doesn't still stop you from being you, fruitful and productive. It's a let him that stole steal no more, but work with his hands so that he may have to give. So on one side, it's more blessed to give them to receive. That means that it's blessings in giving. On another side, it is our character. So the guy who steals should not steal anymore. Let him walk with his hands to give, because it is the essence of God's nature on his inside. And then if I will add number three, you give only from legitimate resources. Don't steal to give, don't do who won't give, don't rob somebody and say I'm giving, I'm giving my offering. No, it's a hymn. That's this. Should stop stealing first, and when he stops stealing, he should look for something legitimate to do, because the blessings of God does not exonerate him from working. Now that it's working, let him now give from that legitimate thing that is doing. And then in doing so, he now activates greater dimensions of blessings, because it is more blessed. To give than to receive. So that's a foundational understanding that we must have on the subject of giving before we go into any of the debatable aspects of the subject matter. This is God's character. We are God's children. We must imbibe this character as a way of life. Then many other things opens up as we advance into understanding the subject matter. There are five things I'll be dealing with here very quickly tonight. Number one are the biblical underlying principles of giving. Because there are principles that defines, that qualifies, that encompasses the whole subject matter of giving. We need to understand those principles. Then number two, we need to understand the reasons why we give as children of God. So we know the principles, then we have understanding of the reasons why we give. Mace Borrow said, when the. Purpose of eighteen is not known, they abuse if it's inevitable. So if you know why you give, you wouldn't need anybody to preach you or to manipulate you into giving, because the reasons as scriptural, and they will become the greatest motivation for you to practice this Kingdom art. And then number three, we're going to look at the blessings of giving, because everything God asks us to do has blessings attached to them, so we need to know the blessings that follows the practice of giving. Then number four we need to understand who or where do we give to Number five, then we do it. The attitude or the dispositions that we must sustain when we give because it's not just enough to give. There is a disposition that you must. Sustain when you engage the enterprise of giving. If I have time, then I'll add too more, which is number six when to give, and then number seven the kinds of giving that Scriptures itemizes for the believer. If you're not these seven things about giving, the idea and the issue of giving will be completed and concluded in. Your life so very quickly. What are the principles underlining principles Biblical principles for the practice of giving. Number one is the principle of proportional giving, or what we call the proportional principle. When God instituted giving, he instituted giving as a system that demonstrate your appreciation of what He has given to you, because you wouldn't even give in the first place if you were not given. And so every time a man gives, what God is looking. At is his appreciation of what has been entrusted to him. So the principle of proportional giving is the principle of acknowledgment and a precipleiation of what has been. Entrusted or committed to us. So when God demands that we give, he is trying to vet to understand whether we truly acknowledge and appreciate what has been committed to us. Deuteronomy, chapter sixteenth, verse seventeen. The Bible, speaking now, is said, every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord, thy God, which he has given onto thee. Every man should. Give us what as he is able, and according to the blessings that the Lord has bless him. So when we all of us come here to give, God is not looking at the amount of money we are giving. God is looking at the percentages we are giving, because, as far as he is concerned, that presented is a testimony of acknowledgement from our hearts. That Lord, this is what you have entrusted me with. And I'm coming to say thank you. So God, veterals giving based on proportionality, What have you received from me? Have you acknowledged it? So when you come to me, what you present shows if I give you a job, for instance, or I give you a contract, that is what billions. And then you come to my house and you carry a flower arose flower of a three hundred narra, and say, yes, flower is important. I appreciate what you did for me, Gussa, Do you know what I did for you? Do you really appreciate it? Do you understand what I'm saying here? That's why the Bible said, everybody who is giving so give us is work able according to the blessing that God's blessing. That's what God is looking at. And that's why God God these percentages. Somebody may give one dollar and God will marvel at the heart of that person with the liddle I gave you. You came to show gratitude with this. God will be so blessed by that art. And another person may give a million dollars, and God is wondering, is this all you can Is this all you can give to show gratitude from all I've done for you? So you, who is a natural man who sees according to the eyes, we say, guy, this guy who gave one million is hi, he is a giver? No, he says, very stingy man, as far as God is concerns, because he is operating the system based on proportional principle. Look at the Bible. How many of you have read the story of the Poor Widow. Look twenty one, verse one to four. Look at the way Jesus jodged it. I'm showing you principles. This is why nobody shoul pret to you to give me. Sir, understand the principle work accordingly. I know how much God has blessed me, so I show my gratitude based on that blessing every time I give to God. I'm making a statement. It's an acknowledgement, he said. And he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. This is Jesus now verse two. And he saw also a settin poor widow casting in titter to might. Can we go to NLT or tipity. I want you to. Understand two might. Some of these ancient translations. You don't appreciate the subject better they do. Notice that the Bible specified the first group as rich people, and this one has what poor wido. And he said, of a truth, I say unto you, when bless you, Lord, you holy and forever best person in the studio, the Lord. Reports, I tell you the truth, Jesus said, this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them. How these guys give more, I'm judging proportion. I'm not judging amount, for they have given a tiny path of their suplus. But she or as she is, has given every thing that she has. So what is God looking at? It's not what you give. Is the proportion of what you gave based on what I've given you? What are you showing gratitude with? That's what God is seeing. So the first principle of giving is proportional principle. Every time you come to present something to God is judging your heart based on the proportion. Is this all you can acknowledge? Is this all the gratitude you can show from what I've done for you? This is why the subject of giving is for the mature. We don't talk giving, whether we should always, should not always those things that children talk is a business for the mature. And as I show you the reason forgiving, you will understand it better. The second principle that governments giving kingdom giving is the principle of cheerfulness or what you call willful giving. Cheerfulness when you are giving, God is looking at you. Second Correnians nine, if you read from verse six to verse eight, will see the principle. There give me nlt or tipity. Let's use some of these simpler translations. Remember this a farmer who plans only a few seeds will get small crops, but one who plans generously will get generous crops. Next, vers, you must each decide, are you seeing that willfully? You must each decide in your heart how much to give. So he's using the principle of farmine to explain giving. This is why the fathers of old begin to speak speak of giving in terms of seed suing. This is the foundation. You must decide in your heart how much to give, and don't give reluctantly. That means you shouldn't be motivated or persuaded to give, because if you are persuaded or motivated, it means it's not yet a character of your spirit. What God is looking for is a character of the spirit. It's not bring money, the Bible said, they cut to upon a thousand. He is a mine, he said, If I need anything, don't I won't ask you. So what is dealing with this? About your making? He said, don't give reluctantly, don't be motivated, don't be persuaded, don't give in response to pressure. He said, for God love that a person who gives cheerfully. We can stop here. So the second principle of giving is giving done willfully and cheerfully, not motivated. Some people only give when they preach, and I'm not asking anybody to give tonight, because that's not the idea. Some people only give one they pread violently about the blessings of giving, or they preach on the dangers of not giving. So on one side, they. Are either motivated, they take advantage of the air lost, they are their selfishness. To give, or they pressure them through fear to give. If you use any of those principles, you are dealing with children, because some of us who are mature. If you like talk from nunty tomorrow, you can't ask me to give. And if you like threatening from naughty tomorrow, you can't see pressure on me to give. I've sata in short. Before we are they passed or bread for one hour and taught people to give because he know he leasted one in a thousand and one blessings, and he also gave courses and threats. I sat there in order for everybody to give. They told everybody to stand up and come line by line. I sat like this Utually. When they are going line by line, at least four lines will be empty before they starts city. I sat like this, everybody gave, came back and met me there. I told myself, this man can be coasked. I give from understanding. So what I'm teaching you tonight is not to finish and say now. Give your Isaac. That's not what we're doing here. We are raising the generation of people who have understanding. The second principle forgiving is what cheerfulness. Don't be coasked, don't be motivated, don't be bullied into giving. Give cheerfully. And if you reach that place where you give cheerfully, it means you're mature. That means they don't need to announce the need before you give. They don't need you promise something to you before you give. It has become a character of your spirit. Man. Number three principle of giving is the principle of sacrifice. When people give, God knows many times it's an act of faith. You don't have anything, but. You are yet giving, and that thing you are giving probably is your last. Like we saw the case of the widow. The Bible says she gave all that she had to leave. Off that sacrifice. Both faith and sacrifice are all included here, and anybody who are pressed like this genuinely loves God. In First Kings, Chapter three, from these three to verse four, the Bible spoke about Solomon, one of the graphic examples of sacrificia giving. It says, Solomon, love the Lord. You can't sacrifice if you don't love God. That's why this principle is very important to God. For a widow to give all she has, even if it's fair, she's exercising it means she trusting God's faithfulness as she trusting God's love. And it also means she loves God. And Solomon loved the Lord and followed all the decrease of his father David, except that Solomon too offered sacrifices and burnt incense at the low place of worship. So the third principle of giving in this kingdom is sacrificed. All our givings can be routed into one, two, or three of these principles, either because you are showing gratitude in proportion to the blessings of God on your life, or because you are demonstrating your cheerful disposition a character and in nature that you will imbte from God through your giving, or because you are making a sacrifice, which is a demonstration of the percept of your love for God and for His kingdom. You can't give outside of these three principles, it's impossible. Honor, faith are all under sacrifice. If you honor God, you will sacrifice. If you believe in God, you way sacrifice. If you love God, you way sacrificed. So these are the three underlining principles of giving. So any Christian who is not a giver is most likely and ungrateful. Christian because that person has not. Yet judged the extent of God's blessings on his or her life and is not responding in gratitude. Any Christian that is not a giver is not cheerful. That means he has not imbibed that character of God, that disposition of God that is express true liberality. And generosity in all cheerfulness. And any Christian who is not a giver is most likely not sacrificial. They honor that person has for God it is questionable. And as I show you the reasons why we give, you're gonna see honor. The depth of that person's worship is questionable. As I show you from Scripture, you're going to see that giving is worship. The depth of that person's love for God is questionable, because if you love, you express it amongst other. Things through giving. So these are the three principles, and this is why we keep teaching about giving. It's not about how much. How much is important because it plays a role. But when God sees, he's seeing these principles because they reveal to him different. Aspects of your heart. Proportional principle reves gratitude, share full principle reves generosity and cheerfulness. And then sacrificial principle revise honor, reverse love, and revive faith in God. This is why giving is important to God. You need to understand this. And having said this, what are the biblical reasons that necessity takes our giving? Why do we give to God? Number one is. Worship Genesis twenty two, verse five. If we read from verse one, let's read. From verse one. We bless your Lord, you are. Old, and forever you are gone. Well, bless your Lord and forever you are gone. Now it's this. Some time later, God test that abrahams Abraham's faith. Abraham, God called yes, He replied, here, I am imagine the way this guy spoke with God. My goodness, Where was the last time you were presered with God at this frequency? Say Jude, you say, yes, Lord, I'm here here. That's why I tell you, because their edition will be fast, As said Prophets said, we'll grow up, sir. I know the place of accountability and covering. But you should have a personal relationship with God. Some of the things will live port through doctrine to explain. If you knew God, we won't safer much. You don't this did I'm teaching you. Abraham doesn't need it because. It's direct conversation. Abraham, where are you? And here? Lord? First two, let's hear the conversation. Take your son so I don't need to come and bridge give your best. No, take your son? Is God talking? The guy knew who was talking? Your only son, Yes, Isaac, whom you love so much. I know you love him, But take him and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a bound offering on one of them things which I will show you burnt offering waship. So Abraham knew verse three. The next morning, he didn't take time. Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son Isaac. Then he chopped chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering, and set out for the place God had told him about. This is why we also deal with where to give. There's four. On the third day, they were traveling for two days. For three days, he didn't change his mind. Hope. You know, if it was one of the servants, I would have thought the servant, he would have given some speech, political speech, I love you, but don't worry, And we say to your family, now it's your son. So it's had to hat had to heart communication. On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. Verse five is my emphasis. Stay here with the donkey, Abraham told the servants, the boy and I we travel a little further. We will worship there, then we will come back again. He called that enterprise worship. This is why I told you. It's for the matchore. Those who are not mature, they think is donation. What you are doing here is not donations. Is worship to God. Abraham knew it. We are going up to worship, then we will return. So giving is an act of worship. Number two. Giving is an acknowledgment. Of God's sovereignty over our lives and our resources. Is an acknowledgement. The subject does not begin with give, it shall be giving on to you. There are deep that dimensions to the subject. That's why they charge teaches the subject matter. You can't prove that God is sovereign in your life just by saying Jesus is Lord. There are ways of showing it, and one of the ways we show it is through giving. Look at this line of scriptures that will I'll present to you now I'm twenty four verst one. They said, the Act is the lords and everything in it, the Word, and all those who. Live inside it. This is the meaning of sovereignty. The Ath is the Lord's everything that lives inside it, including humans. So when we say God is sovereign, that's what we are saying. Now see the interpretation of God's sovereignty from giving. First Chronicles twenty nine, verse fourteen, when God asked or made demand of his chuldren to give, say. Their response, but who am I and who are my people? That we should not be able to give as generously as this. Everything comes from you, and we have given you only from what came from you. So anybody who is giving is acknowledging that they act is the laws and everything in it. And so he is giving is a testimony that is giving back to God of all that God gave him, because He owns everything in the first place. So number one is a demonstration of worship. Number two is. An acknowledgement of God's sovereignty. And for those who don't understand. It, God tells them himself. They told me eighth seventeen and eighteen. He said, don't say, because there are many who are quick to say project. Never say to yourself, I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy. Never say so. And let me add this year, we're not just talking about money or material resources. Time energy are part of your resources. So when we say giving, don't just think money. Your time is part of it. Your energy, your mental property are part of it. Don't say with your hand you got this. He said, Remember the Lord, your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful in order to fulfill the covenant. He has confirmed to your ancestors with an oath. So everybody who is giving is saying it is not by me that I have this. All of it came from God. So I'm honoring you, I'm acknowledging his sovereignty. And because I've said that, let me add the third reason forgiving is a statement of honor. So when we acknowledge Him as sovereign, our giving therefore becomes a demonstration of honor. Proverabs three, Verse nine and ten. He say, or not the Lord, not by kneeling down, only not by lying down. We have perfected that. But there are more dimensions. Kneeling down important, lifting holy hands important. But that's not all. Or not the Lord, with your wealth and with the best part of every thing, not some everything that you produce, you produce wisdom, honor God with it. Your produce material resources, including your wealth, honor God with it. So the third reason we give is our statement of honor to the Lord. Number one is worship. So when you tell us stop. Talking about giving, you are telling us to stop teaching people to worship. Number two is acknowledgement of God's sovereignty. So why you tell us stop talking about giving? You are telling us to stop telling people to a cannot let God a sovereign. Number three is honor, So why you tell us to stop talking giving you also telling us to stop telling people to honor God. That you head church or had some pastors does. Not mean will remove God's counsel from Scriptures number four. Why do we give is the statement of our love for God. It's an expression of our love for God. Matthew six thirty one. All of you know that scripture. I suppose we are. A man's treasure is dear. The desires of your heart. Will also be King James said, dear his heart is also you can't claim your love God that you're wealth when you were praying. It's part of it. But that's not all. Because people with people when they betreve I don't know what that puny they set up. They want to draw you out so that the sniper can get your head clearly and remove it. Please go, don't have you know, head of crocodile tears. I'm not saying your tears are not genuine, but I'm saying, in addition to demonstrating love through emotion, there are. All that more cat dinner ways in scriptures. One of the ways God checks the heart of man is when where they the direction of their prosperity. What people love is where their money goes to check. Those who love girds, they will take loan to buy one. Check those who loved you worries where you don't tell what you love with mouth, I love jeies, No. You'll show it. People's resources navigate in the direction of what they love. So you can't say you love God and you don't give to ards God or his kingdom. So fourth reason why we give is for what the demonstration of our love for God. Number five. Fifth reason why we give is an expression of faith. We trusted I won't run down giving to God's No, I won't become poorer. Giving to God that I'm able to even gives. A sign that I believe what's happening with me is beyond my strength. Yes, my strength is involved, mental property involved. What is beyond me? I'm telling God, I believe you are the invincible force behind my success. People who are always overly concerned about keeping and keep keeping and keeping and keeping and not being generous, he said, testimony of feel Look at what the Bible said in Matthew sixth that you want to toty three as touching faith. Don't worry about these things, saying what we will eat, what will we drink, what will we wear? That's the summary of somebody's questions. These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers. But your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. How then do you show that you believe in your heavenly Father. Seek the Kingdom of God above all s and live righteously, and you will, and he will give you everything you need. The start. I already told you how you seek yourself by thinking of your self sustenance, channeling your money for your your clothings, channeling your money for your food. So when he says seek first the kingdom, it means put your heart on the kingdom and channel your resources for kingdom advancement. Remember where he makes treasure is, that's where his heart is. Many people will tell you I will give when I have in abundance. They don't know if it you don't only give when you have, Yes, when you have, give. We've said this gratitude, We've said this acknowledgement of God a supplier. But when you don't have, also give, because giving will also make you have because him that honor me, and we honor. And when God. Honors you, resources are part of it. Abraham worshiped God with Isaac. He didn't lose it. He losing he came back. So we don't only give when we have. If we only give when we have, Jesus would have told the widow take your money back, wait until you have. No you also give when you don't have. That's why it's worship, That's why it's faith. You know you need to lend these principles as a Christian. It will fast tract your maturity. I keep teaching people, and I tell people, hu people understand grace, but they can't apply it. In First Corinthian Street with you one, he said, he has given us they say all things are. Yours, very true. But you see, if all things are yours, does that mean you are working in autiens? Look at all of us sited here, do you know all of us all things are ours? How come we are not all working in audience? That means although all things are being provided, there are things that make you work in the experience of all things. Second Peter one the street gave us one. He said, he has given you all things that pertend to life and godliness. He said, but it's thrue their knowledge. That means those who don't have knowledge, even though all things that there as they can't work in it. And one of the knowledge you have is. That faith releases what is yours. And one of the ways you express faith is through your guiding lend these principles. It will change your life. In Luke six, that you or said give, it shall be given onto you. If you don't believe God, you won't try that good measure, pressed down, checking together and running over Shamin give. On to the bosom. Now he extracted that from a teaching on judgment. That means if you judge, or that you'll be judged, But it doesn't end with judgment. Is a universal principle. It applies to giving as well. That's why he is giving in that context, and it's still correct. So why do we give? It's an act of faith? Number five, now right on number six, number six. Why do we give? We give because it provokes our growth in the kingdom. I began by telling you already giving is an integral part of God's essence. So anybody who is growing is becoming christ Like. And so one of the ways to demonstrate Christ's likeness is to do that which is cardinal intigular part of God's essence, and we've seen from scripture that giving is that already John three sixteen. For God's soul love the world that it gave. It's only begot in sold that whosoever believed in him should not perish, but have ever lasted life. So anybody who makes the practice of giving is becoming more christ Like, is becoming more god Like. That means giving therefore facilitates our maturing in the kingdom. Those who are mature don't argue most of these simple arguments. People are arguing, you should we give or not? Should we give this or give that. It's not a conversation among matual believers. When mature believers God, what we talk about is how to exceed the one we have done before. How much of people talk. Last year, I facilitated ten crusades. This year, I want to do twenty. At thirty five. At forty, I've built three churches. I'm sixty nine. I want to build ten. It's not about proliferation of churches. It's about creating centers where people got that to worship God. At forty. At fifty, I've given scholarship to thirty people in the university. Now I'm seventy should be two hundred. That's how much of people think they want to exceed their records. They are not competing with anybody, but they are competing with their past. So when you find people still. Arguing whether or whether or not those are children, you waste your time with them. It never finishes because they are not growing. But those of us who are christ Like, who are growing into God likeness. This is part of our nature. I showed you last week when I was teaching from Second Koretians nine, verse eight and nine. I showed you the work God actually increases is not money. What God increases is your generosity. Is that divine character that God is interested in? Can we look look that up now? Second Corinthians nine, verse six to eight. Let's read it. Remember this. A farmer who plants only a few seeds will get small crop, but one who plants generously will get generous crowl netverse You must each decide in your heart how much to give, and don't give reluctantly or in. Response to pressure. For God lover to God is pleased with a person who gives cheerfully Ver's eight. And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. But why you're going to have leftovers, It's not because God is increasing the resources. See what God is increasing? Go to the next verse, verse nine. As the scripture say, they share freely and give generosity to the poor. They are good deeds will be remembered forever. And I'm gonna talk about this because this peaks of reward as one of the benefits of giving. Or our God is the one who provides heed for the farmer and then bread to it. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. So the resources increase because generosity increases, so is the character God is interested in. But the character cannot be godlike, and the power in God for increase. Who are puting you? So the increase is a response to the generosity and a ross character. FilmOn one. Verse six is said. That the communication of your faith should become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing in you. You don't know that verse. Give us that verse in energy. See the way presents it. And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ. So God is always focused in his character in you, and one of it is generosity. So when people growing giving, they are growing in christ likeness. They are growing in Godliness because the nature of God that provokes. Him to give is growing on their inside. So the sixth reason we give is because it facilitates maturity in God. Say spiritual thing, glory to Jesus. Number seven, why do we give? We give so that God's kingdom on earth can advance is responsibility of sons. When you become a son, giving will be natural to you. You see that I've not talked about the blessings yet. I'm just showing you spiritual, biblical reasons why we give so perial reasons. All the bloonnaires in the world are interested in their companies and their cars and their pleasure. In Dubai. Makeno mistakes to think they will come to advance God's kingdom. The only ones who will are the ones who are sons. If you think Godment will come to advance God's kingdom, you are joking. Most of the government of the world if it was possible. They will shut down anything about God. They consider our faith in nusance. So if they faith and if the Kingdom of God will advance, you and I will make it happen. In the carriers. One seventeen is a cry out. It's not something you keep quiet about. My kingdom through prosperity shad yet be spread abroad. So when God's children prosper, then God God's kingdom is advanced. Because you and I are the ones to put our time, our energy and our money for crusade to be taken to a villain for somebody to hear about Jesus. That's not part of government project. If you like, go and check the last budget of this country. Crusade is not inside. Check out the countries in the world. There will not fight cru said. They will not find so willing. It's not the agenda. To anybody who say stop talking about this is an antichrist, I'm telling you you think his job is not a joke because as their voices are increasing weak, Christians are buying into it. Every time sous I want resources were spent. The salvation is free by preaching the gospel is highly expensive and only songs can bear that body on their shoulders. I read to you already they turned on me. Eight. You shall remember the Lord, your God. It is him that give it the power to get wealth, to do what to establish his covenant that they gave your father's this day, if you are mature, leave me giving with the project the way you have building projects songs in the kingdom. Giving is a project to them like that. When you find those who are taking kingdom expansion, kingdom advancement personal, they budget. Giving for kingdom costs as part of their project. The way the budget to build. That's how the budget for kingdom advancement. And if there are no such people, believe me, you and I will have the Gospel. It came to you free people paid for it. How many of you here received the Gideons Bible in primary school? Do you think they played in terms and they came to you. There are people who sit down, this is their monthly project for kingdom advancement, and they are checking we are genuine. Things are happening, and they are giving towards It's how you have such things. If I tell you what we do these our small place, If I tell you the money that is swallowed in kingdom advancement. Here, you be shocked. If we're sharing money, it is to get money and share. All of us do have something. If I tell you, you be shocked. We have what's sony. This is not something past us talk about. But let me show you something. So let you know that kingdom rides on the power of the Holy Spirit and the generosity of the sons of God. Kingdom in this place. We have. About eight kinds of expenditures that we do. We have domestic expenditures. We have expenditures for Apostolic centers and satellite churches. We have expenditure for apostolic invasions. We have expenditure for crusades and outreaches. We have expenditure for medical missions. We have expenditure for id T com visitation. We have expenditure from Membership Support Scheme MMS. And we have expenditure for all the ministries that are mission oriented. All of them run in millions. Let me give you a little breakdown. Our take domestic expenditure. What we spend monthly domestically. This is like three years two years ago now when we first came here. What we spent I don't have a logistics. It's not involved major expenditures. Our monthly staff salary is smat you paid some days ago. How much is it sorry, four point five million. That means in a week on the scale of salary, we are doing one point something million. So in a month it's about four point five million, and that's because we have moved some people out of the country and they have left the structure because it was four point eight million. Now this place we are using because we are yet to viewed hours, we spent four point eight million per month, averagingly per month. Every week we. Paying nine hundred thousand here and then we spend almost three hundred thousand for diesel. Now we bought a two hundred cavier generator. That's not part of it. So on a weekly basis, you are doing one point two million four weeks. That's four point eight million that you are not sitting on. The three is because money is talking a says they don't give, don't give. That's four point eight million. So salary we adding noble salary four point eight venue four point eight Now, homma, do you spend on transport per week? Let's use that one for corrent basis because we have over seventy percent? You here who can pay their transport? Hommer? Do you pay on Sunday? Summat carry microphone so that you know we are trust. Money goes hey. Fat champing, money chops the money Monday. That is not enough. We are we are moving by faith. How much do you spend on on Sunday? One point five million? That's how people? Young people come to hear good. If you leave there, they won't concert. So we bring them by first to hear. When we see a nacasto is not some part of a nacastle is money? You bring them by first. How much do you spend on Tuesday like this? Five seventy so one point four b one point five? What did you say for Sunday? One point five point five that's two points something million per week? So in a month, how much is that? Two tanks for its world? That's about eight million. So at four point eight plus four point eight plus eight million, this is domestic. People don't know what's that you take. Kingdom does advance because engels are blowing fire. I'm not talking to save so are we compass of Goblin? To give you an idea of crusade admissions? How much do we spay for TV per month? Because we have over eleven million homes, it's not everybody that's on YouTube. They held Daly who sits on home and connect to free to air. They hear the message. How much do you spec where do we pay for TV per month? Five five thousand US dollars? Combat that? How much? Says that? That's per month? The kingdom just move because you know when people who don't know God are talking, don't follow them. I'm doing this to deliver somebody. Now this is us see see us more. We are eight million. Add that to what you have. So you have eight million, eight million, four point eight million, four point eight million. We have no finisher. Now because we are pushing on media, you have produced biboards because people have to hear how much you spend on board per month? Uh huh I thought it was. Two point eight Now wow, go and have it now, let people go go out and winstows on this street? Those three evangelizy five million added. How much do we. Spend on transportation? Okay, you have given me transportation. You have done be born. Now this does not include logistics. If I tell you how much that they use for all the messages you are watching online, say God is speaking, you. Will be shocked. We are not talking diesel in the office. The diesel runs like your perfume and on matches. I'm not talking the bosses. We have our bosses that move around for evangelisy every week. I'm not talking that. How much is that? No, no, leave that one. That that's logistics what you have called? Now, what's the total? That's twenty nine million? No tap two points something million per month. That's domestic without logistics. So when we got here, has money talking? If we are spending eight million per mont, do you think our offering here with seventy percent students and youth, do you think it's off to eight million? So when they say they are tity offering, you know that is Antichrist. That is talking. They don't know what they're saying. Can I talk to shock? You talk to me about postolic invasions? How much do we How much did we spend for Ganner? We just came from Ghana. How much did we spend for this Ganner Postonic invasion? Forty thousand dollars? They gave me budget of fifty thousand. I kept three me and three men and three me. Multiply that by the current rates in Iran. That's Ghana. Ghana is you can't you. In nineteen seventy you can track to Ghana when our fathers were this from. That's a place you can track. How much is that? That's about sixty four million. And we are not doing it out of ambition. Go there. We are going to Australia. I'm threeming and threeming and thrilling. It's more than Ghana. Last year they apostolic inveasion in UK is more than one hundred thousand pounds. People are not hearing the gospel. Chip, Liza, Now talk to me about crusades. Armor do we spend per crusade? A proper crusade the one I preached? Because do you know why? I said? So? We have what we call in house evangelists, and Joseph Will talked to us about it. There are in house evangelists that we give money a weekly basis to go to villages to preach. They don't come here. They ideas not to bring them here. They just win soles. So we are using it to train those evangelists and we're also using it. To win soules. So when you wear that we have one one point seven million is money talking to amos that okay in Coja, yeas fourteen million. Now we have done more. Last year we did several of those crusades. I've been busy. I've not done much this year. But every time you see me preaching a crusade domestically, that's fourteen fifteen million talking. So the three hundred people that come out, that's fourteen million. Now give me. Zambia, Cameroon Apostolic invasion. How much did breaspand for those invasions Zambia was like last year now or so, that's over twenty six thousand dollars the money I signed it, so I feel it. I can't forget the figure. So in the last two years only they are Postolic invasions we have done is almost three hundred thousand dollars. The crusades we have done is almost two hundred million. So when you see one point seven million is prayer money that stalking is. And somebody is. Talking, hey wait, if we're talking, we won't force anybody to give you. But Kingdom advances when songs give. This is what we use our money for. Hope. You know we bought busses. We bought stage, crousette, stage. All those ones are logistics. The bosses are over hammer. Do you buy those bosses? Wisdom? They four bosses. Now where we are currently we are spending about eight billion for transport. We need at least ten coast bosses. Homm do imm deb buy those bosses. These pictures we are seeing, don't only see crowded. This is dollars. When people come out like this, they are giving the hour to cry. That's dollars talking. Now there are people doing more than twenty times we are. Doing, and they are insulting them. And the people insulting them are in the studio. These money is we are talking about. The implication is almost two million souls. The people sitting in those studios have not woron eight thousand soules. And they are talking. And I'm not talking miracles people who are being healed. I'm not talking people who have been transformed on fire for God. And then we have more than forty workers on our pay room. And somebody who has not employed two people is talking. Hom did you buy bosses. Fifty six millions? So why you see those black verses with missions? Missions? Missions? You have that's million, million million. That's the buses they use. Now, this is domestic expenditure. Cross said, And what evangelism Apostolic invasion, crusade. And what. And evangelism comes out? How many people do you mobilize per week? This one is ruler our young evangelisa that go out to bridge. How many four per week? How much do you give each one? Fifty thousand times four? How much is that? That's six hundred thousand a month. That's two point four million to train young evangelists and to also have them winsles. This is crusade, Apostolic invasion. And what domestic expenditure. Domestic expenditure per month is thirty million. That's by yay, three hundred and sixty million. Apostolic invasion more than three hundred thousand dollars, crusade more than two hundred million. And people are they don't know a kingdom. If you ask these people, charge should be a brute from the earth. And then you see gollibook Christian talking talking. They don't know what they're saying. I've not spoked about IDP. You just came back from one IDP in recording. At least we have gone to like eight or ten. How much did you spend on one IDP with the invasion one point two million? That's over twelve million IRA for IDP. I've not talked about medical missions because. We do medical missions. And then there are many ministries that are into missions that we give one million per month one point five million, six hundred thousand. There are ministries that we pay rent for. You just supported one with rent last week? How much did you give them? Five eighty? How about the one from you don't call the name? How much did you give? One point five million? The guys Saint John? How much do you give per month? You don't knock kingdom? Keep quiet? Oh are you seeing all these five? The anti Christ extatic Christ? Now, then we talk about membership support. You don't know how many people we pay accommodation for. You don't want to know. Most of our young people here in the university, they don't have anybody to train them. Church is all they know. We have people on school fees roster. In moment ten, the semeister is zoom, they line up. We give schoofies. It said, cry out my kingdom through prosperity, Sha yet be spread up, bro, This is what we do with charge money. We support the helpless, We pay for kingdom advancement, we pay for so willing and then we build system. We have people come to sit down to lend the ways of God. So in the year we spend close to six hundred to seven hundred thousand US dollars to run what we are running. See how's more, we are imagine the bigger ones. So if you can't do what we are doing, keep quiet. We are winning. We are the vege of winning two million soles now in two and a half years. There are ministries I've won ten million soles in two years, So imagine what they are spending. And this is not my generant ministry. I don't change money for my generant ministry. That one is the one God gave me. When I go the people who invite me, if they choose to honor me, whatever they honor me, I receive a comeback. If they don't, they've given me a platform. At least I won't spend for a six million for that cruises. They've organized a cruisaid that I've come to preach. That's how I see it, because if they don't invite me, I will go there and I would have paid for it. So I see every invitation like an apostolic invasion. Instead of spending twenty thousand dollars, you set the platform, I come to preach. I leave when they means double advantage. So kingdom clad for Jesus, clad for yourselves. Kingdom advanced through prosperity. So when palms rise, Kingdom advances. There is more we can do, but this is the ability we have for now. If we have the resources, we will do cruise from January to December. We have more than ten people here that can do statewide crusade. Pastor Godwin just came from Karduna last week. Last month, he was in Bauchie the month before he was in in jobs. We have more than ten people who can do that, but for now we have we expose only one. But this is what kingdom resource is going to. We are not buying ferrari sayoga, we're winning souls. We are giving creating platforms to prey gospel. Now, if you're that's just ferrari. We will drive when we need the resources we sell it's converted. But we are now using the partnership for peradi. So why do we give. We give for kingdom advancement. And this is why God blesses those who give. So what are the blessings of giving? Number one, divine abundance. You can't be a gatekeeper in the kingdom giving for kingdom advancement, and you don't work in the blessings. So the first benefit of giving is abundance. Now the scripture we just read, you saw that already. Second Correngians nine, verse nine, and ten. The Bible said God increases your resources and your generosity. Let's read from verse eight. Let's read from verse eight. Those who give bountifully. Now this is what the Bible said about them. God will generosity prove rite all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty. Left over to share with others. Verse nine. As the scripture said, they share freely and give generously to the poor. He said they are good deeds will be remembered forever. I'm going to read the scripture again because one of the benefits of giving is eternality world. Then next verse. And God is the one who provides seeds to the farmer and bread to the eater. In the same way, he will provide and. Increase what your resources so those who give they never luck. You think when you give, your resources will reduce. No, the more you give, the more God provides. God increases your resources because they giving is like a trigger. In Christ Jesus. The system is already there, but your expression of faith, worship in giving triggers it. So you come into abundance. That's why it said in Proverbs three, verse nine and ten, say honor the Lord with your substance and with the first root of your increase is a so sharp diy band project that scripture KJV. I prefer this one in KJV. Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Next verse we'll come back to KJV. Then you will fill your band with grains, and. Your verse will overflow with good wives. Those who give, they burst into abundance. Is a false. That power that moves you to give is a false. So when you give that power, it causes an explosion. Can't give and be small. I know this one by experience. No, who don't give, but the ones who keep checking and complaining. Those who give you will never have them arguing. And I'm not saying once in a why character I'll giving. They keep breaking forth and bursting forth, and I will show you all the areas where the Bible nondicious to give. I'm not just talking church now, so you're come into what abundance? Abundance, abundance Philippians for fifteen and nineteen first said, concerning giving and receiving, no church communicator to me, but you only verse nineteen, say my God supplies all your needs according to his riches in Glory by Christ Jesus. So contextually he's talking about material things. Concerning giving and receiving. No churge gave me, But you, my God, that supply all your needs. So it's not talking spirit to our needs only according to his riches. Say what in Glory by Christ Jesus. I tell my people here, those who give and give us a lifetime. They spend from glory glory to go. So abundance. Is one of the blessings of giving. Giving shall be giving on to you Luke six thirty eight. And I say again, Jesus was teaching on judgment, but the principle in parts on giving as well. That's why he's forgiving. There good measure, press down, checking together, I'm running over. Shall men be moved? To give to your bosom. This thing is a mystery, and that's why Paul was teaching it. From second Krenias ninety six. He said, the same way a farmer sow seeds and gets harvest. He said, that's how giving works. He said, when you give, you also have a harvest. So he used the principle of famine to explain the mystery of giving. So second Correntius nine eight began from second Cornus nine one to six. So you plant one bag of rice, you get over ten bags. They said that principle applies to giving. Also, it's not just for famine. Beavers work in abundance. Number two, giving deep things your relationship with God. The Bible said in Matthew six twenty one, you read that already where mass stressor is, dear, his heart is Enaltis said, dear, the desires. Of his heart is there? Is it? Most of us, church or kingdom or pressure looks strange. It's because our resources are not there. You can't put gold in the safe and forget where the house is. Have you ever seen them? Even the bag you carry about the day you five money inside, they will be working and checking if the bag is he there. I went somewhere with bag. That I was throwing with careless. They now collected the back and put some venice in there. He heard currencies when I was coming back, certainly I will the God was. When I give back. I don't know who trouble. I said, Oh that back with be careful. How are you, Gosh? Don't hold carelessly? Live hope with understanding where mass treasure is, His heart is there. You can't give for kingdom and your heart is not in the kingdom. It's not possible. You can't give to God and your heart is nothing God's lives. It's not possible. So the second blessing of giving is a deep thing relationship with God. The third blessing of giving, like I showed you already, his growth and transformation, because giving. Is God's character. When you begin to practice it, you develop God's character for God soul love the John three sixteen. He gave his only begott in soul, who's whoever believed in him. You're not perish, but however lasting love. You're growing that character when you give. And it's a blessing to be like God. So there's abundance. I don't have. Time to share my testimony because I don't want to trigger anybody. But trust me, we are not here by mistake. Number one is by messy and number two is by kingdom lifestyle. It's not by chance. I say you to copper, you'd copper. I gave almost all my LAWI for missions. When it comes, we removed, type removed. Sometimes you don't won't take anything to it. We give the whole thing and we are trusting God, and people be sending. Us money from distances. When I collected my first allay and gave it, I was stranded in Cannon. And I was tricking from church back to Sabungary. I was from Sabungary back to Bocapu Baracks. I was saying, can before I went to worry. How do we suffer this action we took? Is it right? I didn't have these. Revelations, but the pastor preached something that day. Some pastors will preach here, will go empty. Can't do exact that? You drop it that your start saying they didn't put a ring on their tongue? I said, did did I? And those were the times when bombs were exploding the canoe? What if there's an images say I. Have to go home. When I got to them, they called me from Benue and said somebody came visiting. I gave nineteen eight they sent me thirty thousand. I'm not saying to happen like that. That's not what I'm telling you. So don't go and give ten million and say I'm waiting for twenty million. That's not what I'm saying. It's not money doubling. But I'm telling you that God can't forget you, sir. It can't tat people who give work in abundance. I can give you this testimony consistently. This testimony is for the last ten years. You cander. If I tell you my personal expenses in the day, you will wonder how how are you surviving? And we are not surviving. We are living in abondance, reining in life, carrying the responsibility of many people, but not feeling it for a second. People call you more than fifty percent need something. They travel to say you. They don't love you. Problem is a problem that brought them? Are You are solving problems every day, but you're not sweating if it's just at work a sad gave a person to seven, give a person to eight? You don't know the evil that will come upon the earth, as don know not how the bones are formed in the womb of he that is with child. It's a source. So know not doubt the ways of this spirit. This thing is the ways of the spirit. It's the ways of the spirit. Can you read a Classia six eleven, verse one to see is giving is the way of this did it? And a climaxis? As you don't know how pounds are formed, That's how you will know how. Your resources will come. It's stronger than magic. I'm telling you, I'm not manipulting you. I'm not asking you to give. And don't practice it here, practice it as well. When you are blessed, come back and tell me. Cast thy bread upon the waters for your way find it. After many days you will find it that not the laws. So cast thy bread upon the waters the move of anyway of God. This cast your bread, you will find it. Give a person to seven, give to it for down. Know it not the evil that can. That means even if the column befails, you will be prosper if you can hit it. Your surprised and no. Longer from earth. It's not my God. My God shall surply all your knees. It's not the economy of a nation that sostains you. And I'm not talking as to biblical realities. Go read your Bible. The patriots were bigger than nations. They looked at Isaac, they said, go from us. You are bigger than us. That means it's not that nation that's hostainizing. The guy was bigger than the economy. That's what I'm telling you. Here, look at these three exaid, when the cloud be full of red, then will empty themselves. So these are these are heavenly economies. When the cloud is full of red, he empties himself upon the edge. It say, if the three falls to the south or towards the north, in the place where it's fallowed, dh this is a powerble, and it begans to open it for that be that observer the wind. That means you don't give when you have, you don't give when he looks platable. They're giving is what changes the weather. It's not the weather that in first they're giving. Is they giving that changes the weather. I'm not moretiver than you are. I'm telling you Scripture, That's why I told. You from the beginning. I will ask you to give. But these are truth him that that's the wind shall not solve, and. Neither they got the crowd shall not read. It's not the weather that it coomans. I was sorry. I was Sorrying is what maney plays. The weather. Is that as thou know, as not to show you that this is a mystery. As thou knowst not the ways of the spirit, know how bones are fund in the womb of heart, that is with child. The way you can't explain the spirit. That's how you can explain this reality. So anybody who comes and is trying to explain, I know universal laws. Work hard, sharp on your gift, be productive, have an inheritage. They are universal laws. I don't despise them. But there are rems beyond universal laws. I believe in hard work, I believe in productive work, I believe in inheritage. They are true, but they are not all there is. That are mysteries around posterity, they are mysteries around success. They are mysteries around world. As thou know not what the way of the spirit, nor how bonds are found in the womb. But as time evil soul know it no doubt the works of God that is needed and these six. It's my emphasis. It's saying the money. So this mystery is talking to you about sewing. It's not about fasting that our mysteries or fasty. It's not about prayer that our mysteries of prayer. This one is the mystery of giving in the money, so that I see it in the evening with what not thy hand, for thou knowest not withither chat prosper. That means you're giving produces results. This is pipe. No body can change it. You don't know which one we prosper, either this or that or what that. Theyre bots are like, and I prefer when both of them prosper. So give me see what hard? What if you know? This is your teacher. I'm a PhD holder, So I studied. I didn't sit somewhere idle trying to talk gibblish. I studied. I was working before God taught me. He sent me to the nations and it became impossible. And even now that I'm traveling hope. You know. My wife is a business woman. We put monish, we invest. I'm not saying the idle work hard. What's that work productively? But if you bank on all your hand can provide. You don't know God, he said, don't say with my hand, I've got this world. They told me it's a good thing. He said, you shall remember the Lord, your God. It is him that giveth the power to get worse. He said. Tell them that are rich, even those ones who claim they don't know God, tell them that are rich to be not high minded, not trusting on certain riches. In the living God that give back to every man. So even the man who says this is an eight days, God. Is blessing him. But for those of us who are songs, we know what to do to provoking. And it's also a responsibility. I don't sit down. People are giving. Things are happening in the Kingdom. You are clappy clappy for what I started giving from the university. No past or prey to me. God taught me from ten Ira, I will triple God and not come to talk with money. He moved it to twenty, moved it to fifty, moved it two hundred. It was when I got to one thousand that I started hearing preachers. But this is not something a man who asked me to do, and thank God I did. We were investing in kingdom. People from youth service. I don't know how many of them that I can't pay anymore. There are many of them doing great. I don't know all of them, but they feel that I can't pay in a month. Telling you don't joke with God. These are mysteries. These are mysteries. Giving provokes abundance. Please sit down. It depends your relationship with God. It facilitates growth and transformation. And then giving helps you to make impact. My kingdom through prosperity the carriers one seven seventeen Shah yet spread abroad. So those who prosper and give, they are the ones who make Kingdom spread abroad. Look chapter eighth, verse one to three. Jesus, who is the son of God, the world made flesh. He had people giving. That means King Jesus is Minis you not as spread abroad? If there were no givers, that's the son of God. And mind more Jesus than Jesus. And it came to pass afterwards that as he went throughout every city, every village Britain, and showing glad tidings of the Kingdom of God and the twelfth with him. So he went to every city, every village. How look at how certain women. This is how he went to every city. This is how he went to every village who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities. Mary called Madalene, out of whom were seven devils, and Joanna, the wife of Chooser, Herald Steward, and Susannah, and many others. He said, the. Minister to him, not in prayers, not in leynon of hers will lay hands on Jesus, Minister to him of the assastan. And on the strength of the assaultan, he went to every city and every viding. This has been the Kingdom way. So anybody who fights it is fighting advancement. It's an anti class movement. I'm not saying there are. No pastors, professor apostles. Who are manipulating people, taking money and wasting on other things. There are many words in secluding, but that there are few people who are airing. That does not mean we should remove a kingdom ordinance. It's not another place to do that. Kingdom impact, but in the lives of individuals in the light, in the territory, and in the generation. To a very large extent, depends I'll give you. Because it amplifies the message, it amplifies the acts of God, so it is important. He also demonstrates the nature of God. If we don't give it to be hard to explain love to a dying world. Most of the villagers we go for medical missions. They don't preach much. When don't play resources for free. Why you are treated them? We say, Jesus is Lord, and preach pray for them. That's how the charity is open glory to God because of our time. Finally, it provokes eternality words Second Correctians nineteen. I told you already your. Givings are remembered forever, and your righteousness enjoy us forever. He said. Now here the minister has seed to the solar both minister's bread for your food, and multiply your seeds soon and increases the fruits of your righteousness. So this thing has eternality. Worlds, God remembers your labor of law that you. Best told for His kingdom. Now let's feed them as you round up in fifteen minutes. Who do we give to number one the church? If they do good to all men, especially those in the household of faith Proverbs three nine. Are not the Lord with your substance, So you give in the house of God. You give there. In first Corinthians sixteen, verse two, who told them. To gather the sources in the House of God. From there they now taken distribute to where they need to reach out with the love of God. Upon the first day of the week. Let every one of. You lay by him in stall, as God had first paid him, that. There may be no gathering when I come. Next verse. That means I don't want to. Come and start raising of free Go die it before I come, so that we don't do it when I come, and when I come home too, as are approved by your letters them when I send to bring your liberality to Jerusalem. So they give in the House of God. They now take it and distribute where there are needs. So of course godie it before I come. So we give in God's house. Number two, Where do. We give to or who do we give to? We give to the needy, like offans, widows, and vulnerable people, So individually do it. Don't overlook the poor, don't overlook the widow, don't overlook offense. Give to them. And then if there are structures like that in the House of God for reaching the helpless, give into it as well. That's why we have partnership for inner city missions. I did become vegetations and all of that James one, twenty seven. It's a religion that is of our Father and is pure and thoughtless, is one that looks afterwards. Ofphans and widows. So you can't claim you are religious right spell it to a man and you are on sensitive or insensitive to ofphans and widows. It's a true religion that is pure and thoughtless before God. As regard for orphans and to widows. The Bible saying that lender to the poor lender also onto God. Number three, where do you give to families and parents? Edded Dose twenty twelve. Honor your father and your mother FESTIVALI five forms. If a widow has children or grandchildren, this should lend first to put your religion into practice by caring for their own family and repaying to their parents and grandparents. So you're not a giver because you're giving church. There are many people who give in church who are not givers because they see the pororn, they sweet, they are not moved. They see the widows, they see all fans, they are not moved. Those are trained religious people. They are giving to receive partnership reward at the end of the year. Those are not give us. They give for their ego. You're giving church, or you give to the poor and the needy, and then you give to family, especially parents. Don't tell me you are giving to church, beauty, you are giving to love God. And you have not remembered your father or your mother for the whole year. No, Sah, there is something they tell you in church that boosts your ego. That's what you are giving to, not God. If you're a giver, yes, you give first to God because it's priority, and you do that in the House of God. But you also give. To the needy, and you give to family, especially parents. Number four, Who do you give to or what do you give for? From missions? You know I showed you domestic expenditure. Here there are givings that I used to provide meat in the House of God. Fighting is part of that giving. You're hearing the word of God now because money facilitates it. They are doors connected online in a few hours, several thousands so I've had this message. Imagine if there was no electronic device or data to put it there. And I mean and the people on life will be like, what's going on the leading. This message is available to them is money. So there is domestic giving for providing meat in the House of God, but there's also giving for missions. We have pastors outside this country. We have pastors that go for cruises. We pay them, not because they ask for it, but they were tracked there. We just planters. Some people in Ghana, they don't sa you think they'll just go to Ghana. I went there hungry. They will stand under the bridge. I said, I've been fool. Won't that be wicked nets? They don't salardy a need. Then God gloss them and they say, apostle, God has heptops. We don't need this anymore. And we say, thank you Father for raising songs. But don't there you then better. That's what they do. Somebody is in Rla, somebody is in Calabar, somebody is in Portacos. They're not two in Bybuza. They eat the world for transform of what they eat food. They are not flying to judge at least we have not all entered Phillips dimensions. When they enter and they say we don't need it, Thank you Lord Jesus. My prayers for them to enter first and to enter so fast that they begin to send so that we empower more. But until then we owe it responsibility. So missions, the message and the people that go out, they are pushed by resources. That's why paul us collective resources first Cotenteer sixteen two, three and four four missions. So four major ways. To give or places or what to give for is in the House of God for glory, glorifying God, and for making meat available for operations of the systems in the House of God. Number two for the needing, the helpless, the authors, the widows, the fatherless. Number three it's for for family and parents, and number four for missions. Please, this should be your project as a song. Children may not children don't have projects. They only feed and feed miracle savis, Lord, give me my healing. They will keep feeding, but grow quick. Those of you who have songs, it should be projects. Take up missions. Oh, we want to. Establish the work of God in in in medug what's the cost for the building? Pay for it. Make it a project before you leave this world, build ten churches were there are no places or worship. Let it be your body. If you want to start from your village. That's the most important is that you have built God the house because some people we only do something from their village. First start, that is okay. It means you are responsible. But do it. Make sure your sponsor crusades. If you are seventy at least, let's seventy souls go to heaven with you. If you are strong, seven seven hundred. If you are very strong, seven thousand. But if you are captain, let's think seven million, then seventy million, because you're preached, and because you're okay, if I'm captain, If I are captain seven million, I won't live here. Seta notes, I won't live here. Are they are at least seven million soles in the kingdom? Because I can, I go directly or indirectly. I saw Rain had bunkings seventy nine million souls seventy nine years. I said, Kai, this is the best man that lived in this generation and knows what it means to be alive. What is the attitude on this position? We must sustaining giving number one, joy and cheerfulness. Don't give grudgingly. I know when you give sarcrificially you can cry, but let your heart be happy the moment you drop it. It means you understand why you give. Second Correngians ninety seven. We're ready it already. I say, don't give by compulsion, don't give them the pressure. Don't give up necessity, he say, God Lords, a cheerful giver. Number two, give with a disposition of humility and selflessness. This is not a political ground where people do first humility, you get one million. They didn't call your name. You say, I'm never giving again. It shouldn't be for them to say, ah, come, this mighty Man is the one trans the crusade. They thank you of man can't give you anything. Your focus should be on the last day, well done, good and faithful servant. There are people that at the moment they give to cobble, when they come to charge, the. Whole unit must clap and say, welcome a gaza. They should change their sitting position to first in first, I sit in here. They should sit by the right. They are not We are not doing the dog here. This is not a dog. Has not chieftain's the title here because your beauty, bahole. We are not putting there down people's caps here. Here is only Jesus that has this nature to say, well done. So when you gave, gave with humility and selflessness. Matthew Sees one to four. Jesus told us, they say, be careful, be careful, take heed. Not to do your arms before men. Don't be seen of them. Otherwise you have no reward of your father. So you see that giving gives reward, it. Said, but be careful not to do it for pride and then glory. So when you give, it should be with humility and selfless disposition, because you are not a pharisy. Number three, Give sacrificially and in faith. Don't throw seas carelessly. Some people come to give, they just throw money around. This is not donation. Yes, we do donation from time to time. When we take clothes to the poor, people donate their clothes. But when you are giving, I told you it's odd. It's off his worship. Don't give worship and honor carelessly. Some people who squeeze money and just throw it. You're not playing basketballs. Let that be honor, faith and sacrifice. While you are giving something sacrificial, will you give it carelessly? Look at the widow and look twenty one one to four the way she gave it. You knew this person's life depends on this thing. That's not something you do carelessly. So give sacrificially and let it be with the spirit of faith. And number four, give with sincere motives. Since here motive. If you are trusting God for a breakthrough, telling Lord, I'm giving this acknowledging you as my source. Please bless me and increase me. I know in Christ you have given me your things. Have my faith to break into it. If you're giving us an act of honor, tell him, Lord, this is my best. I've come to honor you with it. Be since here. Let your motive always be pre because if motive is wrong, everything is lost. And then finally, give intentionally the way you pray, intentionally, the way you win those intentionally. Give intentionally. This is why some of you need to get this message. Listen to it last like ten times. No, the reason forgiving, not the principles forgiving, not the benefits of giving. Know it so that when you do it, there is intentionality. You want to achieve something, there's eternality word, there's demonstration of love. It's my honor to God, it's my worship. Be intentional, don't be careless about it. Off you know whatever comes from you as part of your life, So don't throw your life carelessly, be intentional. Acts twenty thirty five per cent. It's more blessed to give than to receive. That means every time he's giving, he's thinking blessing. It's intentionality. When do we give Number one regularly and consistently? First Cornians six two Ecclesiastic eleven six. A've read boots saying the morning, so does it in the evening? With hold not the hand. You don't know which of them we produce, either one or the other or boot. Not only give when they preach about Isaac's offering, give you Isaac, No I told you from the beginning is the character of the mature believer. Number two, When do you give when you're you are moved by the spirit to be cheerful? Demonstrate your cheerfulness in giving. So anytime your heart is moved give second corn As ninety seven. Not reluctantly, not out of compulsion. God loves a chefol giver. If your sense a leading to give, gif come we told yourself. Number three, When do you give in response to opportunities? Every time there's an opportunity to give? Gif At two forty four to forty five. The believers were together. The moment they saw those who lacked those who had give, and they said there was none that locked. So not lacking was not a miracle. It was because all that who were mature saw every giving as an opportunity. Number four, When do you give during specific worship celebrations or gatherings? They turned on me sixteen sixteen Three times in the year you shual appear before the Lord, and never appear before the Lord empty. Six verse eight. He says, give. The Lord they honor that is due to his name, come before him with an offering. So every time I lamped this one so early in life. If I attend an online meeting, I ask them where are they giving offering? So long as the name of the Lord is name there, I honor his presence. Never appear before the Lord empty, and it's not a lord. That's why the summit spoke about it. Give the Lord they honor due to him, Come with an offering. If you call me for a zoom meeting, I will give offering. If I joined a meeting on Facebook, I will give off it. Some days ago, my wife stumbled on the church. They were doing a midnight prayer and coincidentally they wanted to buy cheers. The whole budget was two million. Please learnt this fi what God is doing. It takes a lot of it. They passed or. Said God told him that night to ask people to give that night, and she kid into it. When I came, she told me. I said, no way, you can be the only one. I kid him immediately. If not, this is our church. It's not about churches kindom, It's God's presence. You are watching the service, you're plugging. Most of the churches I give to they don't know me. I come online, I'm listening the guy's preaching. I'm blessed. I'm waiting for their accountedies. I put something there. The Lord has walken to me from there. I honor him. The Bible said, they honored deal to his name. And how do you show it? Bring an offering? So you give any time you come into a gathering of believers. Number five, when do you give when you don't have enough for something? You are trusting God for those who windows told us that if you don't have enough for it, then what you have becomes the seed. And thank God, I lant it. When I started, it looked like foolishness, but it has changed my life, asked my wife. She will tell you. We have many projects. Want to em back on project twenty thousand dollars, thirty thousand dollars, you have to six million. Okay, put this one there and you'll put it and the project gets done. You don't know how we lant it. And the scriptura first somewhere one e level. Hannah need the children. She couldn't have one. So what did she tell God? If you give me this one, I'll give him back. When she gives somewhere, God, get the straight five. It's the principle. First King seventeen thirty. The widow said, I have left Bob a hand fool to prepare so that me and my child we eat and die. And I just say, you know what is dying here, go and make it first for me. When she made it, they didn't didn't finish. So anything you are looking. For that you don't have all the one you have is a seed if your faith can't carry it. But if your faith can't carry it, keep saving over time. Both of them are good. You know, when you're talking in the public where you are both mature and waves, you have to give caveats for children. If I'm talking to past us. I won't add the second part, glory to God kinds of giving. This is where around them. What I'm saying is first to go and listen to the message and write it down. This is a bookle I don't have strength to sit down write book here. But this message is like give you their books. They are so criminals. So I've already put my face on books and they're selling on Amazon. I've not reading one book. If I'm write, I will tell you. But these message is they are books. I'm telling you wait. Take time to invest into these things. There are six biblical givings if you go through the Bible, and these six givings as follows. Number one first fruit Genesis four vers. Four. The idea of first fruit is to honor God and acknowledging as your source by giving him the first part of whatever he blesses you with. This is not law and the bell. He also brought off the first link of his flock, and of the fact thereof, and the Lord had respect onto a bell and its offering. Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruit of all your increase Proverbs three nine. If you have honor, an acknowledgement for God as your source. If it gives you something, your way take it potion. The Bible didn't prescribe what percentage. Depending on what your faith can carry, you can give all. You can give it person But if you know that is God that gave you, your first demonstration of worship is to take it person as say, Lord, I want to say thank you. That's the meaning of us fruit. It's acknowledgement and honor. It's a type of giving. And I'll give you the balance in the context of Greece, because. All these givings are summarized into one in the New Covenant. And I'll tell you that, so follow me. Number two is tight. This is sacrificial giving. Is se pretty your blessing in two percentages and giving God a portion of it ten percent to be specific. Genesis fourteen, verse twenty no law. Abraham went defeitted four kings and got this poise of war. Now there are people who say it's not Abraham's from party who told you, when you fight war in the days of Abraham and you conquer the people, all their possession is legally yours. Circum Chronicles twenty from verse twenty to twenty four. You'll see the principle there. Your win battles, this poie of war is your legal property. No body ask you for it. They moment Abraham defeated those kings, all of that asset became his own. That's why the King of Sudden kniw he couldn't collect it. He said, keep it is yours, and Abraham said, no, I won't take it. I don't want you to say you made me rich. Because those kings were enriched from this pois of war. The king of Suddom who don't take it, it's not his, and Nason took it from him. Abraham took it from that nation. It is the principle of conquest. Anything you take from back with yours. Anybody who can take it, you'll take it. But so long as you got it from war is your property. So those properties were Abraham's possession. He decided, on. Account of his nanlimity and faith to runing wish it back. And that was why Abraham had the right to say I'm taking ten percent. The king conquest on it. The whole thing disease. But what did Abraham do He get ten percent to go as a mark of honor for the one who preserved him. So why first fruit is honor for the one who blesses you. Tight is honor for the one who preserves you. The reason God add that died to the law was because he's dealing with the children of Israel. In the context of the law was a contract have to be legal, so. Protection and preservation needed the legality. So Titan became that principle that provided that security. But when the law was over, we now gave any percentage. We want ten percent inclusive, but time if we don't, they won't be consequence. But we can't. That's why we don't pay. We give it. There are people who say tit has been abolished. If you say it has been abolished, that means it is a scene to give God ten percent. It has not been abolished. The Bible is only silent on it. The apostles didn't preach it, but they didn't abolish it. Because anything that is abolished means it can't be practiced. That means in all your resources, you can't give God ten percent. And if you can't give God ten percent, where then is the will forgiving? Because those who claim titles abolished say giving now it's willingly. If it's willingly, why can't I give ten percent? So it's not abolished, but it God is just silent on it because you can give it and you can give more, but it. Has to be willful. And I'll burnance that at the end of the day. But ten percent is the threashold of sacrifice, any sacrifices you want to give to God, the basic threashold is ten percent. That's the idea of the tide, and it became before the law. So the Bible showed us that we can give percentages to God beginning from ten. Number three is worship offering. I've mentioned that already. They told only sixteen sixteen, don't appear before the Lord empty some ninety six vers eight give the Lord they honored due to him. So anyway, the presence of God is you give there Ah, it's a come with an offering. So the top kind of giving is worship offering. The firth kind of giving. Is alms giving. This is our our giving to the paw, and it's also spiritual. It's a hymn that lends that to the paw, lended onto the Lord, and God will repay. So we give to the paw, we lend to the needy. At four thirty four to thirty six, the Elejod gave an even distribution was made. None lacked among them almsgiving number five sacrificial giving. Look twenty one one to four. You saw the widow gave all the father's called it the widow's might. Second somewhere twenty four twenty four somewhere David said, I will not give the. Lord a bond offering from that which costs me nothing. So it is giving to God something that costs you, and it should be a practice. In those days, people made it vowels because they couldn't give it once, but they wanted to give it, so they put themselves on the vowel I will give you this so that they don't back out. It's a testimony of commitment to God, and it's a type of giving. But man, they don't even do it now because you can't preach it. The moment to preach it is say I want to take money from people. That's why when I preach like this, I don't ask for any giving, and I tell. People go and practice it as well. It's not about. Askin tom principle and then finally, it's what we call profets offering. Second King four, verse. Eight to ten. You read the story of the Shunamite woman. Now, the surprising part of this thing is that when you check all these practices, it didn't begin with God telling people. It was people who were spiritual that picked it from this village. Nobody told the bell to give us route. Nobody told them Braham to give tide. Nobody told the Shunama two man to give prophet seed. The Bible says. She saw him, perceived that he was a prophet, and on her own she said, no, she will give to this man. He said, as she sent on to her husband, Behold, now I perceive. That this is an holy man of God. We passed by us continually. Immediately she prepared a room, put the bed, put the table, and began to host the man and give to him. It was letter that it was now added as a principal in scriptures. In Matthew ten forty one, if you receive a prophet in the name of a prophet, you receive a prophet's reward. So the six kind of giving in scriptures his first fruit tied worship, offering, almsgiving, sacrificial giving and prophet seed. In the New Testament. Because of the libaty that we have in Christ, every. Compulsion on giving is removed. So the whole giving is called willful giving. That means they are not abolished. But you do it if you are lad of the spirit. You do it, if you perceive it as a necessity or embody in your spirit, and you do it if you have understanding. But God has removed every limit and every consequence. So the reason we don't say you must give your first fruit is because grace has removed consequence. You must give your type. Grace has removed consequence. But if you're starting the back when you see, this is God's character, this is God's ways of dealings, and if the Holy goes ples witness. I don't know how your. Own Christianity issue, but I can't come into a level and God blesses me and I don't take something or the whole thing he gave me to honor him by attesting that I know he's the one who brought me there. I don't know about you, but I can't shift. I can enjoy a shift in my life, and I don't bring something to acknowledge. And to show gratitude to God. That's why I told you the first PRIs word of giving his proportional giving. If I shift, the first place you will notice. Is on the ord. I don't need anybody to tell me. So that's my first fruit. Is my way of telling God, I didn't come here by my power. I acknowledge you brought me here. I'm just saying thank you. This is your honor. It's no longer in law. If you don't give first fruit, your bands won't bust forth. No, but I see honor God. I see I cannowledge him first for every promotion I receive. And there is no resources that comes to my hand, and that there's no percentage and located for kingdom is impossible, no. Matter how hard it is. I must give ten percent because I see that that's basic tresh food. But I'm not limited to it. I've given one hundred percent too many times I can't count. But I've seen that even those under day law who didn't have a relationship with God, they were giving ten percent. It's in me now that has been bought with a price that will give God less than that. So the reason I give ten percent is because I havenot let that bought me and all I have belonged to God, and those who are dealing with God based on contract give ten percent. Why wouldn't I give ten or more. So there's no law that says if I don't die now, the Divna will kill me. If the divina come, I take the name of Jesus and I have authority over them. But I will still live sacrificially. And the people of the law who do better than. Me, because God has done for me much more than he did for them. So I start from ten percent, but I accede. This is why, in the context of grace is willful. There's no compulsion, there's no consequence. But you can't say it's abolished, because if it is abolished, it means it's a sin to keep God from your first increase. If it is abolished, it means it's a sin to give God ten percent. And so long as we read the scripture, it's not a scene. It is not captured anywhere to be abolished. Jesus acknowledged it. He didn't abolish it. The apostles were quiet. On it, but they did remove it. If you say it's abolished, then let's begin to preach that if you give God ten percent, it's a sin and that will be error. So it is not abolished. Well, it's not a compulsion. You do it willingly, and if you can do more, do more. That's the kingdom principle. If God blesses you the first thing you received from there, it is maturity to honor him from it that. With a person or with all. And then in your blessing it is wisdom to give God the percentage, and the least should be ten. Because those who. Ten before you the ten, how will you go below them? In this kingdom, it's from glory to glory. We can't go below what our fathers did. We can only go beyond it. So you start from ten, and you give much more. And there sacrificial offering, we still do it. You can't tell me you are a Christian and the Holy goos doesn't move you to give sacrificially. And this is not when somebody preaches to you no almsgiving. We still do it. If not the law that if you don't give to the poor, you are not a Christian. But he said true religion, pere I'm blameless, is that you show kindness to the poor to offens to widows. So's telling you this is the ways of God. But God has removed every consequence and judgment that would have come upon you if you don't. But if you know it is God's ways, then you'll practice it. And powers teaching it say if we bless you with spiritual things, he says, it too much. For us to expect you to bless us of your cana things. That's profit. See it. It's still not a law. But if you. Recognize that this prophet, that prophet is blessing my life, recive prosidy is signed of being a reasonable Christian. So Paul said, if we bless you with spiritual things, you should bless us. We cannot, thinks say, if you receive a prophet in the name of a prophet, you receive a prophet's reward. So these six kinds of giving are tested there. Yes, it has not been abolished, but within the context of grace, there's no law that if you don't do it you'll be punished. Nonetheless, you should exercise your will to do them. Because these are the ways of God reveal to us in his dealings with the fathers. They were added to the law but they existed before the law. The Lord didn't abolish them. The same way they promise God gave to Abraham, Paul said, came before hope. You know, the whole argument of salvation was because salvation was promised before the law. First said, they promise God gave to Abraham before the law. He said, the Lord that came fourteenth centuries later can't abolish it. That's the same way the practices that. Existed before the law cannot be abolished by the law. The only difference is that you will not be judged if you don't do them, but if you. Do them, you are mature. Mature Christians are not God from their first blessings. Mature Christians give percentages to God from their resources, and the least they give you ten percent because they can't. Do less than those in the wilderness. Mature Christians give to the poor. Mature Christians, they are part of Kingdom advancement in every way they give to their prophets. This is the understanding of the doctrine of giving in the context of the Bible and the New Testament operations with the Holy Spirit. I encourage you take. Time, listen again and again make notes of these things and make it your practice. Your life will never be the same. Bow your hairs and talk to the Lord. HM. We receive the world with meekness, with meekness. For the saving of the soul. Hello, Donna, Hello Hi, Donn Hello him, Donna. Hello him. Imagine for a second. Those days when the teachers like this, they will tell you, see what we are doing, you are not giving. It does not stopped. Do you think we are telling you because of your giving? It's God that advances his kingdom. We are blessed to be part of it. See the enormity of what we are running in y year. So you should know. Prettening to you with someone passion. It's not about what you want to give you and I'm not telling you to give today, neither might CO ask you to give for anything tomorrow. But this is the way of a spiritual man. As I round up second Courageous Eighth from verse one to five to seven. Let's read it and see what Paul said. Projected. Verse seven is my emphasis. He said. Moreover, brethren, he said, we do you to eat of the grace bestoed on the churches in Macedonia. In Macedonia, so Poy is calling giving a grace. That's why grace can remove it. What is that grace? Next verse? How that in great trial and affliction they are bound downs of their joy and their deep poverty are bounded to us the riches of the nbrandage. Can you give me ENLG. I want everybody to understand what I'm reading. Let's not read this in CODEBT language, wizol. I know you understand CODEBT language, but we're reading to the world now. I want you to know their brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia Verse two. They are being tested by many troubles. They are very poor, but they are also filled with abundant joy which has overflowed in the rich, in their rich generosity. That's why I tell you don't give one you have only even why you don't have you give It's a grace, except for I can't testify that they give not only what they could afford, but far more. And they did it with their own free will you see what we summarize or they giving to be free? Will they backed us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift, in their gifts for the believers. In the Gift for the Believers in Jerusalem. They even did more than we had hoped for. Their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do. So those who give first of all, giving themselves. And so we have arged titles who encouraged your giving. So he's talking to the church in courage, but he's using the church in Macedonia. To encourage them. We have urged you, we have encouraged your giving. We have old titles who encourage your given the first place to return to you and to encourage you to finish this. So it's not just a grace, it's a ministry, this ministry of giveing. This is Paul. That's the only fake preacher. Stop giving. So start with Paul. Next verse he has some table titles verse, so titles collected. They say it's coming back so complete. That means what you'll give first, it's not enough completely since you excelled, see see my emphasis. Since you excelled in many ways. See what this charge is, goody faith gif test speakers. A Corinthian charge. Somebody will come and say dismounting will disappear tomorrow. They had faith. Somebody will come and talk for ten hours. You would think it's still minutes. They are gift test speakers. Is that you have knowledge the new mysteries they could talk about angels, princess of. The thought heaven. Is that you are enthusiastic and you you have. Love and say I want you to excel. Also, don't only show faith in raising triples. Don't only demonstrate holiness, not only speaking tongues or communicate mysteries. He say excel. Also, that's Moore talking in disgrace or this act of giving. It is part of the counsel of God. We preach holiness, we preach faith, we preach everything that is included in Christ. Giving is also part of it. Christ himself was given by God. So we cannot exonerate giving and say we are preaching Christ. That's not true. That's not a complete counsel of God. My prayer is that God will grant you the grace like the Church of Macedonia, to grow in disgrace, and that they will cause you to enjoy all the blessings that is tied to it, and your life will become a testimony give the Lord the big hand,