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Faith Promise Principles
What is a Faith Promise? Also known as
“Grace Giving”
Be assured -
Faith Promise Principles
It works!
Introduction:
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An amount you trust God to provide through you for world missions.
A step of faith that God will provide.
An identification with the step of faith taken by missionaries.
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A commitment between you and God.
. A privilege of joining in God’s work
Introduction: Faith Promise Principles
Puppies
The tithe
A church pledge you owe the church budget.
A commitment to be followed up by another person
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A foolish commitment, but a commitment based on communication with God
. “Look what I have done,” but “Behold what God has done!”
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“But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,
and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.”
Deuteronomy 8:18
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Ability koach Hebrew – “power, create, innovate, strength, capacity”
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God’s blessings seal our covenant relationship with Him
Deuteronomy 8:18
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Isaiah 49:8
“This is what the Lord says: In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances”
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Comes out of relationship Genesis 22
God’s blessings require a commitment of faith
God’s blessings require an obedient faith
God’s blessings become a witness to faith
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Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
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Our Giving should be Generous Giving
To sow sparingly is to reap sparingly
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To sow bountifully is to reap bountifully. The
secret is SOWING!
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II Corinthians 9:7
“Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
Our giving should be personalized giving
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II Corinthians 9:7 Our Giving should be personalized giving
Our hearts should lead us in giving
We should never give under compulsion
We should always give cheerfully
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II Corinthians 9:8 “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”
Our Giving releases God’s great blessing
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II Corinthians 9:8
Our Giving releases God’s great blessing
He makes all grace abound to us
He gives us all we need
He causes us to abound to every good work
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II Corinthians 8:1 - 3 … grace … Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.
…They gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability
Our giving should challenge and stretch us
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They gave out of extremepoverty
The Macedonians gave when they were under a most severe trial
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They gave beyond their ability
Yet they gave with overflowing joy
II Corinthians 8: 1 - 3
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They urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing ….
…but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God’s will”
II Corinthians 8: 1 - 3
They gave themselves first
before their resources
They pleaded for the opportunity to give
We should always give OURSELVES first!
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Principles That WORK
Grace Giving: Working Together for the Kingdom
We should combine our gifts to accomplish
the work of kingdom We should care one
for another
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Grace Giving: Working Together for the Kingdom
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II Corinthians 8: 4, 5
“…but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God’s will”
We should always give OURSELVES first!
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Faith Promise Principles
The beginning of fruitful Investment
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What is YOUR Commitment?
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