Giving Produces joy

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: Giving produces joy

"For God so loved the world, he gave . . ." (John 3:16). We are never more like God than when we give. Jesus said, "I did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give my life" (Matt. 20:28). The world's thought is get all you can. But to be like Jesus, we must give.

You've heard it said, "Give until it hurts." That's not true. People don't give because it hurts. They give because it feels good. Again Jesus said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35, NIV). The happiest people on earth are givers. They have discovered the joy of giving.

Author Thomas Carlyle tells how, when he was a boy, a beggar came to his door. His parents were out and he was alone in the house. On a boyish impulse, he broke into his own savings bank and gave the beggar all that was in it. He said that never before or since did he know such sheer joy in giving.

When we give of ourselves our heart is changed. And the heart of our Christ shows through.

LET US PRAY
DEAR LORD JESUS CHRIST, OPEN THE WINDOW OF YOUR BLESSING TO US AND LET YOUR JOY OVERFLOW IN US IN JESUS NAME.

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