Sermon quotes on giving
Randy Alcorn
The more you give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest giver in the universe, and He won’t let you outgive Him. Go ahead and try. See what happens.
Augustine of Hippo
How Great a God is He who gives God!
Amy Carmichael
You can always give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
Oswald Chambers
If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give them, but that is not the end of prayer. The end of prayer is that I come to know God Himself.
Winston Churchill (attributed)
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
(Widely and incorrectly attributed to Churchill.)
Anne Frank
No one has ever become poor by giving.
Hudson Taylor
The less I spent on myself and the more I gave away, the fuller of happiness and blessing did my soul become.
R.G. LeTourneau
I shovel [money] out, and God shovels it back…but God has a bigger shovel!
Annie Johns Flint
When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
When our strength has failed ere that day is half done
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources,
His love has no limit,
His grace has no measure,
His power has no boundary known unto men;
For out of his infinite riches in Jesus,
He giveth, and giveth and giveth again.
He Giveth More Grace Hymn 1941
Martin Luther
People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.
Michael Gorman
Cruciform self-giving is the distinctive dimension of holiness.
John Oxenham
Love ever gives,
Forgives, outlives,
And ever stands with open hands,
And while it lives it gives.
For this is love’s prerogative,
To give – and give – and give.
John Wesley
Make all you can, save all you can, so that you can give away all you can.
Dixie Fraley
We’re most like God when we’re giving.
Mark Twain
It is better to give than receive — especially advice.
Frederick Buechner
It’s not only more blessed to give than to receive, it’s also a whole lot easier.
Jim Elliot
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
Payton March
There is a wonderful law of nature that the three things we crave the most in life— happiness, freedom, and peace of mind— are always obtained by giving them to someone else.
Randy Alcorn
Giving jump starts our relationship with God. It opens our fists so we can receive what God has for us.
Craig Blomberg
How do modern Christians and churches avoid the seductive power of material possessions? How can wealth remain a “good” for their enjoyment rather than leading them further away from God and the priorities of his kingdom? The recurring answer of both Testaments is through generous giving to others.
Jan van Baal
True giving is participating, participating in the life and work of the donee, participating in one’s universe as a sympathizing member. No one can participate without giving first. Giving is essential for a meaningful existence.… All communication begins with giving, offering.
“Offering, Sacrifice and Gift ,” in Understanding Religious Sacrifice, 290–291.
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