Be A Relentless Giver
I.
True abundant prosperity
doesn’t begin to manifest until you start dipping into that which is yours
A. Returning the tithe
positions you at the place where you can give an offering
1. EX: You can’t keep
somebody’s car and then try to give them gas money for the gas you used in the
car
2. Malachi 1:6-10-They
hadn’t given God the tenth, but were trying to give him something less than
that and he didn’t accept the offering
3. Tithing is returning to
God’s what’s His, offerings are giving to God what’s yours
B. If we’re going to truly
prosper at the level God wants we must get to the place where everything we
have is truly available to Him to sow into another person’s life
1. “Use Wisdom” has been the
excuse people use to stay stingy
a. Don’t “use wisdom,” but
BE LED
2. We can’t just be tithers;
we have to be people who live to give
II.
Whatever you refuse to
release from you can never come back to you (Luke 6:38)
A. The seeds/offerings you
sow are designed to go out and multiply and come back to you
1. If you’re not giving
anything, then nothing can be given back to you
2. Whatsoever a man lets go
of, will come back to him
3. Are you letting go of
anything?
B. You will only reap what
you sow (Galatians 6:7)
1. Deceived-Wander, led into
error, led away from the truth
2. Mocked-Turn up the nose,
deride, laugh at, ridicule, treat with contempt and scorn
3. Are you sowing any money
beyond the tithe?
C. You will reap in
proportion to how you sow (2
Corinthians 9:6-7)
1. Sparingly-Not abundantly,
not lavishly, not frequently, moderately, cautiously
a. 2 Corinthians 9:9-He
throws caution to the wind, giving to the need in reckless abandon. His right-lliving, right-giving ways never run out, never wear out.
b. Psalm 112:5-You’re led by
the spirit in your giving, but you always stay in giving mode
(1)
The
generous man appears to be reckless with his money because he gives it so
readily, but this is not the case: He is prudent and cautious in his financial dealings
because he has the realization that the money is not his own for his is merely
a trustee for the distribution of God’s funds
c. If you sow a little
you’ll reap a little
d. If you sow every once in
a while, you’ll reap every once in a while
e. If you sow all the time,
you’ll reap all the tithe
2. 7-Purpose in your heart
how you want to reap and then sow accordingly
3. 8-God is able, but his
ability is limited or enhanced by what you sow and what you believe; if you’ll
commit to be a faith-giver he can make your life look like this
4. 10-God ministers seed to
the SOWER-show God you’re a sower and He’ll see to it that you’ll have seed to
sow
a. AMP-If he increases
you’re resources for sowing, he just increased your resources for harvesting
5. 11-Thus you’ll be
enriched in all things an in every way because you’re sowing bountifully
a. As you sow bountifully
people will say praise the Lord
D. Sowing much and reaping
little is part of the curse that you’ve been redeemed from (Deuteronomy 28:38,
Galatians 3:13)
1. Release your faith in
your redemption from sowing much and reaping little
a. You seed is protected by
the blood that redeemed you from sowing much and reaping little
b. Psalm 20:3-God never
forgets a seed sown
2. If you are sowing much
and reaping little then consider your ways (Haggai 1:4-10)
a. Consider your ways of
sowing; is their any love and any faith in your giving or has it become just
religious routine
b. It’s not the act of
giving that cause this to work, it’s the love and faith in your giving that
causes the law to work
(1)
Are
you in love and are you releasing faith
E. God’s not interested in
the amount you give, but He’s interested in what you give in relation with what
you have (Luke 21:1-4)
1. God’s interested in
percentages
III.
Be a relentless giver
A. Ecclesiastes 11:4-6-If
you’re sowing all the time you’re guaranteed to always have something coming in
1. Don’t wait for a good
time to sow, it will never come
2. Stay in the giving mode
all the time
B. 2 Corinthians 8:1-14
1. 2-In the midst of lack
they sowed much
2. 3-They gave beyond their
ability to give
a. MSG: Fierce troubles came
down on the people of those churches, pushing them to the very limit. The trial exposed their true colors:
They were incredibly happy, though desperately poor. The pressure triggered something totally
unexpected: an outpouring of pure and generous gifts. I was there and saw it for myself. They gave offerings of whatever they
could – far more than they could afford! Pleading for the privilege of helping
out in the relief of poor Christians.
b. The pressure of lack
triggered abundant giving
3. 4-They were begging them
to receive their gifts
a. They wanted to help out
of love, but they also knew they had to get seed in the ground
b. In a time of lack you
need to get seed in the ground
4. 5-AMP-The entirely
disregarded their own interests
a. Selfishness and trying to
be your own provider will keep you from sowing the key seed necessary to see
the overflowing harvest
b. God was going to take of
them; they were going to be givers
5. 5-Everything they had was
available to God
a. They gave as much as the
possibly could
6. 7-Abound in this grace of
giving
a. Be this kind of giver
7. 8-This type of giving
proves the sincerity of your love
8. 9-Look at the grace of
Jesus he became poor so that you could be rich
a. He’s not asking you to be
poor, He’s asking them to abound in that grace that even Jesus abounded in and
through their giving they’ll be rich
9. 12-God looks at the heart
in your giving, not the amount you give
a. Are you and eager and
ready giver?
10. 13-You don’t become poor
in giving to the poor
11. 14-One purpose of
Abundance is to meet someone else’s want
C. Stare lack in the face
and sow your way out (Genesis 26:12)
1. There’s no better time to
increase your giving than when you’re in lack
2. In a time of lack you use
you’re seed as a weapon to beat back lack and usher in abundance
D. Exodus 35:20-36:7-Too
much offering
1. When it came to the work
of God there was too much
2. 36:3,6-They kept giving
and had to be commanded to stop-that’s relentless giving
E. Relentless givers stay on
the giving side of life and in giving mode all the time
1. Matthew 25:35-Be led, but
be open to give at every turn
2. Proverbs 22:9-Always be
looking for opportunities to give
a. Constantly make what you
have available
IV.
You are a distribution
center
A. God wants you to be his
distribution center in the Earth (1 Timothy 6:18)
1. If you don’t have it in
the Earth, then He doesn’t have it in the Earth
a. If I’ve got it, He’s got
it, and can have me distribute it
2. He wants to get it into
your hands so that through you He can get it into the lives of other people
a. What’s not been given to
you, you have to ability to distribute to others
3. If you’re not willing to
distribute what you have why do you need more?
a. Distribution centers are
not places that hoard up; they are places that are always overflowing with
stock, while they are always letting go what’s been distributed to them (Proverbs
11:24-25)
4. Are you willing to be the
man?
B. Covetousness is any enemy
to your prosperity because it will keep you from letting go
1. Covetousness and lack,
faithfulness and prosperity
2. Proverbs 11:24-25-Be a
big-time giver
C. Faithfulness in the least
is key to going to the next level in financial prosperity
1. Luke 16:10-How you act
with what you have right now, is how you’ll act with more
2. Matthew 25:25-If you’ll
be faithful to hear God and obey with what you have now, he’ll make you ruler
over more
3. If you can’t handle
properly what you have, you won’t handle properly any more
D. Giving to the poor will
cause you to prosper
1. Proverbs 19:17-That which
you have given the Lord will pay you again
2. Proverbs 28:27-He that
gives unto the poor will not lack
V.
Whatever you sow is being
deposited in your Heavenly account
A. Philippians 4:9-19-You
have a account in heaven
1. 9-The God of
peace-Prosperity, security, and safety
2. 12-He knows how to be
abased and how to abound and be content
a. It didn’t say he was
abased, it said he knows how to be content when he’s abased
b. If your contentment is
based on your circumstances, that’s materialism
3. 17-That fruit may ABOUND
to your ACCOUNT
a. Abound-Superabound, abundance
b. Who’s counting?---Is your
account empty?
4. 18-He’s abounding
5. 19-This is for the giver
and the giver is who He’s talking to
B. 1 Timothy 6:19-What you
sow, you lay up in store for yourself
1. Lay up-To put away, to
store up abundance for future use
a. For yourself
2. Foundation-Security
3. Lay hold-Take
possession
4. So that you can
take possession of fullness of life the way God has it
a. You’re giving has
nothing to do with your going to heaven (eternal life)
5. Mark 10:21-That you may
have treasure in heaven, not when you get to Heaven
6. Matthew 6:19-20-Heaven is
a safe investment
C.
What
you sow into that account multiplies greatly