The Lord's Viewpoint of Our Giving unto Him

Thought for Meditation

When we give unto the Lord and for the Lord's work --
The Lord our God is not pleased when we give the "leftovers" of our increase.
Rather, He is pleased when we honor Him with the "firstfruits" of all our increase.
The Lord our God is not interested in the amount of our giving.
Rather, He is interested in the percentage of our giving.
The Lord our God does not consider the size of our giving.
Rather, He considers the motive of our giving, 
whether it is out of sacrificial love or for selfish show.

Proverbs 3:9-10 
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 
so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

Mark 12:41-44 
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, 
and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: 
and many that were rich cast in much. 
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 
And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, 
That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: 
For all they did cast in of their abundance; 
but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

1 Corinthians 13:3 
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Matthew 6:1-4 
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: 
otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, 
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 
that thine alms may be in secret: 
and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

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