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Do You Love God?

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Jump All In

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Paul Signs Off

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Paul Signs Off

Counting on God

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Counting on God

Partners In Giving

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Partners In Giving

I Can Do What He Asks Me To Do

  • Jun 26, 2021

I Can Do What He Asks Me To Do

Living For the Next Big Thing

  • Jun 25, 2021

Living For the Next Big Thing

Practical Faith

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Practical Faith

Where Is Your Head At?

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Where Is Your Head At?

The Antidote to Anxiety

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The Antidote to Anxiety

A Gentle Reputation

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A Gentle Reputation

I Repeat: Rejoice!

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I Repeat: Rejoice!

Let’s Work Together

  • Jun 18, 2021

Let’s Work Together

Paul’s Pride and Joy

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Paul’s Pride and Joy

Transforming Power

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Transforming Power

Our Heavenly Homeland

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Our Heavenly Homeland

Enemies on the Inside

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Enemies on the Inside

Keep Your Eyes on Me

  • Jun 12, 2021

Keep Your Eyes on Me

Live It Out and Live up to It

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Live It Out and Live up to It

Keep Climbing

  • Jun 10, 2021

Keep Climbing

Striving for Perfection

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Striving for Perfection

The Power of His Resurrection

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The Power of His Resurrection

Imputed Righteousness

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Imputed Righteousness

Jesus Is Worth More

  • Jun 5, 2021

Jesus Is Worth More

Righteousness Resumes

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Righteousness Resumes

No Confidence in the Flesh

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No Confidence in the Flesh

Dirty Dogs

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Dirty Dogs

Rejoice For Your Own Safety

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Rejoice For Your Own Safety

Worthy of Honor

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Worthy of Honor

Worthy of Honor

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Worthy of Honor

Fellow Family Members

  • May 29, 2021

Fellow Family Members

A Spiritual Father

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A Spiritual Father

Rejoice Because It’s Worth It

  • May 27, 2021

Rejoice Because It’s Worth It

Let Your Light Shine

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Let Your Light Shine

God Who Works In You

  • May 25, 2021

God Who Works In You

Name Above All Names

  • May 24, 2021

Name Above All Names

The Ultimate Example of Humility

  • May 22, 2021

The Ultimate Example of Humility

The Interests of Others

  • May 21, 2021

The Interests of Others

One in Christ

  • May 20, 2021

One in Christ

The Privilege of Persecution

  • May 19, 2021

The Privilege of Persecution

Do Not Fear

  • May 18, 2021

Do Not Fear

Uphold the Family Name

  • May 17, 2021

Uphold the Family Name

Progress and Joy

  • May 15, 2021

Progress and Joy

Better by Far

  • May 14, 2021

Better by Far

To Live Is Christ

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To Live Is Christ

Be Bold

  • May 12, 2021

Be Bold

Deliverance Is Coming

  • May 11, 2021

Deliverance Is Coming

Christ Is Proclaimed

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Christ Is Proclaimed

When God Uses Evil for His Good

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When God Uses Evil for His Good

Distinguished Palates

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Distinguished Palates

What Your Heart Knows

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What Your Heart Knows

Brotherly Love

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Brotherly Love

The Imperfection Problem

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The Imperfection Problem

Servants and Saints

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Servants and Saints

Are You Ready?

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Are You Ready?

All Things Made New

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All Things Made New

The Victor’s Crown

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The Victor’s Crown

Keep Your Eye on The Sky

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Keep Your Eye on The Sky

Forgive as You Have Been Forgiven

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Forgive as You Have Been Forgiven

The Greatest of All Time

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The Greatest of All Time

Living Within the Boundaries for Sex

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Living Within the Boundaries for Sex

Good Stewardship

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Good Stewardship

Declare His Glory

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Declare His Glory

That Our Joy May Be Full

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That Our Joy May Be Full

Spiritual R & R

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Spiritual R & R

Count the Cost

  • Apr 19, 2021

Count the Cost

Joyful Worship

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Joyful Worship

Stewards of His Gifts

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Stewards of His Gifts

Mature in Christ

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Mature in Christ

Do We Have to Go to Church?

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Do We Have to Go to Church?

Over All Things

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Over All Things

Here Is the Church

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Here Is the Church

Led by The Spirit

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Led by The Spirit

The Mind of Christ

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The Mind of Christ

Spiritual Rebirth

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Spiritual Rebirth

The Spirit of Conviction

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The Spirit of Conviction

Our Helper

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Our Helper

The Spirit of the Lord

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The Spirit of the Lord

Our Faith Is Not Futile

  • Apr 3, 2021

Our Faith Is Not Futile

Should We Believe Biblical Prophecies?

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Should We Believe Biblical Prophecies?

Keep His Commands

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Keep His Commands

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Back to the BibleJun 28, 2021 6:00 am GMT

Partners In Giving

 

June 28

 

Read Philippians 4:15-17 (ESV)

And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.

 

Reflect

How does God usually meet the needs of His people? 

 

Think of a time you earnestly prayed for God to meet a need and God answered with provision. How did God meet that need? Did money fall from the sky? Did your car miraculously fix itself? Did food just appear in your pantry? Probably not. It’s more likely that God met your needs and answered your prayers through the generosity of other people.

 

In today’s verse, Paul was crediting the Philippians with being the first church willing to partner with him in ministry. No other early church was willing to contribute financially to Paul’s mission to spread the Gospel.

 

Previously, Paul expressed that whether the Philippians gave to him or not, he was content. He knew God would provide him with everything he needed to carry out God’s will. If no one supported Paul financially, God would make another way. God can miraculously make money, food, or shelter just appear. He can make what little we have last longer or go farther than it should. Remember the feeding of the 5,000 (Matthew 14:13-21) or the widow’s olive oil (2 Kings 4)? But even the fish and loaves were humbly offered for Jesus’ use and the widow’s neighbors provided just enough jars for the overflow of the oil. People offered what they had and God used it to provide for others.

 

Over and over in Scripture, we see that God invites us to partner with Him in doing His work by giving generously to others that which He has generously given to us.

 

We see this in 1 Chronicles 29 when David was accumulating the building materials for God’s temple. It says that all of the people gave generously from whatever they had and that they gave willingly. They were not under compulsion or obligated to give. They understood that what they had was God’s and they wanted to steward it well for His glory.

 

Read David’s prayer in 1 Chronicles 29:14: “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.” The Israelites understood that being able to give generously to the work of the Lord was in itself a blessing from Him.

 

Likewise, the Philippians understood that God was inviting them into His great work of spreading the Gospel and building His church. When they gave to Paul’s ministry, they were not just partnering with Paul, they were partnering with God. They were giving back to God what God had so generously given them.

 

Friends, what do you have that isn’t from God? Nothing. Everything we have is from Him. But it’s our job to steward it well. Have you ever stopped to consider what a blessing is to be able to give generously? Isn’t it amazing to think that your partnership through giving could be what God uses to answer the prayers of another? I encourage you to spend some time in prayer today asking God to show you how you can partner with Him by giving generously.

 

Pray

God, who am I that You would bless me so generously? Everything I have is from Your hand. Everything I give is going back to You for Your purpose. I pray that what I give is a blessing to others and brings You glory. Amen.

 

 

~ Pastor Nat Crawford

 

 

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socratesoliver8
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thank you
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Ernesto
2 years ago
Thank you Father for all you've done for me, when I could not .
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Frank
2 years ago
Every Thing that I have is from Our Lord is the Reason Why I don't mind giving to others! Thank You Lord!
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yvonne.cowie.yc
2 years ago
Amen
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David
2 years ago
I know that on my own I could provide nothing, neither the trivial nor the substantive, but that all things I enjoy come from Thee O Lord. I continue to look to You, my Lord for without You I have nothing.
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