THE GIFT OF GOD (2)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Gift of God
a) The greatest gift God gave to you was Himself, the greatest gift you can give God is yourself. The reason God gave you life is so that you would have something precious to give back to Him. The reason God gave you more than you need is so that you would have to give to those who do not have.
c) Our God is full of compassion and He loves to give, God is thinking about you continuously all day and night, He is constantly giving to you, every breath you take is a gift from God.
(Psalms 139:17-18 NLT)
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God! They are innumerable! {18} I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up in the morning, you are still with me!
(Lamentations 3:21-24 NIV)
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: {22} Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. {23} They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. {24} I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
d) When you give to other people it causes the presence of God to flow through you in compassion, compassion is love in action; compassion is the presence of the Holy Spirit. There are many ways to give; you can give physical substance for a person’s physical needs. You can give words of comfort or encouragement for a person’s emotional needs. But best of all you can give to a person’s spiritual needs; one way is to give prayer for a person, which can meet all needs. You can intercede for the person at the throne of Grace, in front of the mercy seat, before the God of compassion.
e) You can also feed someone’s spiritual need by giving him or her the Bread of Life, the Word of God. The gospel, the good news that God loves them and has provided a way for them to enter into the kingdom of heaven, and even better than that they can be friends with the King. Give to the poor and the poor in spirit, give them the gospel, the good news about Jesus.
The End ...
1. The Gift of God a) The greatest gift God gave to you was Himself, the greatest gift you can give God is yourself. The reason God gave you life is so that you would have something precious to give back to Him. The reason God gave you more than you need is so that you would have to give to those who do not have.
c) Our God is full of compassion and He loves to give, God is thinking about you continuously all day and night, He is constantly giving to you, every breath you take is a gift from God.
(Psalms 139:17-18 NLT)
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God! They are innumerable! {18} I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up in the morning, you are still with me!
(Lamentations 3:21-24 NIV)
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: {22} Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. {23} They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. {24} I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
d) When you give to other people it causes the presence of God to flow through you in compassion, compassion is love in action; compassion is the presence of the Holy Spirit. There are many ways to give; you can give physical substance for a person’s physical needs. You can give words of comfort or encouragement for a person’s emotional needs. But best of all you can give to a person’s spiritual needs; one way is to give prayer for a person, which can meet all needs. You can intercede for the person at the throne of Grace, in front of the mercy seat, before the God of compassion.
e) You can also feed someone’s spiritual need by giving him or her the Bread of Life, the Word of God. The gospel, the good news that God loves them and has provided a way for them to enter into the kingdom of heaven, and even better than that they can be friends with the King. Give to the poor and the poor in spirit, give them the gospel, the good news about Jesus.
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