Service Recap: 5/22/05

Announcements (for more information please contact the church office)

• Summer Marriage Bible Study will begin Wednesday, June 15 at 6:15PM at the church office. The sessions are intended to provide a Biblical perspective on marriage for those either married or engaged couples.

Readings
Old Testament: Malachi 3:8-12
New Testament: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Sermon Outline
Title: Giving God's Way
Theme: Clearing up the Confusion, Part 2
Text: 2 Corinthians 8 & 9

3 Biblical Reasons For Giving
1) Giving is an expression of appreciation for God's blessing in the PAST.
2) Giving helps me to examine my motivation in the PRESENT.
3) Giving allows us to enlarge our expectations of the FUTURE.

3 Characteristics of Biblical Giving
1) It is regular.
2) Is is planned.
3) Is is proportional.

Giving comes down to what Pastor Hawkins has termed "NUTS stewardship."
N: Never
U: Underestimate
T: The
S: Spirit

"The essence of Chrisianity is giving." - PDH

Two Kinds of Giving
1) By reason (this is what we can afford)
2) By revalation (God has blessed me and I'm going to give back)

Instances of some form of the word "give" in the Bible: 2,161.

"Giving is God's method of enriching our lives." - Stephen Wolford