Kindness and generosity of others that need th...

Kindness and generosity of others that need the help The thanks of the people that were helped. Henrietta, TOPS School, age 8, Seattle, University of Washington (Photo credit: Wonderlane)

Quotes on generosity:

♦It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without  giving. -Braunstein

 

♦Give what you have.  To someone it may be better  than you dare to think. –Longfellow

 

♦You do not have to be rich to be generous.  If he has the spirit of true  generosity, a pauper can give like a prince. – Wells

 

♦Christian giving is God’s divine plan to make us like  Himself; it reveals our religion and bares our souls; it is prophetic and has to  do with the inner sensitiveness and gives a keener vision to His work and plans. – Denison

♦God has given us two hands-one to receive with and the other to give with.   We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing. – Graham

Scripture on generosity:

Ever Present

Ever Present (Photo credit: JD Hancock)

♥  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.    Luke 12:34      Is your treasure in things or in people?

♥ A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.   Proverbs 11:25   Some might say “what goes around comes around” or invoke a karma like theme here.

♥ . . . It is more blessed to give than to receive.   Acts 20:35c

♥ The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

2 Corinthians 9:6

♥ And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having  enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.    2 Corinthians 9:8

♥ Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. Hebrews 13:16

There are many more 🙂

Generosity

this is NOT Generosity (Photo credit: jwotis)

I have never been able to out give God – how about you?  

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